Category: World

  The European Commission has presented a plan to address the risks and harness the opportunities of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity. While the AI can improve security, it can also be misused to identify vulnerabilities, automate attacks, and significantly increase the scale and speed of cyber incidents. The new plan will bring together […]

Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (EyePoint) headquartered in Massachusetts, has agreed to pay the United States $ 4,657,463.18 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to certain Ambulatory Service Centers (ASCs) to induce those ASCs to purchase and dispense DEXYCU, an injectable drug approved for the treatment of ocular inflammation following […]

He warned that without international cooperation the technology could widen global inequality instead of advancing sustainable development.  Speaking at the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, Mr. Guterres described AI as “humanity’s greatest opportunity in the 21st century”, but cautioned that it could also become “one of its greatest risks”. […]

The tragedy exposed a stark reality: Many young people facing mental health challenges had nowhere to turn for support. “I saw the gap. I saw the need” she recalled. “As a young person, I realised that we needed youth-driven solutions for youth mental health challenges.” Today, the 26-year-old PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge […]

Spend enough time in discussions about education and artificial intelligence (AI), and critical thinking will inevitably pop up sooner rather than later. AI is changing how students learn and how educators assess learning, and in the face of this shift, critical thinking is often presented as the right pedagogical response. But as technology reshapes the […]

Item 4 The UK joins others in welcoming the new PRs and in saying a fond and heartfelt farewell to the excellent PRs and DPRs that are departing. Sadly, the UK adds to the number of departing DPRs. Rebecca Fisher Lamb, the UK’s DPR and backbone of the UK Mission for the last few years, […]

These growers include Taysir Dahdouh, whose farm in the Zeytun neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, is a little smaller than a football pitch.  His land was once covered with greenhouses, but they’ve been destroyed or lost during the conflict that erupted on 7 October 2023. Today, he needs tools, seeds, fertilizer and water to grow […]

Addressing reporters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the two month-old outbreak has continued to expand despite major efforts by the Government, WHO, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and other partners. “So far, 2,273 cases have been reported, with 796 deaths,” he said. “By comparison, the 2018–2019 Ebola […]

Thank you, Chair. I have the honour to speak on behalf of Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania, the United Kingdom and my own country, the Netherlands. Tomorrow we mark twelve years since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. All 298 innocent people on board, including 80 children, lost their lives. The victims […]

John Harold Rogers, 64, a former senior adviser for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (FRB), was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 38 months in federal prison in connection with making false statements to federal investigators about sharing restricted Federal Reserve information with Chinese intelligence operatives.   “The United States entrusted Rogers with its […]