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Hollywood actors on strike for the first time in 43 years

Hollywood actors are striking for the first time in 43 years, bringing the American movie and television business to a halt, partly over fears about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI). The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) actors’ union failed to reach an agreement in the US for better protections against AI for its members – and warned that “artificial intelligence poses an existential threat to creative professions” as it prepared to dig in over the issue. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, the

15 Jul, 2023

NATO Secretary General welcomes T?rkiye?s stand on Sweden

By Easwaran Rutnam NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed T?rkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan?s agreement to forward the accession protocol for Sweden to the Grand National Assembly as soon as possible. The announcement came following a meeting between the Secretary General, President Erdogan, and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. “The memorandum concluded a year ago at the Madrid summit has delivered,” Stoltenberg said. “It has delivered more in our fight against terrorism, more

11 Jul, 2023

US plans to send controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine

The US will send Ukraine a cluster munitions package to help in its counteroffensive against Russia. The White House said it had postponed the decision for as long as it could because of the risk of civilian harm from such unexploded ordnance. Ukraine has been asking for the weapons for months amid an ammunition shortage. Cluster munitions – which are banned by more than 100 countries – are a class of weapon that contain multiple explosive bomblets called submunitions. US President Joe Biden

08 Jul, 2023