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Putin’s friend Gergiev set to conduct as Italy breaks ban on pro-Kremlin artists
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has been barred from European stages ever since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A close ally of Vladimir Putin for many years, the director of the Bolshoi and Mariinsky Russian state theatres has never spoken out against the war. But a region of southern Italy has now invited Gergiev back to…
Read MoreSmoke clouds across Beit Hanun after IAF strikes 35 Hamas targets
Earlier on Saturday, the IAF struck and killed a terrorist in Hezbollah’s anti-tank unit in the area of Khiam in southern Lebanon. Dozens of IAF fighter jets struck over 35 Hamas terror targets in the area of Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip, the military announced on Saturday evening. Targets also included underground tunnels…
Read MoreA United Nations research institute created an AI refugee avatar
Image Credits:UNU-CPR/404 Media A research institute connected to the United Nations has created two AI-powered avatars designed to teach people about refugee issues. 404 Media wrote about an experiment conducted by a class at the United Nations University Center for Policy Research that resulted in the creation of two AI agents or avatars — Amina,…
Read MoreBavarian fairy tale castles and French Carnac Megaliths among new UNESCO World Heritage sites
UNESCO has added several new sites to the World Heritage list after reviewing applications that required extensive research and presentation processes. Among them were several European sites, including the famous fairytale castles of Bavaria’s King Ludwig II, the megalithic Carnac stones in northwestern France and the Minoan Palatial centres on the Greek island of Crete.…
Read MoreResearchers Discover Possible Secret to Better Memory
The secret to a better memory might be tied to your emotions. This is according to a study done by the Hangzhou Normal University in China that was published in the Journal of Neuroscience. The study included 44 university students who were shown 144 squiggly shapes, each of which were followed by a positive, neutral…
Read MoreGreen youth leader calls for nationalization of German energy giants
The co-chair of the German Green Party’s youth wing, Jakob Blasel, is calling for Germany to nationalize major energy and steel companies to fight climate change. Blasel, from the Green Youth, told the Spiegel news magazine that the RWE and LEAG energy companies, as well as Germany’s largest steel manufacturer, Thyssenkrupp, should be expropriated. “These…
Read MoreAir India crash victim’s relative ‘can’t be at peace’ until root cause known
The granddaughter of a victim of the Air India Flight 171 crash has said a preliminary report into the incident was “incomplete” and that she “can’t be at peace” without those responsible being held accountable. “It does bring us a little bit closer to understanding what happened,” Ria Patel told BBC’s Newshour, but added: “I…
Read MoreRussia’s Lavrov praises Pyongyang’s ‘unequivocal support’ on Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised his country’s military alliance with North Korea on Saturday, during a visit aimed at reaffirming the two countries’ strategic partnership. Russian President Vladimir Putin is “counting on the continuation of direct contacts with you in the very near future,” Lavrov told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the…
Read MoreLatest Israeli attacks kill at least 46 people in Gaza, say medics
Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 46 people since early on Saturday morning, medical sources in the sealed-off coastal territory said. They said 27 people were killed while waiting for food at humanitarian aid distribution points. According to the United Nations, at least 798 people have been killed at aid distribution…
Read More‘Fairytale’ Neuschwanstein castle becomes UNESCO heritage site
The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany’s Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney’s fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage site, the UN cultural agency announced on Saturday. Three other royal residences, also constructed in the late 19th Century under the famously arts-obsessed King Ludwig II of Bavaria, were also added to the coveted…
Read MoreBerlin aims to boost civil defence, tells Germans to prep for crisis
German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has called for strengthening Germany’s civil protection systems in response to changing threat landscapes – and urged citizens to prepare themselves for potential disaster scenarios. The country cannot just focus on “military security” but also “civil defence and population protection,” he said on Saturday in the northern city of Rostock,…
Read MoreNew secretary-general of International Civil Defence Organization elected
The Secretary-General of the International Civil Defence Organization (ICDO) has been elected at a session held in Baku, according to the Azerbaijan Press Agency (APA) The head of the international relations department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel Arguj Kalantarli, was unanimously elected to the post. Kalantarli delivered a…
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