Two bomb blasts kill at least 14 in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Victims included 12 civilians and two traffic police officers, with 45 others suffering wounds. At least 14 people have been killed when two explosions ripped through the city of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, according to officials. Zabardast Safai, the police chief of the eponymous province said, said on Tuesday the explosives were hidden at the […]
Lockerbie bomber appeal begins at Scotland’s High Court #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, who died in 2012, was found guilty but his family have made a posthumous appeal against his conviction. Scotland’s High Court began hearing an appeal on Tuesday against the conviction of a Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie aircraft bombing, the deadliest attack in British history. Pan Am Flight 103 […]
Dow jumps 300 points as Trump admin begins transition to Biden #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Wall Street’s main stock indexes vaulted out of the gate on Tuesday after President Donald Trump okayed the formal transition of power to the incoming President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, ending months of political uncertainty that took markets on a wild ride. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened up more than 305 points or points or […]
Meet GPT-3. It Has Learned to Code (and Blog and Argue). #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Before asking GPT-3 to generate new text, you can focus it on particular patterns it may have learned during its training, priming the system for certain tasks. You can feed it descriptions of smartphone apps and the matching Figma code. Or you can show it reams of human dialogue. Then, when you start typing, it […]
Airlines mull mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for int’l passengers #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
International air travel could come booming back next year but with a new rule: Travellers to certain countries must be vaccinated against the coronavirus before they can fly. Encouraging news about vaccine development has given airlines and nations hope they may soon be able to revive suspended flight routes and dust off lucrative tourism plans. […]
Europe taxis towards clearing Boeing 737 Max for flight #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
European regulators could clear Boeing’s troubled 737 Max for flight after a nearly two-year grounding following two deadly crashes. European regulators on Tuesday took a step closer to letting the Boeing 737 Max fly again, publishing a proposed airworthiness directive that could see the aircraft cleared within weeks after being grounded for nearly two years […]
Armenian economy minister tenders resignation amid protests #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Tigran Khachatryan’s move comes as the government is under pressure to quit, after agreeing to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Armenian economy minister Tigran Khachatryan has tendered his resignation, his spokeswoman said on Tuesday, following criticism of the government over a peace agreement that secured advances for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh after six weeks of fighting. The […]
Four years after FARC peace deal, Colombia grapples with violence #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Bogota, Colombia – Hector Mariano Carabali has been unable to keep count of the number of death threats he has received in recent years. The Afro-Colombian human rights defender from the southwestern Cauca region, which continues to be mired in insecurity, has been left disillusioned by the peace deal struck between the previous government of […]
France has banned the ‘Grey Wolves’ – but who are they? #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Istanbul, Turkey – In Turkic mythology, a grey wolf led ancient Turks out of the wilderness of the Central Asian Ergenekon valley, where they had been trapped for centuries following military defeat, and into salvation. In the 1960s, the “Grey Wolves” became a nickname for the Ulku Ocaklari (Idealist Hearths), the Turkish ultranationalist youth and […]
Iran’s supreme leader: Tehran will resist until sanctions lifted #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Ayatollah Khamenei says getting sanctions lifted has failed, so Iran must resist them using its local capacities. Tehran, Iran – Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says his country will resist until a time when countries that sanction Iran come to the realisation that the moves are useless. In a speech to top officials on Tuesday […]
COVID vaccination is the government’s ‘national commitment’: Modi #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says providing the coronavirus vaccine is his government’s “national commitment”, and that the safety of all citizens will be assured. “Each State and stakeholder has to work as a team to ensure that this mission is systematic, smooth and a sustained effort,” Modi said during a meeting with state chief […]
Turkish court adds new Saudi defendants in Khashoggi trial #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
At the hearing in Istanbul, a court accepted a second indictment adding six defendants to the list of 20 Saudi officials being tried in absentia. A Turkish court on Tuesday added new defendants to the case against Saudi officials charged over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in a trial Ankara says is needed to […]
‘World War Zero’: Biden names John Kerry as US climate envoy #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Joe Biden named former Secretary of State John Kerry as the special climate envoy, a sign the president-elect is putting global warming at the centre of his foreign policy. While secretary of state under former President Barack Obama, Kerry, 76, called climate change “the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction”. In travels from glaciers […]
Outrage as French police filmed removing refugees by force #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Interior minister describes footage of people being thrown out of tents in Paris as ‘shocking’, as an internal police probe is opened. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin says he is launching a probe into clashes that broke out late on Monday as police cleared out a refugee camp in Paris’ Place de la Republique, adding […]
Azeris return to Agdam after nearly 30 years #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
'Agdam is my heart and soul.' . Source link
China slams Pope Francis over remark on Uighur minority in book #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
A passage in the pontiff’s new book referring to Uighur suffering has ‘no factual basis at all’, Chinese foreign ministry says. China has criticised Pope Francis over a passage in his new book in which he mentions the suffering of China’s Uighur Muslim minority group, saying his remarks have “no factual basis at all”. “People […]
UN chief calls for Afghan ceasefire and inclusive peace #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The UN chief spoke at an Afghan donor conference as talks between the Taliban and Kabul appear to have been stalled. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an “immediate, unconditional ceasefire” in Afghanistan to create a conducive environment for Doha peace talks with the Taliban. “An inclusive process, in which women, young people […]
Maaza Mengiste: How can Africa reclaim its stories? #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The Stream sits down with novelist Maaza Mengiste to talk about her acclaimed novel The Shadow King. Source link
DR Congo: Former militia leader sentenced to life for war crimes #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka convicted of ‘murder, rape, sexual slavery and enlisting children under 15 years old’ – a verdict hailed by the UN. A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been sentenced to life in prison for war crimes and mass rape, a decision hailed by the United Nations […]
Blood and Tears: French Decolonisation (Part 1) #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
The story of the decline of the French empire and the indelible mark colonialism left on countries that were colonised. . Source link
Still Here by AJ Contrast wins two Shorty Social Good Awards #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Immersive multimedia experience wins Best Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality categories. AJ Contrast’s immersive multimedia experience Still Here won two top prizes at the 5th annual Shorty Social Good Awards. The virtual reality (VR) meets augmented reality (AR) interactive won in the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality categories, announced during a live virtual webcast on […]
Taiwan begins building first domestically produced submarines #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Taipei, Taiwan – After years in the making, Taiwan on Tuesday officially began work on its first domestically produced submarine in an effort to beef up its coastal defences against an invasion from China. Taiwan’s new programme will see the island build eight new diesel-powered attack submarines, which will substantially rejuvenate its fleet of two […]
Russian COVID-19 vaccine to cost less than $20, free for citizens #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
Sputnik V vaccine is 95 percent effective according to second interim analysis of clinical trial data, developers say. Russia’s two-shot Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine will cost less than $20 per person on international markets and will be free of charge for Russian citizens, according to a statement on the official Sputnik V Twitter account. Kirill […]
China’s ‘space dream’ in 500 words #duzline #duzlinenews #follow4follow
China’s launch of an uncrewed spacecraft aimed at bringing back lunar rocks underlines just how far the country has come in achieving its “space dream”. Beijing has poured billions of dollars into its military-run space programme with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually sending humans to the moon. Here […]