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media Media Network says initiative will shift role of AI ‘from passive tool to active partner in journalism’.media Media Network is launching a new integrative artificial intelligence (AI) model in collaboration with Google Cloud.media said on Sunday that it was expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud on the network’s new initiative, dubbed “The Core”, that will integrate AI into its news operations.“The Core” aims to shift the role of AI “from a passive tool to an active partner in journalism”, media said.Relying on six pillars, the initiative will integrate AI systems to help media journalists process complex data, produce immersive…
The talks between the four countries lauded the first stage of the truce, including expanded humanitarian assistance, return of captives, force withdrawals and reduction in hostilities.The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Turkiye have urged the parties to the Gaza ceasefire to honour their commitments and show restraint, the chief US envoy says after talks in the US city of Miami.Senior officials from the four mediator countries met Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, on Friday to review the first phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which took effect on October 10, according to a joint statement…
The PM says the part of the plan on south of the Litani River is ‘only days away from completion’.Lebanon is close to completing the disarmament of Hezbollah in the south of the Litani River before a year-end deadline as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel, according to Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.Saturday’s statement comes as the country races to fulfil the key demand in the US-backed deal agreed in November last year and ended more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel, Lebanon officials meet as pressure mounts to…
On the eve of the 2025 AFCON, football’s governing body in Africa create new four-year cycle and form a Nations League.African football is getting a major shake-up with the creation of the African Nations League and conversion of the biennial Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle.Patrice Motsepe, the president of the Confederation of African Football, announced the changes Saturday during his news conference before the 2025 Africa Cup hosted by Morocco.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Jake Paul says jaw broken as Anthony Joshua knocks him out in sixth roundlist 2 of 4Villareal ready to shake…
Syrian state television denounces the Israeli incursion as another violation of the nation’s sovereignty.Israeli forces have advanced into the Quneitra area of Syria’s occupied Golan Heights and set up two military checkpoints, an media correspondent on the ground reports.The Israeli military operation on Saturday took place in the villages of Ain Ziwan and al-Ajraf in the southern part of the country.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Syria’s al-Sharaa accuses Israel of ‘exporting crises’ across regionlist 2 of 4Israel attacked Syria more than 600 times over the past yearlist 3 of 4Syria’s Hama full of ‘hope, joy’ one year…
At least 13 people in Gaza, including two-week-old and one-month-old babies, have died from winter weather and a lack of adequate shelter and aid – blocked by Israel.Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has warned that babies and children in the Gaza Strip are dying from harsh winter weather, calling on Israel to ease its aid blockade as the military continues to violate the ceasefire and press on with its genocidal war.Citing the death of a 29-day-old premature baby, Said Asad Abedin, from severe hypothermia in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, MSF said on Friday that winter storms…
Aghil Keshavarz is the tenth person put to death for espionage since June conflict with Israel.Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, judicial authorities announced, as Tehran continues a widening crackdown on alleged collaborators following the 12-day Israel-United States-Iran war earlier this year.Aghil Keshavarz was put to death on Saturday morning after the Supreme Court upheld his conviction on espionage charges, according to Mizan, the judiciary’s official news agency.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Iran’s foreign minister says strikes won’t stop nuclear programmelist 2 of 2How much is US support for Israel…
The Israeli prime minister will be heading the inquiry into his own government’s failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks.The news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be heading the inquiry into his own government’s failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from many across Israel.Calls for a state commission of inquiry, to be led by a sitting or retired Supreme Court justice, have been omnipresent since the attacks.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4The six problems a Gaza ceasefire has brought Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahulist 2 of 4Sorry, not sorry: Netanyahu…
Top US diplomat Rubio warns all involved will face lasting condemnation as fighting escalates in strategic central region.The United States is pressing for an immediate humanitarian truce in Sudan as fighting intensifies across the vast strategic Kordofan region, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio warning that the relentless violence is “horrifying” and all those involved will face lasting condemnation.Speaking at a year-end news conference on Friday, Rubio said the fighting in Sudan needed to stop, adding that the new year was a “great opportunity for both sides to agree to that” and allow desperately needed aid to reach millions trapped…
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says attacks are ‘a declaration of vengeance’, and ‘lots’ of fighters have been killed.The United States military is “striking very seriously against ISIS [ISIL] strongholds in Syria”, President Donald Trump says, a week after two US soldiers and an interpreter were killed in Syria’s Palmyra city/“Because of ISIS’s vicious killing of brave American Patriots in Syria… I am hereby announcing that the United States is inflicting very serious retaliation, just as I promised, on the murderous terrorists responsible,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4False…