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“AI Jesus” avatar tests man’s faith in machines and the divine
Would you trust an "AI Jesus" with your innermost thoughts and troubles?
Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the “God particle,” has died at 94
The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of a sub-atomic particle that came to be known as the Higgs boson, has died at...
Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says
The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the...
UN chief points to “massive” human rights violations in Ukraine
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered “the most massive violations of human rights” in the world today, the head of the United Nations said Monday, as the war pushed...
Iconic French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard dead at 91
Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first big endeavor, “Breathless,” and stood for years as one of...
World Health Organization convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency
The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread outside Africa should be considered a global health...
Davos ends with Germany pushing global work on climate, war
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed hopes Thursday for global cooperation on climate change, hunger and war, while dozens of climate activists demonstrated in the Swiss town...
Zelenskyy urges “maximum” sanctions on Russia in Davos talk
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for “maximum” sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech Monday to corporate executives, government officials and other elites on the first...
U.S. to seek Russia’s suspension from U.N. Human Rights Council
The United States plans to seek a vote this week to suspend Russia from its seat on the U.N.’s top human rights body, pointing to increasing signs that Russian troops...
U.S. and Russia try to lower temperature in Ukraine crisis
The United States and Russia sought to lower the temperature in a heated standoff over Ukraine, even as they reported no breakthroughs in high-stakes talks on Friday aimed at preventing...