Tag: POLITICO
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Meloni adviser steps down over Russian hoax call – POLITICO
[ad_1] Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday said her diplomatic adviser Francesco Maria Talò resigned over a prank call on Wednesday in which Meloni told two Russian comedians that European leaders are ‘tired’ of the war in Ukraine, thinking she was speaking with African Union officials. “The call was dealt with carelessly and exposed…
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5 things we learned from the Musk-Sunak love-in – POLITICO
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Elon Musk sat down with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in London’s Lancaster House on Thursday night for a chat that veered closer to “love-in” than interview. In the lavish gold-trimmed room where Theresa May gave one of her most famous…
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Democracy in decline worldwide, new report says – POLITICO
[ad_1] The bedrock of democracy is trembling amid a surge of authoritarianism around the world, according to a report published Thursday. Hard-line rule by current and former leaders, including Viktor Orbán in Hungary, Donald Trump in the U.S. and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey, has contributed to the downturn observed in the past few years,…
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Egypt opens Rafah crossing for foreign nationals and injured Palestinians – POLITICO
[ad_1] Foreign nationals are being allowed to leave Gaza via Egypt — the first people to be given permission to exit the Palestinian territory since the war between Israel and Hamas began. A limited number of wounded Palestinian civilians have also entered Egypt through the Rafah crossing to receive medical treatment. The U.K’s foreign office…
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Israeli forces confirm deadly strike on Gaza refugee camp – POLITICO
[ad_1] Dozens of Palestinians were killed and more than 150 injured after Israeli forces said they launched an attack on Gaza’s largest refugee camp, Jabalia, in the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territory, according to Reuters. The Jabalia refugee camp is the largest of eight refugee camps in Gaza with over 116,000 Palestinian refugees,…
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Zelenskyy’s top aide slams West over ‘war fatigue’ – POLITICO
[ad_1] World leaders should stick by Ukraine, despite the additional demands of dealing with the Israel-Hamas war, the Ukrainian president’s powerful chief of staff told POLITICO in an interview from Kyiv. Andrii Yermak, head of the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, also pushed back hard on the idea, voiced last week by Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia…
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Gaza death toll suggests Israel’s tactics are ‘clearly wrong’ – POLITICO
[ad_1] U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday said the death toll in Gaza amid Israel’s war with Hamas demonstrates something is wrong with Israel’s military operations. “There are violations by Hamas when they have human shields. But when one looks at the number of civilians that were killed with the military operations, there is something…
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US and China join global leaders to lay out need for AI rulemaking – POLITICO
[ad_1] BLETCHLEY PARK, England — The United States and China joined global leaders to sign a 27-country agreement on the risk of AI that launched a two-day AI Safety Summit. In a major diplomatic coup for the British hosts, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo took the stage on Wednesday morning alongside Wu Zhaohui, China’s vice…
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Elon Musk hails Rishi Sunak’s ‘essential’ decision to invite China to UK AI summit – POLITICO
[ad_1] LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has closed the world’s first AI Safety Summit by getting backing from Elon Musk. In London’s Lancaster House, where the wifi was patchy, but the gold trim abundant, Musk sat down for a one-on-one interview with the British PM on Thursday evening. The billionaire owner of Tesla,…
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Hamas is fighting ‘sacred’ war with Israel, says Hezbollah chief – POLITICO
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. The leader of the Hezbollah militant group has thrown his backing behind Palestinian militants and praised the attacks that killed more than a thousand Israeli civilians, in his first public appearance since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last month.…