Tag: Scramble
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Who’s in charge? Western capitals scramble to lead on AI – POLITICO
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. This is a make-or-break week for policing artificial intelligence. On Monday, the White House published its long-awaited executive order on everything from funding new forms of the technology to clamping down on potential abuses. The same day, the G7 group of leading democratic…
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Crypto’s Wild D.C. Ride: From FTX at the Fed to a Scramble for Access
[ad_1] Cryptocurrency lobbyists were riding so high in early 2022 that an FTX executive felt comfortable directly emailing Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, to ask him to meet with Sam Bankman-Fried, the soon-to-be-disgraced founder of the cryptocurrency exchange. It worked. “The day that would work for me is February 1,” Mr.…
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$100 Oil Could Scramble the Fed’s Efforts to Ease Inflation
[ad_1] What rising oil prices mean for the Fed Crude oil has slipped below the 10-month high it hit on Tuesday. But analysts say the monthslong rally that has sent prices close to $100 a barrel isn’t over, posing a big risk for global growth and complicating central bankers’ efforts to tame inflation. Expect Jay…
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After Libya Floods, a Chaotic Scramble for Rescuers
[ad_1] Ali Elshanti arrived in the flood-stricken city of Derna on Wednesday afternoon, part of an aid convoy he and his friends organized that left the city of Misrata in the west of Libya 15 hours earlier. What he saw when he arrived looked like something out of a Hollywood disaster film, he said on…
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Inside the G20’s scramble to get consensus on the war in Ukraine – POLITICO
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. NEW DELHI — A last-minute agreement on the Ukraine portion of the G20’s summit statement kept the entire document from the trash heap — but it took dropping a reference to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine to do it. All the members of the…
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Investigation underway into Virginia plane crash that prompted F-16s to scramble
[ad_1] Investigation underway into Virginia airplane crash that prompted F-16s to scramble – CBS Information Watch CBS News The National Transportation Safety Board was at the site of a plane crash in Virginia, trying to determine what caused the aircraft to go down. The pilot of the Cessna was not responsive and F-16s were scrambled…
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Washington leaders scramble to prevent unprecedented debt default
[ad_1] Washington leaders scramble to forestall unprecedented debt default – CBS Information Watch CBS News The White House and Republican congressional leaders are continuing to negotiate in an effort to prevent an unprecedented debt default, which could happen as soon as next week. House Democrats have signed a petition to raise the debt ceiling. Be…
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California counties scramble ahead of CARE Court launch
[ad_1] In 4 months, the gavel will fall, and the state’s first CARE Courts will likely be in session. Seven counties opted for an Oct. 1 rollout of the legislation that orders every county to create particular courts, whose judges have the authority to order voluntary therapy plans for people with untreated schizophrenia and associated…
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Scramble to evacuate Britons from Sudan as ceasefire extended
[ad_1] At no cost actual time breaking information alerts despatched straight to your inbox signal as much as our breaking information emails Signal as much as our free breaking information emails Sudan’s warring factions have agreed to a three-day ceasefire extension, as Rishi Sunak’s authorities scrambled to evacuate extra stranded Britons from the conflict zone.…