Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones Reuters More than 200 people were killed this week in a collapse at the Rubaya coltan mine in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Lumumba Kambere Muyisa, a spokesperson for the rebel-appointed governor of the province where the…
AI looks set to be transformative for us all, but it also brings a real risk of job losses and widening social and economic divides. UN experts are focusing on how to manage that transition, to ensure the benefits of the technology outweigh the threats. Whether you are a “doomer” or a “boomer” on the…
NEW DELHI, Jan 29 (NEPS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the media before the start of the Budget Session of Parliament 2026 at the Parliament premises today. He said that the President’s Address reflected the confidence of 140 crore citizens, their hard work and the aspirations of the youth of the country. He noted that…
Beijing has stepped up cooperation with south-east Asian nations to crack down on the multibillion-dollar industry Guardian staff and agencies China on Thursday executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including “key members” involved in scam operations, state media reported. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, part of a multibillion-dollar illicit industry. The centres are…
Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan, gave a harrowing and heart-rendering account of her childhood under Nazi persecution during Tuesday’s Holocaust Memorial event in New York, urging citizens worldwide to push back against ‘negativity’ by choosing “love, respect and compassion” in how they treat one another. Speaking in the General Assembly Hall alongside one of her…
Beijing’s AI policy is focused on real-life applications but Chinese companies are beginning to articulate their own grand visions Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent Standing on stage in the eastern China tech hub of Hangzhou, Alibaba’s normally media-shy CEO made an attention-grabbing announcement. “The world today is witnessing the dawn of an AI-driven intelligent revolution,” Eddie…
Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’ Dan Milmo Global technology editor Humanity is entering a phase of artificial intelligence development that will “test who we are as a species”, the boss of the AI startup Anthropic has said, arguing that the world needs to…
The laws have been criticised by tech startups, which say they go too far, and civil society groups, which say they don’t go far enough Raphael Rashid in Seoul South Korea has embarked on a foray into the regulation of AI, launching what has been billed as the most comprehensive set of laws anywhere in the…
Legislation, which also bans mobile phones in high schools, would make France the second country after Australia to take such a step Agence France-Presse French lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban social media use by under-15s, a move championed by president Emmanuel Macron as a way to protect children from excessive screen time. The lower…
Warning that the “rule of law is being replaced by the law of the jungle,” the UN Secretary-General on Monday urged world powers to recommit to international law as the foundation of peace, justice and multilateral cooperation. António Guterres was addressing a high-level open debate of the UN Security Council convened by Somalia, which holds the Council…