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For a country whose government is not recognized by any country, Afghanistan’s proxy Amir Khan Muttaki has had an unusually busy calendar in recent weeks. He hosted a counterpart from Pakistan, spoke on the phone with the Indian Foreign Minister, and set up a pier on Iran and China. In Beijing, he also met Pakistan’s Foreign Minister again. On Wednesday, he participated in a trilateral meeting with Pakistan and China’s delegation. This is currently tense with Pakistan, despite the dominant Taliban historically having tense relations with most of these countries. Neither the United Nations nor its member states officially recognize…
These are important events on the 1,184th day of the Russian Ukrainian War.It’s where things stand on Friday, May 23rd. Fineting According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian drones destroyed air traffic around Moscow and grounded planes at several major airports on Thursday. A total of 46 Ukrainian drones have targeted the Russian capital, with 70 more being launched against other targets across the country, according to the offices of the province and the mayor of Moscow. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia fired 128 drones in Ukraine in one night, 112 of which were shot down, clogged…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a standoff with Harvard University on Thursday, revoking school capabilities Register for international students. The government has told thousands of current foreign students at Harvard University that they will be told they must transfer to other schools and will lose their legal permission to be in the US.The move could have a major impact on universities that have registered nearly 6,800 international students, most of which are in graduate programs. These students may have to scramble to grasp the next step. The Department of Homeland Security has taken this latest step as…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department said Thursday it is launching a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia.The change in admissions policy introduced five years ago at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology has led to more black and Hispanic students enrolling and facing court challenges from some parents. The plaintiffs allegedly have sacrificed Asian American students, whose school numbers have decreased. The investigation comes one day after Virginia Attorney General’s Republican Jason Miyares Bureau concluded its own investigation and found school policies discriminate against Asian American students. His office introduced the case to…
Genaro Garcia Luna, a former government official, has sentenced him to 38 years in prison to accept bribery.A Florida court ordered a former public safety officer in Mexico to pay more than $748 million to their country on alleged involvement in government corruption. The ruling on Thursday concluded a civil lawsuit first filed by the Mexican government in September 2021. The incident was centered around Genaro Garcia Luna, who served as Mexico’s security director from 2006 to 2012. Garcia Luna has now worked in a US prison for more than 38 years, allegedly accepting millions of dollars of funding from…
ARLINGTON, VA (AP) – One of Badar Khan Suri’s lowest moments Two months of federal custody They were crammed into the plane along with hundreds of other bound prisoners.That’s what the Trump administration was like I’m about to deport A Georgetown University scholar said about his statements against Israeli war in Gaza. The security guards didn’t say where they were heading, but the Indians were convinced it was coming from the US.After that, Khan Suri had to use the plane bathroom. He said the guard refused to unlock his wrist.”They said, ‘No, they have to use it like this, or…
Mankind CEO Dario Amodei said today’s AI models hallucinate or create things and present things at a lower speed than humans, he said Thursday in the code for Code with Claude, the first developer event in humanity. Amodei said it was in the middle of a bigger point he was going. The hallucination of AI means that humanity’s path to AGI, not a limitation of AI systems beyond human intelligence. “It really depends on how you measure it, but I think AI models probably hallucinate less than humans, but in a more surprising way,” Amodei answered TechCrunch’s question. Anthropic’s CEO…
Federal prosecutors have filed accusations against a man suspected of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy staff workers in the US capital of Washington, D.C. In federal court on Thursday, Elias Rodriguez was accused of two counts of first-degree murders, killing foreigners, causing death with firearms, and abandoning firearms in a violent crime. At a subsequent press conference, interim US lawyer Janine Piro warned that these charges were just the beginning and that her prosecutors were cooperating through evidence of other crimes. “This is a horrible crime and these crimes will not be tolerated by me and this office,” Piro said.…
Siro Raises $50 M Series B for AI-Powered Sales Coaching Platform Siro, an AI-driven conversation intelligence platform for field sales teams, has secured a $50 million Series B round to expand its AI coaching app for in-person sales reps. The Berkeley, CA-based startup transcribes and analyzes face-to-face sales meetings, enabling sales managers to capture insights from real-world conversations and coach their teams with data-driven feedback. The fresh funding will help Siro accelerate product development and scale its team as it brings “AI note-taker” capabilities to on-the-ground sales interactions. SignalFire led the round, joined by notable tech investors and angels, underscoring confidence in…
Digital physiotherapy company Hinge Health closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange at $37.56 on Thursday, about 17% higher than the $32 IPO price it set the day before. That’s a good first day result. But even with pop, the public ratings for hinges are significantly lower than their last private market. The approximate market capitalization of the 11-year-old company excluding employee options is around $3 billion, less than half of the $6.2 billion hinge achieved in the October 2021 Series E funding round, led by Tiger Global Management. Until recently, businesses have spent a…