Children return to Gaza after being evacuated as babies

Publisher’s lawsuit alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon series Publishing company Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against AI research company OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children’s books. The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday with a Munich court against OpenAI’s Ireland-based European subsidiary, states Penguin Random House’s legal t

Plans would prevent the return of hundreds of thousands of residents Middle East crisis live – latest updates Israel said on Tuesday that it will occupy wide swathes of south Lebanon and destroy the homes along the border to prevent the return of some 600,000 residents, prompting concerns of long-term forced displacement. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz, said that it will occupy the area under the Litani River, some 19 miles from the Israel-Lebanon border, as part of its so-called buffer

Dr. Casey Means, surgeon general nominee, testifies during her Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25.

Union says there has been ‘far too little progress’ in talks over pay and career development UK politics live – latest updates Senior doctors in England are to be balloted over the prospect of strikes, the British Medical Association has announced. The union said that simultaneous ballots of consultants and specialist, associate specialist, and speciality (SAS) doctors would run from 11 May to 6 July as both sets of medics escalate their disputes with the government. Continue reading...

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The Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado's law banning conversion therapy "regulates speech based on viewpoint." (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Almost 600 jobs could go amid higher cost of gas and labour and softening consumer demand Denby is set to call in administrators, putting the 217-year-old Derbyshire pottery at risk of closure with the loss of almost 600 jobs. The company, which was rescued from administration in 2009 by the restructuring experts Hilco and also owns the Burleigh brand, based in Stoke-on-Trent, is understood to have struggled with the surging cost of gas, higher labour costs, tighter financial markets and softeni

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Video posted on social media depicts a rendering of the proposed 50-storey gargantuan structure decked in gold In a city of respected art deco buildings, ridicule is being heaped on the latest structure proposed for Miami’s skyline: the Donald J Trump presidential library, unveiled in ambitious plans posted to social media on Monday night. A 1 minute 40 second video tour of the proposed gargantuan structure revealed it will be decked, almost inevitably, in Trump’s trademark gold, including a gia

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Foreign ministers Ishaq Dar and Wang Yi met in Beijing as Pakistan pushes for peacemaker role Middle East crisis – live updates Pakistan and China have released a joint five-part proposal for peace in the Middle East, after Pakistan’s foreign minister flew to Beijing on Tuesday to seek Chinese support for the country’s faltering efforts to negotiate an end to end the war. The one-day meeting between Ishaq Dar and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, came as Pakistan continues to push for the role o