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AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do
Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill.Tech - Wired - November 1 -
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How the UN Human Rights Council promotes dictatorships over human rights
The UN Human Rights Council has elected some of the world's most oppressive regimes, including Qatar, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia, to its membership, leading to a mockery of its ...Politics - The Hill - October 15 -
The human race is suffering from success
Treating today’s mental and physical conditions may be a challenge, but their prevalence is actually a good signBusiness - Financial Times - October 22 -
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Netherlands mulls sending rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda
Critics say plan mooted by coalition government led by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom party is ‘totally unfeasible’. The Dutch coalition government, headed by Geert Wilders’ far-right Freedom ...World - The Guardian - October 17 -
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Taiwan again rejects South African demand to move its representative office
Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of JohannesburgWorld - ABC News - October 22 -
South Carolina to build state's first individual monument honoring an African American
South Carolina is preparing to put up its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn, honoring Robert Smalls.Top stories - NBC News - October 23 -
Giant African rats join crackdown against illegal wildlife trade
Wily rodents deployed to sniff out illicit flows of rhino horns, elephant tusks and pangolin scalesBusiness - Financial Times - October 30 -
Young African Voters Reject Liberation-Era Political Parties
Political parties that have governed for decades since African countries overthrew colonial rulers are now being challenged by frustrated young voters.World - The New York Times - 6 days ago -
William's rugby skills tested on South African township visit
The Prince of Wales has been playing rugby on a visit to a township outside Cape Town.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
Senate likely to double the number of elected African American women
CBS News projects that former Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will win the Delaware Senate seat, making her the third African American woman elected to the Senate. Though too early to project, Prince ...Top stories - CBS News - 2 days ago -
ICC judges unseal an arrest warrant for an alleged Central African Republic rebel
Judges at the International Criminal Court have unsealed an arrest warrant for an alleged rebel from the Central African Republic accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity more than a ...World - ABC News - Yesterday -
The evolutionary history of humans' ability to eat starch
How humans developed the ability to digest starch: A study offers insight into the evolution of amylase genes, which are key to breaking down some carbs.Top stories - NBC News - October 17 -
You Could Be Overlooking Human Skills in the Workplace
Technical chops are in demand, but some employees believe that companies aren’t putting enough emphasis on human skills like communication and collaboration.Business - Inc. - October 21 -
Pep: Haaland goal 'not normal for a human being'
Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland's outrageous goal in Manchester City's 5-0 win over Sparta Prague should "not be normal for a human being."Sports - ESPN - October 25 -
A human is not designed to see what I saw
A former Welsh Guard describes having a "catastrophic breakdown" after returning from Helmand Province.Top stories - BBC News - October 30 -
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Therapeutic Food Shortage Puts African Children at Risk of Starvation, U.N. Agency Says
Supplies of a highly nutritious treatment are running out, according to UNICEF.World - The New York Times - October 15 -
African football’s governing body found to have $16m in expenses missing from accounts
Auditors’ review said to have shown missing expenses It would put losses for year to 30 June 2023 at $25.4m The Confederation of African Football’s audit and compliance committee has claimed ...World - The Guardian - October 18 -
'You can't show weakness' - why African leaders maintain secrecy around their health
There is a long history of African leaders hiding or lying about their health to keep rivals at bay.Top stories - BBC News - October 19 -
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‘We built Brazil’: how descendants of enslaved Africans have helped shape the country
A new book explores the way Black people are playing a transformative role in the fight for equality despite centuries of enslavement and continued neglect. “A cook for a small family is needed. ...World - The Guardian - October 31 -
Annarella and Django: Jouer review – flute and west African lute shine in expressive new partnership
(We Are Busy Bodies) This marriage of instruments is best when the full-band moments are stripped back to highlight the duo’s artistry. The plucked melodic twang of the ngoni, a west African lute, ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Review: In sharp documentary 'Dahomey,' African art returns home, but colonialism still stings
A conversation-starter of a film by director Mati Diop, this brief but complex examination of a France-to-Africa transfer of ancient art asks: Who benefits?Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - 6 days ago -
‘It’s shocking no-one’s done this before’: the 13-hour gig digging up the African roots of global pop
With a marathon performance and album, the wildly ambitious Chromesthesia charts centuries of intercontinental music. Its creator explains why she’s asking big questions about the true owners of ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza
Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels.Top stories - The New York Times - October 14 -
Safet Zec at Venice Biennale — humanity at its most fragile and battered
Eighty-year-old Bosnian painter is the star of the pavilion’s multinational show ‘Home Sextant’World - Financial Times - October 14 -
European audit of democracy standards too positive, says human rights watchdog
European Commission report ‘completely ineffective as an enforcement tool’, according to civil liberties organisation. The European Commission’s exhaustive annual audit of democratic standards ...World - The Guardian - October 14 -
Human sense of smell is faster than previously thought, study suggests
Some participants were able to discriminate order of smells at intervals 10 times shorter than previously thought. The human sense of smell is nothing to turn one’s nose up at, research suggests, ...World - The Guardian - October 14 -
Life and Death in Gaza TV review — film focuses on human resilience
Four families tell of their struggles to find food, safety and hope in this BBC documentaryWorld - Financial Times - October 14 -
David Lammy urged to raise human rights concerns on China trip
Exclusive: Group of UK MPs says foreign secretary must ‘engage with China as it really is’ amid rapprochement drive. David Lammy must “engage with China as it really is under the leadership of Xi ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
Human rights groups condemn EU summit with Saudi crown prince
Mohammed bin Salman attends Brussels meeting six years after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. Human rights activists have condemned the EU’s decision to host the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin ...World - The Guardian - October 16 -
Lammy to raise human rights and support for Russia on China trip
UK foreign secretary keen to boost engagement with Beijing as well as address concerns in potential reset to relationsBusiness - Financial Times - October 17 -
