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Washington (AFP) - A long-awaited State Department report on Friday said that Israel likely violated norms on international law in its use of US weapons but it did not find enough evidence to block shipments. The report said it was "reasonable to assess" that Israel, which receives some $3 billion in US weapons a year, has used the arms in ways inconsistent with standards on humanitarian rights but that the United States could not reach "conclusive findings." The report had been held up for several days amid debate within the State Department on whether to reprimand Israel, a historic US ally ...
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Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump's youngest son Barron, 18, on Friday stepped back from his planned political debut, withdrawing as a delegate at the Republican Party convention in July. Barron, who has been largely shielded from the public eye, made global headlines this week when it appeared he would be the latest member of the Trump family to enter the political arena. But a statement from the office of his mother Melania Trump, the former president's third wife, soon put a stop to the convention plan. "While Barron is honored to have been chosen as a delegate by the Florida Republican Party...
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Washington (AFP) - A huge solar storm begun pummeling Earth on Friday, bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids -- and stunning auroras -- as it intensifies. The first of several coronal mass ejections (CMEs) -- expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun -- arrived in the early afternoon, US eastern time, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said. Severe geomagnetic storm conditions are expected to persist over the weekend, and come as the Sun approaches the peak of an 11-year cycle that brings heightened activity. "We have notified all of ou...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Lawsuits are flying in a dispute between two California airports over the right to use the name "San Francisco" -- despite neither of them being in the city. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is suing the recently renamed San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK), insisting the similar sounding names might confuse potential passengers. Their lawsuit has been met with a counterclaim from The Port of Oakland asking a judge to rule its airport's new moniker -- which replaced "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport" -- is not a copyright infringement. "C...
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By Issam AHMED Washington (AFP) - Vous craignez la menace d'une intelligence artificielle qui deviendrait malveillante? En réalité, c'est déjà le cas, selon une nouvelle étude. Les programmes actuels d'intelligence artificielle sont conçus pour être honnêtes. Ils ont pourtant développé une capacité de tromperie inquiétante, parvenant à abuser des humains dans des jeux en ligne ou encore à vaincre des logiciels censés vérifier que tel utilisateur n'est pas un robot, souligne une équipe de chercheurs dans la revue Patterns. Même si ces exemples peuvent sembler anodins, ils exposent des problèmes...
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Washington (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen flagged risks posed in the mortgage market Friday, as regulators released recommendations to address the sector's vulnerabilities. "The vulnerabilities of nonbank mortgage companies can amplify shocks in the mortgage market and undermine financial stability," said Yellen at an open session of a Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) meeting. She added that the council has laid this out in detail for the first time. Nonbank financial companies do not have a full banking license but can offer various banking services. On Friday, Yellen ...
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Washington (AFP) - The United States on Friday announced a new $400 million military aid package for Kyiv as Russia launched a ground offensive in northeast Ukraine. It is the third package for Ukraine in less than three weeks, following two in late April valued at a total of $7 billion as Washington seeks to make up for months in which it provided only limited assistance. In a memo released by the White House, President Joe Biden authorized the provision of "up to $400 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training" to aid Ukraine. U...
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Washington (AFP) - A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Civil War Southern generals to two schools, four years after they were removed following a wave of protests for racial justice. The move by the Shenandoah County school board, in a five to one vote, bucks a nationwide trend of striking the names of prominent figures in the pro-slavery Confederacy from schools, US military bases and monuments. Honey Run Elementary School will once again be known as Ashby-Lee Elementary, while Mountain View High School will go back to being Stonewall Jackson High. Both are in the tow...
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Washington (AFP) - Experts have long warned about the threat posed by artificial intelligence going rogue -- but a new research paper suggests it's already happening. Current AI systems, designed to be honest, have developed a troubling skill for deception, from tricking human players in online games of world conquest to hiring humans to solve "prove-you're-not-a-robot" tests, a team of scientists argue in the journal Patterns on Friday. And while such examples might appear trivial, the underlying issues they expose could soon carry serious real-world consequences, said first author Peter Park...
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Los Angeles (AFP) - Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson has been placed under a conservatorship by a Los Angeles judge, following his struggles with dementia and the recent loss of his wife. Wilson, 81, regarded by many as a singular musical genius, has required help with his daily life since his diagnosis, which was publicly revealed last year. Shortly after the death of his wife Melinda in January, Wilson's family asked the court for his business manager LeeAnn Hard, as well as his publicist and manager Jean Sievers, to be appointed to manage his personal and medical affairs. Their legal guardia...
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