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Tech industry allowing 'deluge' of misinformation: RSF

Journalism is being battered by propaganda and increasingly sophisticated fakes, aided by AI software and a failure of oversight from tech companies, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday. . The report used the example of Midjourney, an AI programme that generates high-quality images that are "feeding social media with increasingly plausible and undetectable fake 'photos'", such as those of Donald Trump being manhandled by police and a comatose Julian Assange in a straitjacket that recently went viral. 

Wed, May 3, 2023 2 mins read

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Myanmar junta pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent against military

Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law used widely in its crackdown on dissent since seizing power more than two years ago.. The law carries a maximum three-year jail term.

Wed, May 3, 2023 1 mins read

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Dead rivers, flaming lakes: India's sewage failure

Mohammed Azhar holds his baby niece next to a storm drain full of plastic and stinking black sludge, testament to India's failure to treat nearly two-thirds of its urban sewage.. India's sewerage system does not connect to about two-thirds of its urban homes, according to the National Faecal Sludge and Septage Management Alliance (NFSSM).

Tue, May 2, 2023 3 mins read

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Foreign chefs conquer Paris with childhood flavours for French cuisine

"My mum doesn't agree with what I do here: at home, we don't eat like this," laughs Alan Geaam, the first Lebanese chef to earn a Michelin star in Paris.. "You don't get a Michelin star with traditional Lebanese cuisine," said Geaam, who earned his in 2018. 

Tue, May 2, 2023 2 mins read

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Suspect in Texas neighbor slayings arrested

A man accused of massacring five neighbors after they asked him to stop firing his rifle in his yard was captured Tuesday after a days-long manhunt, Texas law enforcement said.. The 38-year-old Mexican national is accused of attacking his neighbors after they allegedly asked him to stop shooting his semi-automatic AR-15 rifle because the noise was keeping a baby awake.

Tue, May 2, 2023 2 mins read

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Number of child marriages falling too slowly: UNICEF

Child marriages are declining -- but at a rate that would not eliminate the practice for another 300 years, while a perfect storm of crises could yet reverse the trend, the United Nations childrens' agency said Tuesday.. "At current pace, we might have to wait 300 years to eliminate child marriage," Cappa warned, adding that the majority of these marriages involve girls aged 12 to 17. 

Tue, May 2, 2023 2 mins read

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Charles III coronation a must for foreign royal fanatics

Harking from Canada, Australia, France and beyond, many international royal fans are celebrating King Charles III's coronation by heading to London, a city that knows how to capitalise on its most famous residents.. She admires King Charles "for everything that he has had to endure just being a part of the royal family".

Tue, May 2, 2023 2 mins read

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Young Palestinians in Lebanon dream of a future abroad

In Lebanon's impoverished Palestinian refugee camps, young people say they dream of leaving a struggling country where their families took refuge generations ago and where their futures remain bleak.. As he zips through its alleys on his moped, he dreams of leaving, but his chances of getting a visa to a Western country are slim.

Tue, May 2, 2023 3 mins read

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Young Thai protesters hope for 'game changer' election

Three years ago, Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul was on the front lines of Thailand's democracy movement as thousands of young protesters clashed with police firing teargas and rubber bullets on the streets of Bangkok.. Panusaya is not convinced that, against such a backdrop, pro-democracy parties will have the courage to embark on the kind of comprehensive reform the protest movement called for.

Tue, May 2, 2023 4 mins read

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At 75, Israel's economy offers success or inequality

Now 75 years old, Israel models itself as an economic success story, a leader in business, agriculture and advanced technologies -- despite glaring inequalities that have left many Israelis behind.. To highlight its commercial successes, Israel, a nation born on May 14, 1948, can point to enviable economic performances.

Tue, May 2, 2023 3 mins read