‘If my body is healthy, anything is possible,’ Kenya’s affable Faith Kipyegon promises as she breaks 5000m World Record in Paris
Kipyegon took the lead with about 600 metres to go, but Gidey kept close contact. They were about six seconds outside of world record pace, but Gidey also knew what Kipyegon is capable of. The world 10,000m champion knew that Kipyegon had the finishing speed to break Gidey’s world record.
Truth’s treason: It’s 10 years since Edward Snowden blew whistle on US government spying on journalists
Law enforcement agencies have also begun using facial recognition technology to identify crime suspects despite the fact that the software is known to frequently misidentify people of colour – leading to the wrongful arrest and detention earlier this year of Randal Reid in Georgia, among other cases.
Fears another rebel force in Sudan’s South Kordofan State is preparing to launch attacks as conflict spreads
SPLM-N forces had moved into several army camps around Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, prompting the army to reinforce its positions, they said, adding that the RSF had closed the road between Kadugli and El Obeid to the north, depriving the city of supplies.
With obviously fake photos, Republican presidential aspirants DeSantis and Trump raise AI ante
Trump, who is currently the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, has indeed used altered images to attack DeSantis, his closest rival. However, he seems to have primarily shared obviously fake content, for instance an image of DeSantis riding a rhinoceros, a suggestion that the governor is a “Republican in Name Only” (RINO).
A humanitarian agency suspends operations in DRC after staff steal $900,000 meant for 1,700 families in South Kivu
An estimated 5.7 million people are displaced in DRC, and there are more than 100 armed movements in the country’s east, where South Kivu is situated. The humanitarian situation has been worsened by an insurgency by the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group.
Why North Koreans are hoarding US dollars and Chinese yuan, but use local won to buy cheap items like vegetables and soda
North Koreans are likely resisting attempts by authorities to take their foreign currency given the low level of public trust in the government’s economic policies, said Choi Ji-young, an analyst at Seoul’s state-funded Korea Institute for National Unification.
Trump’s push to recapture White House runs into headwinds as he’s accused of mishandling sensitive documents
Investigators seized roughly 13,000 documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, nearly a year ago. One hundred were marked as classified, even though one of Trump’s lawyers had previously said all records with classified markings had been returned to the government.
Republicans join parents in Utah to protest ban on Bible in schools as a ‘violent, vulgar, incestuous’ book
The Bible removal is the highest-profile effort to remove a book from a school in Utah since the Legislature passed a law requiring school districts to create new pathways for residents to challenge “sensitive materials” and used a statute-based definition on pornography to define them.
Republican party nomination field looks set for battle, but opinion polls give Trump a head start
It will be a long road to the GOP’s national convention in Milwaukee next summer when Republican delegates across the country gather to finalise their nominee to run against President Joe Biden. Surprises are guaranteed. Fortunes will change. But as of now, every Republican White House hopeful is looking up at former President Donald Trump, who is the undisputed frontrunner in the crowded contest.
Messi on why he snubbed Saudi petrodollars: I wanted to leave Europe, get out of spotlight and think more about my family
Lionel Messi had wanted to go to a club where he could eventually have an ownership stake, a source with knowledge of the negotiations revealed this week, and his contract is expected to pave the way for him to do so after he retires.
