Primitive human chatbots: How growth in technology promises to push lawyers out of business
Courts are woefully unprepared for a future where anyone with a chatbot can become a high-volume filer, or where ordinary people might rely on chatbots for desperately-needed legal advice.
How inter-ethnic hostilities and sex slavery drive abductions of girls and young women in South Sudan
Authorities estimate that 1,810 people were taken from their families between December 24, 2022, and mid-January. Assaults carried out by heavily armed Nuer and Dinka herders claimed the lives of 661 Murle villagers on Christmas Day.
Jupiter mission launched by Europe’s space agency will be first to orbit moon of another planet
If everything goes according to plan, the European Space Agency (ESA) probe will circle back and pass close to both Earth and the Moon in around one year’s time, which will help to slingshot the spacecraft towards the outer Solar System. This double fly-by will require “the most accurate gravity-assist manoeuvre ever done”, said ESA payload-system engineer Alessandro Atzei at the briefing.
Kindred blood II: How local DRC citizens ‘work with the means we have’ to care for the displaced
It is a small thing that should be implemented by small Congolese organisations. We don’t need to pay somebody $5,000 to show people how to wash their hands. NGOs spend a lot of money on staff, while we volunteers focus on helping people in difficulty.
Kindred blood: Selfless Congolese locals set example of humanitarian relief for foreigners in DRC
The activists’ spoke about the importance of mutual aid in DRC, their frustrations with international humanitarian groups, and their ambition for Goma Actif to spread across the country. Their answers have been edited for length and clarity.
How departed British fashion harbinger Mary Quant created a brand that rules the world
They soon met Archie McNair, a lawyer who had become a portrait photographer and who ran a coffee bar under his studio in Chelsea. The three decided to open a business together. Each man put up 5,000 pounds, and they bought a building at 138a King’s Road. Ms Quant, who was working for a milliner, quit her job.
‘Mother of the miniskirt’ and queen of Swinging Sixties fashion Mary Quant, 93, breathes her last
A decade later, Mary Quant was a global brand, with licenses all over the world – she was named an officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1966 for her contribution to British exports – and sales that would soon reach $20 million.
Mathieu Flamini: Lawyer who patrolled Arsenal midfield, now biochemist planning to buy the Gunners
It all begins in the city of Marseille. Flamini was born and raised there, growing up near the seaside. His father loved the ocean and was a diver. Sometimes he took his son with him deep into the water. What does it feel like down there?
South Africa launches Africa’s first biodiversity bank, but lacks trained curators and technicians to run
Currently, South Africa has no training programme for biodiversity biobank curators or technicians. Also, the existence and importance of biodiversity biobanks is not well known or recognised.
While some Tunisians help destitute African migrants, their leaders want more rigid law to lock them out
Without jobs, their property gone, migrants from Sub-Saharan African countries – mainly from West and North Africa – camped outside the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR offices in Tunis, Tunisia, have struggled to feed themselves. There is limited access to medical care and no ablution facilities. This new...
