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Guinea-Bissau has launched a blockchain platform to manage civil servants' salaries and boost transparency in the corruption-plagued country, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday.

Systemic issues can put women's security at risk when artificial intelligence (AI) is adopted, and gender biases across widely used AI-systems pose a significant obstacle to the positive use of AI in the context of peace and security in South-East Asia.

After decades of debate and no action, Australia's New Vehicle Efficiency Standard has finally passed federal parliament. It will apply to new cars sold from July next year.

In the budget last week, the government was keen to talk about its efforts to turn Australia into a renewable superpower under the umbrella of the Future Made in Australia policies.

Officials throughout the state of California have developed plans to start deploying green hydrogen at scale in the coming decade in order to reach California's 2045 climate neutrality targets. A new analysis, published by scientists at PSE Healthy Energy, finds that while certain applications of green hydrogen may present opportunities to lower greenhouse gas emissions, many challenges remain and misalignments between current proposals could undermine progress toward state climate goals.

Robert Costello returns to the stand in what could be the last day of testimony in Trump's criminal hush money trial.

An independent board considered a top court for Meta content moderation said Tuesday it is taking on the issue of whether accusing entire nationalities of crimes violates hate speech rules.

Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer: I have never said, nor have I ever thought that Hamas could be taken down in a manner of months.

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant responded to arrest warrants that could be made against him and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it "disgraceful."

The mayor of Sderot criticizes Defense Minister Gallant on 103FM radio for his harsh comments against the prime minister and discusses residents living amidst rocket fire.

Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday his administration would keep monitoring for any non-compliance with a court order that bans a popular protest song, days after YouTube blocked access to dozens of videos of the tune in the city.

Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns former US president Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social, lost more than $300 million in the first quarter of 2024, it said Monday.

The era of low-cost air travel in Europe may be over for good, thanks in part to recent EU environmental policies. All in all, this is good news for the climate. But many low- and middle-income people who used to travel around the EU will no longer be able to do so, or at least will be able to do so much less often.

It sounds like a climate solution everyone should be able to support: Let's make it easier and cheaper for farmers with dwindling water supplies to convert their lands from crop production to solar energy generation, if that's what those farmers want.

While only one short film from Israel is competing at Cannes, Shenker, Rimmon and Tadmor have made sure that Israel has a presence at the world’s highest profile film festival this year.

Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like everyone else, and an agency that has struggled with low morale is showing improvement.

Leading AI scientists are calling for stronger action on AI risks from world leaders, warning that progress has been insufficient since the first AI Safety Summit in Bletchley Park six months ago.

The former New York mayor was served after his 80th birthday celebration as he was walking to the car, a political adviser said.

South Korea and Britain kick off a major international summit on artificial intelligence in Seoul this week, where governments plan to press tech firms on AI safety.

Cassie's legal team is crapping on Diddy's apology over the leaked 2016 video that shows him assaulting her -- calling him a hypocrite ... and suggesting he misled the public.