Portugal: Students protest for better conditions and against tuition fees
Higher education students across the country mark Student’s Day today with a march through Lisbon, demanding affordable housing, an end to tuition fees and more investment in social support., Read MoreContinue Reading
Philippines declares national emergency as fuel supplies dwindle
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a year-long national emergency as fuel supplies begin to dwindle., Philippines declares national emergency as fuel supplies dwindle NewsFeed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared a year-long national emergency as fuel supplies begin to dwindle amid the US-Israeli war on Iran. AlContinue Reading
Indian police manage long lines as panic grows over fuel shortages
Indian police have been stationed at petrol pumps in the state of Gujarat as people panic over possible fuel shortages., NewsFeed Indian police have been stationed at petrol pumps in the state of Gujarat as people panic over possible fuel shortages. India gets more than 40% of its crude importsContinue Reading
As L.A. jury deliberates, another social media lawsuit ends in $375-million verdict
A verdict in a New Mexico civil trial involving Meta is the first monetary judgment against a social media company for alleged harms its products caused to kids., Read MoreContinue Reading
Competing Claims on SAVE America Act Disenfranchising Voters
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the SAVE America Act “could disenfranchise over 20 million American citizens,” while Republicans dispute that the voter registration and ID bill would block any legitimate voters. Election experts say the bill, which isn’t expected to pass, would make it difficult for some unknownContinue Reading
First boat of aid flotilla docks in Cuba | DW News
The first ship of an international flotilla bringing humanitarian aid to Cuba arrived Tuesday in Havana loaded with solar panels, bicycles, food and medicine as the island’s economic and energy crises deepen. Some 30 people were aboard the first of three ships expected to arrive in Cuba, which is grapplingContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Litavr just intercepted Shahed in way nobody had before and set world’s record
Ukraine sets a new world record. The 190th Training Center of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces has become the first globally to achieve remote interceptions of Shahed drones using the Litavr complex from F-Drones, says military analyst Oleksii Kopytko. Its key specifications include: a maximum speed of 350 km/h, a flight timeContinue Reading
Russia’s spring offensive is failing. It launches record drone attack to make sure nobody noticed
From 23 March to 24 March, Russian forces carried out the largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war. It killed a newborn baby in Ivano-Frankivsk and damaged a historical monument in Lviv. In total, Russia deployed 948 Shahed-136 / BM-35 “Italmas” drones, along with decoysContinue Reading
An Open Training Set For AI Goes Global
As many of the AI stories on Walled Culture attest, one of the most contentious areas in the latest stage of AI development concerns the sourcing of training data. To create high-quality large language models (LLMs) massive quantities of training data are required. In the current genAI stampede, many companies are simplyContinue Reading
NHS waited two days before raising alarm about meningitis outbreak
Nick Triggle Health correspondent Getty Images A Meningitis B vaccine program has been rolled out for students at the University of Kent following the outbreak The NHS waited two days before raising the alarm about the meningitis outbreak, the BBC has learnt. The UK Health Security Agency was first alertedContinue Reading
‘BTS The Return’ Is a Comeback Story Grounded in Chosen Family (Exclusive)
What makes BTS more than the biggest group in the world? BTS The Return makes it clear. Their power is not just in the music or the global fame. It is in each other. From acclaimed director Bao Nguyen, known for The Stringer and The Greatest Night in Pop, thisContinue Reading
Hegseth: We Negotiate With Bombs
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just perfectly summed up Traitor 47’s reckless military campaign in Iran. Speaking in the Oval Office alongside The Traitor Tuesday, Hegseth insisted that the Pentagon had established its own role in ongoing negotiations. “The air campaign that we’ve conducted, that Israel’s conducted alongside us, was oneContinue Reading
Cockroaches, surveillance and 16-hour days: The life of a North Korean worker in Russia
Workers at Russian construction sites are among more than 100,000 North Koreans being exploited worldwide as part of a state-sponsored labor program, researchers say in a new report., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading