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Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay nearly $223 million to two US election workers he defamed

16Dec

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Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay nearly $223 million to two US election workers he defamed

A Washington, DC, jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay nearly $US150 million ($223 million) to two Georgia election workers for the harm caused by defamatory statements he made about them following the 2020 election. Ruby Freeman was awarded $US16,171,000 ($24 million) for defamation and $US20 million ($29 million) for emotional distress. Shaye Moss, Freeman's daughter, was awarded $US16,998,000 ($25 million) for defamation and $29 million for emotional distress. The jury also awarded $US75 million ($111 million) in punitive damages to both plaintiffs. Giuliani watched intently as the verdict was read, using a stylus on a touch-screen device, apparently taking down notes on the figures he'd been ordered to pay. After leaving the courtroom, the former New Yor...

Scientists are bringing molecules back from the dead in quest to fight superbugs

16Dec

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Scientists are bringing molecules back from the dead in quest to fight superbugs

The quest for new antibiotics is going back to the Stone Age. The urgency to identify possible candidates has never been greater as the global population faces nearly 5 million deaths every year that are associated with microbial resistance, according to the World Health Organisation. A research team led by bioengineering pioneer César de la Fuente is using artificial intelligence-based computational methods to mine genetic information from extinct human relatives such as Neanderthals and long-gone ice age creatures such as the woolly mammoth and giant sloth. A figure of a Neanderthal man is seen at London's Natural History Museum. Researchers are using AI-based computational methods to mine genetic information from extinct human relatives such as Neanderthals. (CNN) ...

Firefighter dies while extinguishing blaze at luxury home in Sydney’s north-west

12Dec

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Firefighter dies while extinguishing blaze at luxury home in Sydney’s north-west

A firefighter has been killed while working to extinguish a large house fire in Sydney's north-west. The blaze erupted at a luxury seven-bedroom AirBnB in Grose Vale, 10km west of Richmond, just before 8am. The 51-year-old firefighter was among the first crews to respond to the fire, which had engulfed the house. NSW Police said the man collapsed at the scene while fighting the flames. 9News understands the man was struck by a falling beam while firefighting. "FRNSW and NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) firefighters both performed CPR until paramedics arrived and the man was pronounced dead at the scene," Fire and Rescue NSW said in a statement. NSW Police and FRNSW are working to investigate the circumstances of the death. Authorities are also pro...

Prince Harry ordered to pay Daily Mail publisher legal fees for failed court challenge

12Dec

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Prince Harry ordered to pay Daily Mail publisher legal fees for failed court challenge

A judge has ordered Prince Harry pay nearly £50,000 ($96,000) in legal fees to the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid for his failed court challenge in a libel lawsuit. The Duke of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers Ltd. over an article that said Harry tried to hide his efforts to retain publicly funded protection in the UK after leaving his role as a working member of the royal family. Justice Matthew Nicklin ruled Friday in the High Court in London that the publisher has a “real prospect” of showing that statements issued on Harry’s behalf were misleading and that the February 2022 article reflected an “honest opinion” and wasn't libellous. “The defendant may well submit that this was a masterclass in the art of ‘spinning,’” Nicklin wrote, in refusing to strike t...

Europe reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules

9Dec

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Europe reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules

European Union negotiators clinched a deal today on the world's first comprehensive artificial intelligence rules, paving the way for legal oversight of technology used in popular generative AI services like ChatGPT that has promised to transform everyday life and spurred warnings of existential dangers to humanity. Negotiators from the European Parliament and the bloc's 27 member countries overcame big differences on controversial points including generative AI and police use of facial recognition surveillance to sign a tentative political agreement for the Artificial Intelligence Act. "Deal!" tweeted European Commissioner Thierry Breton, just before midnight. "The EU becomes the very first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI." The OpenAI logo is displayed on a c...

US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

9Dec

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US vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

The United States vetoed a United Nations resolution Friday (local time) backed by almost all other Security Council members and many other nations demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. Supporters called it a terrible day and warned of more civilian deaths and destruction as the war goes into its third month. The vote in the 15-member council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining. The United States vetoed a United Nations ceasefire resolution Friday (local time) backed by almost all other Security Council members (AP) US Deputy Ambassador Robert Wood criticised the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel in which the militants killed about 1200 people, mostly civilians, or to acknowledge Israel's right to...