Brazilian politician brothers convicted of ordering murder of Rio city councillor pred 1 dnevom, 6 urami in 40 minutami João Francisco Inácio Brazão and Domingos Inácio Brazão sentenced for murder of Marielle Franco, a gay Black woman and rising political star Two influential Brazilian politician brothers have been convicted by Brazil’s supreme court of ordering the murder of Marielle Franco, the Rio de Janeiro city councillor, nearly eight years ago.João Francisco Inácio Brazão, the former congressman known as Chiquinho, and the former adviser to Rio’s court of auditors Domingos Inácio Brazão were sentenced to 76 years and three months in prison for the murders of Franco, 38, and her driver, Anderson Gomes, 39. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
US to offer passport services to citizens in illegal West Bank settlements pred 1 dnevom, 6 urami in 48 minutami Israel welcomes move described by Palestinian Authority as undermining possibility of an independent stateThe US will provide on-site consular services in two Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank for the first time, breaking with previous policy, in a move that has been criticised by Palestinian officials as “a clear violation of international law”.In a post on X, the US embassy in Jerusalem said that as part of an initiative to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, it would provide Americans with routine passport services in the West Bank settlement of Efrat on Friday “for one day only”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Neuroscientist resigns from Columbia amid revelations about Epstein ties pred 1 dnevom, 7 urami in 14 minutami Nobel laureate Richard Axel announced resignation as co-director of Columbia University’s neuroscience instituteDr Richard Axel, a molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, has announced that he was stepping down as the leader of a prestigious neuroscience institute at Columbia University over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.Axel, who has taught at Columbia for 53 years, said in a statement on Tuesday that he would be leaving his post as co-director of the university’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute to “focus on research and teaching in my lab.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Swiss bar fire victims to get solidarity payout pred 1 dnevom, 7 urami in 18 minutami The so-called solidarity contribution will go to each of the 115 injured and the families of the 41 who died.(BBC News)
Treasury calls in Blair thinktank to advise on using AI across public services pred 1 dnevom, 7 urami in 19 minutami Tech equity campaigners compare move to ‘inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse’Ministers have called in Tony Blair’s thinktank and private tech companies to guide them on deploying AI across the UK government in a move campaigners compared to “inviting in foxes to consult on the future of the henhouse”.James Murray, chief secretary to the Treasury, chaired a meeting on Wednesday with the director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI), the chair of IBM and senior executives at AI companies including Faculty AI, now part of Accenture, and Dex Hunter-Torricke, a former communications adviser at Google, Facebook and Elon Musk’s Space X. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Labour ministers explore ways of easing burden of plan 2 student loans pred 1 dnevom, 7 urami in 21 minutami Government looks at options such as increasing loan repayment thresholds amid growing pressureMinisters are examining ways to ease the burden of student loans after weeks of pressure over a policy pulling more people into repayments, the Guardian understands.The Treasury and the Department for Education are reviewing different options to offer relief to those with plan 2 student loans, which often leave graduates in England and Wales paying tens of thousands more than the original loan amount. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
