LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman hopes a second Trump term can usher in an era of AI innovation. In a recent op-ed for The Financial Times, he shared several concerns he has for the administration. Hoffman warned that Elon Musk shouldn’t use his relationship with Donald Trump to boost xAI. LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman said Elon…
Text size When Lebanese carpenter Samir awoke in a panic Saturday to the sound of explosions and screams, he thought his own building in central Beirut had been hit by an air raid. As it turned out, the early morning air strike — which killed at least 11 people and injured 63, according to authorities…
Text size Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike that hit a central Beirut building early Saturday killed 11 people and wounded 63, raising an earlier toll as rescue efforts continued. “The Israeli enemy strike on Basta al-Fawqa in Beirut killed 11 people, including a large amount of body parts that are being identified. The…
Text size Lebanon’s health ministry said at least four people were killed in an Israeli strike in the heart of Beirut on Saturday, with rescue operations still ongoing. “The Israeli enemy strike on Basta al-Fawqa in Beirut killed four people and injured 23 others,” the ministry said in a statement, giving a preliminary toll. Rescuers…
Text size Five Israeli missiles struck a residential building in the heart of Beirut on Saturday, Lebanese state media reported. “Beirut, the capital, woke up to a horrific massacre, as the Israeli enemy’s air force completely destroyed an eight-storey residential building with five missiles on Al-Mamoun Street in the Basta area,” the National News Agency…
Text size The experimental hypersonic intermediate-range missile Russia fired at Ukraine will not affect the course of the war nor NATO’s backing for Kyiv, a spokesperson for the US-led defence alliance said on Thursday. “Deploying this capability will neither change the course of the conflict nor deter NATO Allies from supporting Ukraine,” said spokesperson Farah…
Text size Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for a ceasefire in Gaza, as he visited Brazil’s capital, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. Xi expressed concerns about the spread of the conflict in Gaza, and “called for a ceasefire and an end to the war at an early date,” the agency said, as…
US President Biden’s decision to provide antipersonnel mines comes after Ukraine fired ATACMS missiles into Russia. US President Joe Biden has approved providing antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine in what has been seen as another policy reversal on weapons provided to Kyiv by the outgoing United States administration, according to reports. The US expects Ukraine…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and US President-elect Donald Trump spoke shortly after the latter’s election Attila KISBENEDEK, CHARLY TRIBALLEAU Text size Donald Trump’s allies voiced vehement criticism Monday of President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine use US-supplied long-range missiles for attacks inside Russia, accusing him of a dangerous escalation. With two months left…
The Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov had earlier said the use of American weapons to attack targets in Russia constituted “a qualitatively new situation in terms of the involvement of the United States in this conflict.” The Russian military has long been using foreign-made weapons, such as Iranian Shahed drones, to attack Ukraine. Earlier this year, Macron…