[ad_1] OAKLAND, California: A top Google scientist on ethical artificial intelligence says she was fired after criticizing the company’s diversity efforts, a claim that the Alphabet unit disputed on Thursday (December 3), in the last review between the internet giant and labor activists. Timnit Gebru, who is black, said on …
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[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Singapore will contribute $ 5 million (S $ 6.67 million) to help bring COVID-19 vaccines to people in low- and lower-middle-income countries, the Foreign Ministry (MFA) and the Ministry said. of Health (MOH). in a joint statement on Friday (December 4). The contribution will go to the COVID-19 …
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[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea has recorded 629 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily count in about nine months. The Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency said on Friday (December 4) that 600 of the newly confirmed patients were nationally transmitted cases, nearly 80 percent of …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Former United States Presidents Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as President-elect Joe Biden, volunteer to bring a coronavirus vaccine on camera if it helps build public confidence. Obama, in an interview with SiriusXM radio, said he would be inoculated if America’s leading infectious …
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[ad_1] UNITED NATIONS: The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, condemned on Thursday (December 3) the countries, without naming names, that rejected the facts about the coronavirus pandemic and ignored the guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO). Guterres addressed a special session of the 193-member UN General …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The US Department of Justice is discussing a deal with Huawei’s CFO Meng Wanzhou that would allow it to return to China from Canada, in exchange for admitting wrongdoing, a person familiar with the matter said. Meng’s attorneys have spoken with Justice Department officials in recent weeks about …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The top US intelligence official stepped up the Trump administration’s harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday (December 3) by labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since the Second World War and say it was bent on global domination. “The intelligence is clear: Beijing intends …
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[ad_1] LONDON: The UK has become the first country to approve the Pfizer / BioNTech vaccine for widespread use. The government has ordered 40 million doses and the first batch of 800,000 doses is expected to ship from Belgium, where the vaccine is manufactured, in the next few days. Ad …
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[ad_1] PARIS: The world passed the grim milestone of 1.5 million global coronavirus deaths on Thursday (December 3), as several nations planned to deliver long-awaited vaccines early next year to break the cycle of lockdowns and restrictions. But even as the latest positive news about a vaccine was announced, and …
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden selected two former Obama administration officials to high-level positions to help combat COVID-19, including the appointment of Jeff Zients as the White House coronavirus coordinator, it reported. Politico on Thursday (December 3). Biden’s adviser, Vivek Murthy, will return to his role as Surgeon General, but …
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