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Richard Branson, Oppenheimer's Grandson And Other Notables Urge World Leaders To Tackle AI, Climate Crisis
Friday, February 16, 2024 - 4:56am | 667In a recent open letter, several influential figures, including the Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and the grandson of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, have called for immediate action from global leaders to address the pressing threats of artificial intelligence (AI) and the climate crisis....
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World Population Rises to Seven Billion
Monday, October 31, 2011 - 12:28pm | 521This just in: People like to have sex. Apparently, lots and lots of people are having lots and lots of sex, because the world is popping out babies faster than the Octomom can. According to the United Nations, the world population hit seven billion this weekend. It was only 12 years ago that the...
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More UN Troops For Haiti
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 7:23am | 168Bloomberg reports that the UN Security Council is scheduled to vote today on sending 2,000 more troops and 1,500 extra police to Haiti as forces on the ground struggle to keep order and speed delivery of food, water and medicine. “Haiti requires a massive response from the international community...
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People Buried In Haiti Pose Challenge For Rescuers
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 1:16pm | 215A U.S.-led rescue effort brought ships, mobile hospitals and food to Haiti after the prime minister said the earthquake two days ago that devastated Port-au-Prince may have killed more than 100,000 people. The United Nations and international aid groups said time is running out to save thousands...