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• Denise Ann Williams, 62, terakhir kali memberi kabar pada 15 April • Pencarian masih berlanjut terhadap seorang wanita Australia berusia 62 tahun yang dilaporkan hilang pada hari Selasa saat mendaki di sebuah taman nasional Kanada. • Denise Ann Williams terakhir kali memberi kabar pada 15 April, ketika dia memberi tahu keluarga bahwa dia sedang bepergian ke Chéticamp, sebuah desa nelayan di pesisir barat pulau Cape Breton di Nova Scotia.

• Senator AS mengadakan panel dengan para ilmuwan terkemuka Tiongkok dan memperingatkan risiko bagi masyarakat kecuali jika teknologi baru tersebut diregulasi • Senator AS Bernie Sanders menyampaikan pentingnya kerja sama internasional dalam meregulasi AI pada diskusi panel hari Rabu di Capitol Hill bersama dua ilmuwan terkemuka Tiongkok • Di saat perusahaan rintisan dan raksasa teknologi, terutama di Silicon Valley dan Beijing, berlomba untuk memajukan dan meningkatkan skala kecerdasan buatan mereka, Sanders menjadi salah satu skeptis AI yang mengadvokasi perlunya perlindungan

Positions ‘terminated, effective immediately’, says email to scientists sent on president’s behalf, in move labelled ‘dangerous attack’ on US innovationThe Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF).Members of the National Science Board received an email on Friday sent from the Presidential Personnel Office “on behalf of President Donald J Trump” stating that their position was “terminated, effective immediately”. Continue reading...

• The Taliban government announced restrictions on international health NGOs operating in Afghanistan on Monday, citing concerns over 'political interference' and threatening revocation of licenses for non-compliant organizations. • Medical organizations warned that the restrictions would devastate maternal and pediatric health services, particularly in rural areas where international agencies provide 70 percent of healthcare capacity. • The U.S. State Department condemned the move as undermining humanitarian efforts and expressed concern for vulnerable populations, with officials exploring alternative delivery mechanisms for critical medical assistance.

Widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels are harder to target than fossil fuel power stations, Michael Shanks saysRenewable energy will boost the UK’s national security and make the country more resilient against potential aggression or sabotage, the government’s energy minister has said.Michael Shanks said widely dispersed wind farms and solar panels were much harder to target than large-scale fossil fuel power stations. They are also not vulnerable to supply shocks, such as the current oil crisis caused by the US-Israel war on Iran and the soaring gas prices that followed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Continue reading...

• The International Criminal Court announced Friday the issuance of an arrest warrant for General Ahmed Hassan al-Madibbo, a prominent Sudan Armed Forces commander, citing evidence of war crimes including extrajudicial killings and enforced displacement in Darfur since April 2023. • ICC prosecutors presented evidence of at least 127 documented extrajudicial executions of civilians and systematic attacks on refugee camps housing over 2 million displaced persons, with al-Madibbo alleged to have direct command responsibility. • Sudan's military government rejected the warrant and accused the ICC of bias toward the Rapid Support Forces militia; the announcement intensified international pressure on Khartoum to cooperate with the court's investigations.

• A multiyear international campaign is underway to repair damage to childhood immunization efforts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. • The initiative focuses on restoring vaccination rates that declined during the pandemic period across multiple countries. • Public health experts view this effort as critical to preventing resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases in vulnerable pediatric populations.