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• 美国国防部宣布与七家公司签署 AI 采购合同，包括 Amazon Web Services、Google、Microsoft、Nvidia、OpenAI、SpaceX 以及去年筹集了 20 亿美元资金的 Reflection AI。 • 这些 AI 产品将被部署在能够存储机密信息的国防部 Impact Level 6 和 7 系统中，用户将通过名为 GenAI.mil 的内部门户进行访问。 • 值得注意的是，Anthropic 被排除在合同之外，原因是特朗普政府在 2 月将其指定为供应链风险，不过据报道五角大楼仍在使用 Anthropic 的 Claude Mythos Preview 模型。

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences 同时也修订了关于国际影片参选资格的规则。 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 周五宣布了针对 Oscars 的一系列重大变化，包括允许一名演员在同一奖项类别中获得多个提名的新政策，以及禁止将表演及编剧类奖项授予由 AI 完成的作品。 根据该机构理事会颁布的新章程，只有在经本人同意且“确证由人类完成”的情况下的表演才有资格角逐表演类 Oscars，而只有人类创作的剧本才有资格入围任何编剧类奖项。继续阅读...

据报道，伊斯兰堡已转而扮演较低调的角色，但认为即使没有面对面会晤，和平进程也能取得进展。 官员和专家表示，巴基斯坦正在伊朗和美国之间传递提案，以维持幕后对话并逐步迈向和平协议。 巴基斯坦官员表示，他们意识到，这不仅事关地区和平，还关乎全球经济的健康运行以及世界上数百万最贫困人口的生计——其中包括巴基斯坦，由于战争影响，该国每月能源进口开支几乎翻了三倍。继续阅读...

Nationwide 表示，4 月份房价上涨 3%，创下 11 个月以来最快的年度涨幅，使典型房产价值达到 £278,880。Business live – 最新动态。根据 Nationwide 的数据，UK 的房价增长令房地产经纪人和经济学家感到意外，4 月份房价以 11 个月以来最快的年度增速跳涨。这家 UK 最大的建房互助协会表示，其抵押贷款数据显示，4 月份房价比去年同期意外上涨了 3%，高于 3 月份的 2.2%，使典型的 UK 房产价值达到 £278,880。继续阅读...

• 司法部宣布扩大对唐纳德·特朗普2024年总统竞选团队及相关政治行动委员会筹款和支出模式的刑事调查，重点关注其对联邦竞选财务和外国捐赠者法律的合规情况。 • 据听取了调查简报的执法官员称，调查人员正在审查至少十几笔大额捐款，这些捐款可能通过壳公司账户或与外国有关联的实体进行转账。 • 白宫发言人将此行动描述为“例行的选举后审查”的一部分，而特朗普的盟友则指责该部门存在党派偏见，并警告称，在2026年中期选举前提出任何指控都可能引发一场政治风暴。

• Meta 报告了总额达 1070 亿美元的 2026 年第一季度云服务合同承诺，旨在推动 AI 模型开发。 • 积极的投资举措包括数据中心扩建以及 AI 硬件组件的供应链交易。 • 公司预计在 2026 年晚些时候取得 AI 突破，并正致力于将先进研究成果商业化。

新发布的招租广告价格正以 October 2024 以来最快的速度上涨。 关注最新动态，获取我们的突发新闻邮件、免费 app 或每日新闻 podcast。 Australia 的住房市场目前正处于近 18 个月来最缓慢的时期，买家转而购买较便宜的房产，并放弃了对高端市场的兴趣。 来自数据公司 Cotality 今日的数据显示，Melbourne 和 Sydney 的房价在 April 下跌了 0.6%。 Melbourne 的住房价值自 November 以来已下跌 1.9%，而 Sydney 下跌了 1%。 继续阅读...

• 希望 MDMA 辅助治疗能通过帮助士兵处理心理创伤，使他们能战斗更久 • 随着禁毒战争接近尾声，一项新的准则可能很快确立：为患有 PTSD 的现役士兵提供迷幻药物 • 在由美国国防部 (DoD) 资助的两项研究中，186 名患有 PTSD 的服役人员明年可能会接受多次 MDMA 辅助治疗。继续阅读...

裁决掏空了旨在防止投票中种族歧视的条款。此外，原油价格突破每桶 126 美元，创下 2022 年以来的最高水平。 早上好。US supreme court 针对 Louisiana 国会选区图的一项里程碑式裁决，掏空了 Voting Rights Act 的一个主要部分。这是 US 民权法的一次重大剧变，威胁到削弱少数族裔的投票权重。 立法者对此有何反应？Terri Sewell 和 Shomari Figures 目前面临失去 Alabama 黑人国会选区席位的风险，他们谴责该裁决正将国家带向“倒退”。 这项裁决是如何达成的？这是大法官 John Roberts 和 Samuel Alito 共同削减民权立法行动的顶点。 redistricting 将如何改变中期选举地图？虽然 US supreme court 的裁决在选前留出的重新绘图时间已经不多，但如果两党都实现其目前的 redistricting 野心，以下是中期选举地图可能呈现的样貌。继续阅读...

发言人表示，在监控录像显示 Israel 海军在国际水域登上船只后，14 名 Australians 中仅有两人仍保持联系。 获取我们的突发新闻邮件、免费应用或每日新闻播客 在国际水域被 Israeli 海军人员拦截的船只上，至少有六名 Australians，其中一名来自 Newcastle 的男子的家属为其安全发出了含泪恳求，并猛烈抨击 Australian 政府没有介入。 周一，作为 Global Sumud 船队的一部分，50 多艘船只从 Italy 启航前往 Gaza，希望向仍处于 Israel 海军封锁下的 Gaza Strip 运送 500 吨援助物资和志愿者。 继续阅读...

媒体大亨在缺席的情况下获得表彰，批评人士对其在 national security law 下被判处 20 年徒刑表示谴责。 被监禁的媒体企业家 Jimmy Lai 因对 Hong Kong 民主运动的贡献，获颁 Deutsche Welle 的 freedom of speech award。 这家 German 公共广播机构周四表示，Lai 将于 6 月 23 日在 Bonn 举行的 DW Global Media Forum 上被缺席授予第 12 届该奖项。 继续阅读...

Programme of events announced on anniversary of Bristol bus boycott aimed at inspiring societal manifesto for cityBristol has long been a city of activists prepared to work for change, from followers of John Wesley in the 18th century to the 21st-century citizens who toppled the statue of slave trader Edward Colston.On Wednesday, a new campaign was launched – on the anniversary of the start of the groundbreaking 1963 Bristol bus boycott – aimed at making the city the UK’s capital of civil rights. Continue reading...

• The FCC announced it will review eight broadcasting licenses owned or managed by Disney due to the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies. • The move came one day after President Trump called for ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel over a controversial joke likening First Lady Melania Trump to an 'expectant widow.' • Kimmel faces backlash amid debates on whether his late-night monologue could incite political violence following recent assassination attempt charges.

Prime minister says the middle of a global fuel crisis is ‘the worst possible time to jeopardise’ Australia’s partnerships with Asian trading partnersThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has confirmed next month’s federal budget will not include a new tax on existing gas export contracts as he criticised the “populist” campaign calling for a levy on producers.As reported last week, Albanese was poised to reject pressure to introduce a 25% tax on gas exports amid concerns the intervention could alienate the same Asian trading partners Australia is relying on for supplies of diesel and petrol. Continue reading...

Niesr says even under best-case scenario, economy would grow at slower pace in 2026 and 2027 because of conflictBritain is facing a £35bn economic hit and the risk of a recession this year as the fallout from the Iran war adds to the pressure on Keir Starmer’s government, a leading thinktank has warned.The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said that even under a best-case scenario the UK economy would grow at a much slower pace this year and next because of the Middle East conflict. Continue reading...

A Nevada judge sentenced Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse on Monday to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.

Home secretary is challenging high court decision that PA’s proscription interfered with freedom of speechThe ban on Palestine Action has created a “culture of fear” among those campaigning for Palestinian rights and judges were right to deem it unlawful, the court of appeal has heard.Shabana Mahmood is challenging the high court’s decision in February that Palestine Action’s proscription, the first of a direct action protest group, represented a “very significant interference” with the rights to freedom of speech and assembly. It also found that the ban, which remains in place pending the appeal, was a breach of the home secretary’s own policy on proscription. Continue reading...

Shareholder agm briefly adjourned after protesters wearing T-shirts labelled ‘No more big oil’ burst into songThe chair of NatWest was forced to defend the bank against accusations of “climate backtracking” at a chaotic annual shareholder meeting, which was temporarily suspended owing to singing protesters.Not long after the meeting began in Edinburgh, it was adjourned for about half an hour after a protester interrupted Rick Haythornthwaite’s opening speech. Continue reading...

Exclusive: State government commits to strengthening laws as Higgins labels Albanese government’s response to women’s safety issues ‘disheartening’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian government will strengthen laws regarding the use of victim-survivors’ confidential communications after a push by advocates including Brittany Higgins, who described her experience of having counselling records subpoenaed as a “violation”.In an interview with Guardian Australia, Higgins was also critical of the federal government’s lack of action following a sweeping review into the justice system’s responses to sexual violence, saying it had “completely fallen off the agenda”.Information and support for anyone affected by rape or sexual abuse issues is available from the following organisations. In Australia, support is available at 1800Respect (1800 737 732). In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222. In the US, Rainn offers support on 800-656-4673. Other international helplines can be found at ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html Continue reading...

Lawsuit alleges DoJ breached transparency law by withholding records on Jeffrey Epstein and over-redacting disclosuresTodd Blanche, the acting attorney general, engaged in a “brazen, shocking, and ongoing violation” of a law requiring the justice department (DoJ) to release the entirety of the so-called Epstein files, a lawsuit filed in Washington DC alleges.The action on Monday by Katie Phang, an investigative journalist and legal analyst, seeks to hold Blanche personally responsible for the DoJ’s alleged failure to publish all the documents the government holds about Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender. A full release was mandated by a landmark transparency act passed by Congress in November, with a deadline of 19 December. Continue reading...

Neither political party is immune to conspiracies in a time of intense distrust in government and media, experts say After an armed man attempted to breach the ballroom where Donald Trump was set to speak to White House journalists on Saturday, conspiracies immediately spread about whether the event was staged.The rhetoric has become a common refrain from both sides of the aisle in an era of deeply fractured politics and intense distrust in political institutions and media, and in the president himself. Continue reading...

Actions expected to exceed 3,000 as unions and groups expand protests inspired by Minnesota ICE crackdownLabor unions, democratic organizations and community groups are organizing an economic blackout this year to commemorate May Day, International Workers Day, inspired by the economic blackout in Minnesota during the massive ICE operation in the state.May Day Strong events are being planned across the US, with organizers calling for “no school, no work, no shopping”, in protest of government policies they say put billionaires’ needs above those of workers. Continue reading...

• The Philippines formally protested on Monday what Manila characterized as 'provocative and illegal' Chinese Coast Guard operations near Second Thomas Shoal, accusing Beijing of obstructing Philippine supply missions. • Philippine Defense Secretary stated that Chinese vessels used water cannons against Filipino boats, damaging equipment and endangering personnel conducting routine resupply operations to occupied Philippine outposts. • The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reaffirmed commitment to freedom of navigation operations, with Pentagon officials stating they will continue sending naval assets through disputed waters to assert international law compliance.

Exclusive: Mayor raises concerns about using public money to support firms ‘who act contrary to London’s values’UK politics live – latest updatesSadiq Khan may oppose Scotland Yard using Palantir’s AI systems to process criminal intelligence because of his “concerns about using public money to support firms who act contrary to London’s values”.The mayor of London’s office made the statement after the Guardian revealed last week that Palantir, whose software has been used in Donald Trump’s ICE immigration crackdown and by Israel’s military, has held talks with the Metropolitan police over a wide-ranging contract that could run into tens of millions of pounds. Continue reading...

Families say ‘Ulm 5’ have been detained under extreme prison conditions since arrest last SeptemberFive pro-Palestinian activists are due to appear in court over an attack on an Israeli arms company in Germany, in proceedings their families say could become a “show trial”.The Berlin-based activists, who are British, Irish, German and Spanish citizens, have been held in pre-trial detention in separate prisons since 8 September. They are alleged to have broken into Elbit Systems, in the city of Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, in the early hours of 8 September, causing hundreds of thousands of euros of damage before calling the police to arrest them. Continue reading...

Trump and first lady were safely evacuated and police arrested Cole Tomas Allen of southern California at eventThe gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have been targeting members of the Trump administration, the acting US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Sunday morning.Blanche also said officials believe that the suspect traveled by train from California to Chicago and then on to Washington, where he checked in as a guest at the hotel where one of the capital’s glitziest annual events was being held, the Washington Hilton. Continue reading...