Official cites review of course curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, where new recruits get basic training
Donald Trump’s order halting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives has led the US air force to suspend course instruction on a documentary about the first Black airmen in the US military, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, a US official said on Saturday.
The famed Black aviators included 450 pilots who fought overseas in segregated units during the second world war. Their success in combat helped pave the way for Harry Truman’s decision to desegregate the armed forces in 1948.
Tycoon tells 4,500 people at campaign event in Halle to be proud of German culture in speech via video link
Elon Musk made a surprise appearance during Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, speaking publicly in support of the far-right party for the second time in as many weeks.
Addressing a hall of 4,500 people alongside the party’s co-leader, Alice Weidel, Musk spoke live via video link about preserving German culture and protecting the German people.
Lukaku penalty seals 2-1 home win for Serie A leaders
Real Madrid sink Valladolid to stretch lead in La Liga
Napoli staged a rousing comeback to secure a 2-1 victory over Juventus in Saturday’s action-packed clash, handing the visitors their first Serie A defeat of the season.
Randal Kolo Muani, signed on loan from Paris Saint-Germain, scored on his debut to give Juventus the lead two minutes before the break, pouncing on a rebound to volley past goalkeeper Alex Meret and send Antonio Conte’s side in to the break behind.
The latest protests come after private meeting between Robert Fico and Vladimir Putin in December
The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, has rejected calls for his resignation after tens of thousands demonstrated against his government’s policy shift closer to Russia.
About 60,000 people protested in the capital, Bratislava, on Friday and approximately 100,000 turned out for rallies in cities across the country, the largest demonstrations since Fico returned to power in 2023.
Inspectors general at state, defense and transportation departments removed in apparent violation of federal law
Donald Trump fired 17 independent watchdogs at multiple US government agencies on Friday, a person with knowledge of the matter said, eliminating a critical oversight component and clearing the way for the president to replace them with loyalists.
The inspectors general at agencies including the departments of state, defense and transportation were notified by emails from the White House personnel director that they had been terminated immediately, the source said on condition of anonymity.
President Donald Trump's administration fired the independent inspectors general of more than a dozen major government agencies late on Friday, US media reported.
Around 60,000 people gather in Bratislava to oppose Robert Fico’s policy moves, with rallies also held in 20 other cities
Tens of thousands of protesters thronged a central square in the Slovak capital, waving banners opposing prime minister Robert Fico’s policy shift closer to Russia, amid rising tensions between the government and the opposition.
Organisers estimated 60,000 people attended Friday’s demonstration in Bratislava’s Freedom Square, about four times more than in the last demonstration two weeks ago.
Sara Piffer, a promising 19-year-old Italian rider, died during a training outing on Friday, the Italian Professional Cyclists’ Association (ACCPI) said, after she was reportedly hit by a car.
The Team Mendelspeck rider Piffer was struck by the vehicle on a minor road during a training session in Italy’s northern Trentino region, according to Italian media.
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(Reuters) - Meta Platforms, maison mère de Facebook et Instagram, prévoit de dépenser jusqu'à 65 milliards de dollars (61,83 milliards d'euros) cette année pour développer son infrastructure d'intelligence artificielle (IA), a déclaré son directeur général Mark Zuckerberg vendredi.
Dans le cadre de cet investissement, qui vise à renforcer la position de l'entreprise face à ses rivaux OpenAI et Google dans la course à l'innovation, Meta va intensifier ses recrutements dans le domaine de l'IA et construire un centre de données de plus de 2 gigawatts.
Le groupe américain, qui figure parmi les principaux clients de Nvidia et ses puces d'intelligence artificielle, a pour objectif de terminer l'année avec plus de 1,3 million de processeurs graphiques et prévoit de mettre en ligne environ 1 gigawatts de puissance de calcul en 2025.
BRUXELLES (Reuters) - La Commission européenne a demandé aux géants du numérique, dont la plateforme TikTok et le réseau X, de participer à un "stress test" le 31 janvier pour évaluer leurs procédures contre la désinformation dans la perspective des élections fédérales du 23 février en Allemagne, a annoncé vendredi un porte-parole.
Microsoft, TikTok, LinkedIn, Google, Snap, Meta, propriétaire de Facebook, et X (anciennement Twitter) doivent se conformer à cette évaluation en vertu du Règlement européen sur les services numériques (DSA) de 2022 qui vise à encadrer les activités des plateformes, a précisé Thomas Regnier lors d'un point de presse.
"Le 'stress test' suit les scénarios potentiels où le DSA entre en jeu et vérifie avec les plateformes comment elles réagiraient face à ces scénarios spécifiques", a-t-il expliqué.
Zuckerberg expects Meta's AI assistant — available across its services, including Facebook and Instagram — to serve more than 1 billion people in 2025.
Mastercard and Visa failed to stop their companies from laundering money from child sexual abuse and sex trafficking on OnlyFans, according to allegations in an undisclosed whistleblower complaint.
Osama Najim, also known as Almasri, was detained on Sunday in Turin under an arrest warrant issued by The Hague-based international criminal court (ICC).
Russian President Vladimir Putin has grown concerned about distortions in Russia's wartime economy, just as Donald Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict, sources say.
SEATTLE, Jan 23 — A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump‘s administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” U.S. District Judge John Coughenour at the urging of four Democratic-led states issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration...
The latest settlement is meant to address a drug addiction crisis that has led to over 700,000 opioid overdose deaths in the US over the past two decades.
While the second season of "Squid Game" has new plot twists, one element of the Netflix mega-hit series where contestants down on their luck risk their lives to play children's games for the chance of winning cash prizes, has remained constant.
The temporary shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people and should be ready in a matter of days, said municipal official Enrique Licon.
Trump voiced his latest tariff threats in remarks to reporters at the White House a day after taking office without immediately imposing tariffs as he had promised during his campaign.
Teamsters said on Sunday its members at US retailer Costco Wholesale voted in favor of a nationwide strike, as they entered a final round of talks to reach a new contract ahead of a Jan. 31 deadline.
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