Artificial intelligence has unleashed terror in the killing fields of Gaza. The algorithms that Big Tech designed – and the genocide they assisted. The Listening Post explores how Israel’s killing campaign of Palestinians has relied on artificial intelligence to choose its targets. A ...

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez says declarations on Palestine will be made “when the conditions are appropriate”. Ireland and Norway are both moving closer to recognising Palestinian statehood, leaders of the two countries expressed separately after meetings with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro ...

A former Bay Area CEO accused in a lawsuit of enslaving his assistant and sending her into “a dark abyss of unwanted sexual horror” is now alleging the woman’s high-profile Hollywood lawyer threatened to take the woman’s story to celebrity-gossip website TMZ if he did not pay her $10 million ...

ICRC Regional Director Fabrizio Carboni discusses the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the risks facing aid workers. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is reaching catastrophic levels as the war is in its seventh month. With the territory’s population at imminent risk of famine and ...

The German Parliament approved a law on Friday that will make it much easier for people to change their legal gender identities and first names. The new law, which goes into effect on Nov. 1, allows trans people to change their legal gender by filling out a simple self-disclosure form to inform ...

Violence in the region has worsened since coups in Niger and its neighbours Mali and Burkina Faso. Russian military trainers have arrived in Niger with an air defence system and other equipment as part of the West African nation’s deepening security ties with Moscow, state media ...

Meeting in Washington, DC, the leaders of Japan, the Philippines and the US stress importance of abiding by maritime law. The leaders of Japan, the Philippines and the United States have voiced “serious concern” over China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea. Beijing has ...

Prostitution should be legal and abortion is permissible in some circumstances, Independent Ireland party leader Michael Collins has said in a new interview. In a wide-ranging interview with Hot Press magazine, the Cork South-West TD, who leads the newest party in the country, says he ...

Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, says he began working on the book in 2020 after he was poisoned. Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny wrote an autobiography before he died that will be published later this year, his widow Yulia Navalnaya has said, revealing the existence of a ...

The former Australian cricket captain will play in the US-based league after the conclusion of T20 World Cup on June 29. Australia batter Steve Smith will play for Washington Freedom in the second season of Major League Cricket (MLC) in the United States. The Washington DC-based ...

Niculina Moica felt the weight of history as she pushed open the rusty iron gate to the former communist prison of Jilava, where she was detained as a teenager. Jilava is one of 44 prisons and 72 forced labour camps set up under Romania’s communist regime (1945-1989) to jail more than ...

Singapore – One of the world’s most open economies is attempting a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, the Southeast Asian city-state wants to lure the world’s best and brightest to bolster its workforce, one of Asia’s most diverse. On the other hand, it has to assure locals ...

  PHILADELPHIA — A joyful celebration of the end of Ramadan devolved into panic Wednesday in Philadelphia after rival groups exchanged gunfire, leaving at least three people injured and hundreds of parents and children to flee in search of safety. The annual Eid al-Fitr event, held outside ...

Germany is one of the staunchest backers of Israel’s war on Gaza. Eighty years after the Holocaust, Germany is accused of being complicit in an alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza. Nicaragua wants the International Court of Justice to order Berlin to stop military exports to Israel. ...

Arizona’s Supreme Court has ruled that a 160-year-old law that places a near total ban on abortions may go back into effect in 14 days. The court, which ruled 4-2 in favour of reinstating the 19th-century statute, declared on Tuesday that it is now “enforceable”. “Physicians are now on notice ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Muslims around the world celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday Wednesday, marking the end of the Islamic holy month with family reunions, new clothes and sweet treats. But the celebrations were overshadowed by the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s ...

By Seun Opejobi President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that his country might lose the war against Russia if the United States, US, stop supporting his Armed Forces. Zelensky urged the US to approve more military aides to Ukraine because other nations risk attacks if his country ...

Study commissioned by England’s health service says hormones should only be prescribed to teens with ‘extreme caution’. The evidence behind medical intervention for youth questioning their gender is “remarkably weak”, with some doctors abandoning “normal clinical approaches” to ...

Four people missing and three wounded taken to hospital after blast at power plant in the town of Bargi, near Bologna. At least three people have died and four others are missing after a fire and explosion underground at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy, local authorities ...

SAN JOSE — Buyers flocked to an auction to purchase ten condominiums in a downtown San Jose housing tower built by a troubled developer, despite court proceedings to delay the foreclosure and auction. The hours-long auction of ten condominiums within the housing tower at 188 West St. James ...

The court cases against Jennifer and James Crumbley have hinged on a thorny question: As school shootings become increasingly common in the United States, can parents be held liable for the actions of teenage gunmen? Juries in Michigan have wrestled with that question in recent weeks, as ...

Top British diplomat says success for Ukraine is vital for the security of the United States and Europe. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron will urge the United States Congress to pass an aid package for Ukraine after he met Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for ...

By Francis Ugwu Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he plans to go ahead with a long-anticipated and controversial military operation in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah. This is even as Hamas reportedly claimed there are fewer than 40 women, elderly and ailing hostages who ...

The settlement avoids a jury trial months ahead of Tesla’s scheduled release of a self-driving taxi. Electric carmaker Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of an Apple engineer who was killed when his Model X swerved off a California highway while on autopilot. Tesla ...

A major golf tournament ground to a halt. Schools emptied of students. And thousands of people across North America turned their eyes to the sky to watch a rare celestial event. On Monday, parts of Canada, Mexico and the United States were treated to a total solar eclipse, a phenomenon ...

It's the day we've all been waiting for! Total solar eclipse 2024 is finally here. Today (April 8) a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America from Mexico, through 15 U.S. States and up through Canada. For viewers inside the path of totality, the moon will completely cover the ...

Bangkok, Thailand – Thanadech Jandee is thrilled that Thailand’s marriage equality bill, allowing same-sex couples to marry, is moving closer to becoming law. Thanadech, who was born biologically female and had gender reassignment surgery to identify as male last year, lives with his ...

About 190,000 registered candidates running for local government positions, including mayors and councillors. Poles are set to vote in local elections in the first test for the coalition government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk nearly four months since it took power. Voters on ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in protest against Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. This is as Israel’s military assault on Gaza reached its half-year mark. Organisers of the protest said about 100,000 people converged at a Tel Aviv crossroads ...

By Seun Opejobi Former President of the United States, US, Donald Trump, has likened himself to South African anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela. Trump made the remark while accusing Judge Juan Merchan of infringing upon his rights to free speech and expression, and breaking the law. The ...

The killing of international aid workers with World Central Kitchen (WCK) sparks strongest Western reaction to date. After six months of war and more than 33,000 Palestinians in Gaza killed, it was Israel’s killing of international aid workers this week that triggered the West’s most ...

An overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv killed six people and wounded 10 others, national emergency services and the city’s mayor said Saturday. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a Telegram post that “six people were killed and at least 10 injured ...

Amid a developing diplomatic spat, Mexico has granted asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president accused of bribery while in office. In a statement on Friday, Mexico’s foreign ministry said it had offered political asylum to Jorge Glas, who has been staying in Mexico’s embassy in Quito ...

Over 700 people at Apple have recently lost their jobs, according to the latest WARN report posted by the Employment Development Department of California (EDD). Most of the people who were laid off worked at Apple's offices in Santa Clara, with 371 of them coming from the company location ...

Members of Bangladesh’s transgender hijra community, who were disallowed from attending other prayer services, have been welcomed at a new mosque in the Muslim-majority nation with the promise of worship without discrimination. The humble structure, a single-room shed with walls and a tin ...

The United Kingdom government has increased the general salary threshold for those arriving in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa from £26,200 to £38,700. According to the Home Secretary, James Cleverly, the minimum wage increased by 48 per cent to cut migration and put British workers first in ...

Former US President criticises Israel for releasing ‘most heinous’ videos of air strikes in Gaza. Former United States President Donald Trump has warned that Israel is “losing the PR war” in Gaza because of the flood of distressing images coming out of the enclave. In an interview ...

Israeli fighter jets fired missiles at the Iranian embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus earlier this week, killing senior military commanders. Tehran has said it will retaliate, with experts saying it has options at its disposal with wide-ranging ramifications. But why does Israel keep ...

By Seun Opejobi Former United States President Donald Trump has instituted legal action against two co-founders of Trump Media over the mismanagement of his social media site, Truth Social. Trump said the two men, Wes Moss and Andy Litinsky, should lose their shares of the company for mismanaging ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Intelligence sources involved in the Israel-Hamas war have revealed how the Israeli military’s bombing campaign in Gaza used a previously undisclosed AI-powered database that at one stage identified 37,000 potential targets based on their apparent links to Hamas. The ...

Despite making pledges to cut down on plastic packaging, a new report from the nonprofit conservation organization Oceana estimates that Amazon’s plastic waste has continued to grow in the US. The company created 208 million pounds of plastic waste from its packaging in the US in 2022 ...

The first time 27-year-old Ong Mei Ching* came across the Chinese online magazine, Sixth Tone, it immediately caught her attention. For years, Ong had been interested in Chinese current affairs and had stayed updated about news from China, but she found that much of the coverage revolved ...

Rubiales questioned about a business deal to move the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia, signed during his time as president. Police have detained Luis Rubiales, former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, on his return to Spain as part of an ongoing corruption probe, ...

George Carlin’s estate has reached a settlement with the media company that purportedly used generative artificial intelligence to imitate the late comedian. The decision arrives as a group representing artists like Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, and Stevie Wonder calls for performers to be better ...

US president issues some of his strongest criticis of Israel yet after deaths of seven aid workers in Israeli air strike. United States President Joe Biden has said he is “outraged and heartbroken” over Israel’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza, delivering some of his strongest ...

Washington, DC – The White House has cancelled a Ramadan iftar meal after several Muslim Americans declined the invitation in protest of President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza, according to two people familiar with the matter. The sources, who spoke to Al Jazeera on ...

Israel has confirmed its forces killed seven people from the World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza as they travelled in a convoy emblazoned with the charity’s logo that had coordinated its movements with the Israeli military. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the deadly attack on ...

Former United States president was in February found liable for misrepresenting his net worth by as much as $2bn. Former United States President Donal Trump has posted a $175m bond in his civil fraud case in New York, avoiding asset seizures which could have dealt a serious blow to his ...

A person in the US state of Texas is recovering from bird flu after being exposed to dairy cattle, officials said Monday amid growing concern over the current global strain of the virus as it spreads to new species. It is only the second case of a human testing positive for bird flu in the ...

By Francis Ugwu Israeli warplanes have flattened an Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, killing six people including a senior commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps, IRGC, Reuters reports. DAILY POST reports that Israel has repeatedly hit Iranian targets during the six-month war in ...