Prana: Commitment to environmental conservation
Pegasus Reef Hotel’s World Environment Day event, Prana, focused on beach clean-up and tree planting. Prana signified the hotel’s dedication to sustainability beyond just one day. The beach clean-up brought together staff and guests to remove litter, highlighting the importance of maintaining clean coastlines. This effort will continue regularly to ensure the beach remains pristine. [...]
Midusana takes oaths
Midusana Prabaharan Kumararatnam, the eldest daughter of Justice Prabaharan Kumararatnam and Sudharahani P. Kumararatnam, took oaths as an Attorney-at-Law at the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka before Justices P Surasena, A Wengappuli and A Obeysekera recently. She is a past pupil of Bishop’s College, Colombo, and holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree [...]
Workshop on building women’s political capacity
Ahead of the upcoming local and general elections, the International Centre for Ethnic Studies (ICES), will hold ‘Women in Power: A Workshop on Building Political Capacity’ for current and aspiring female politicians on June 13 at the ICES premises from 10 am to 5 pm. The project is funded by the European Union. The workshop [...]
Peace or no peace, Israel stands accused of genocide and war crimes in Gaza
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS)—The Biden administration, which is frantically attempting to finalise a shaky peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, is being stymied by at least two far right-wing politicians in Netanyahu’s cabinet— Foreign Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir–and also by the Israeli Prime Minister himself who wants [...]
India’s opposition looked down and out – now they’re back
By Geeta Pandey (BBC) – The results of India’s general election announced on Tuesday are being interpreted in a rather unusual way. While the winners appear subdued, the runners-up are celebrating. The NDA alliance, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has won a historic third term in power, with more than 290 seats in the [...]
‘You saved the world’: WWII veterans shine on D-Day glory
VER-SUR-MER, France (AFP) – Around 180 veterans in their late 90s or even over 100 were guests of honour at D-Day commemorations in France on Thursday, many attending in wheelchairs for possibly the last time. At British, US and Canadian ceremonies, they recounted their memories of the Allied landings on June 6, 1944, that [...]
The high cost of ‘free’ GPT-4o
HONG KONG/LONDON – With the launch of GPT-4o, OpenAI has once again shown itself to be the world’s most innovative artificial-intelligence company. This new multimodal AI tool – which seamlessly integrates text, voice, and visual capabilities – is significantly faster than previous models, greatly enhancing the user experience. But perhaps the most attractive feature of [...]
How AI surveillance threatens democracy everywhere
ByAbi Olvera In 2018, Singapore planned to embed facial recognition cameras in lampposts for nationwide monitoring. But rapid advances in battery technology and 5G networks enabled a pivot to an even more powerful and nimble surveillance system—mobile sensors and cameras capable of observing citizens and catching them in the act of littering, with artificial intelligence [...]