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Udhëheqësi i Kinës Xi Jinping, ka shprehur besim gjatë një takimi në Pekin me presidentin e Serbisë, Aleksandar Vuçiq, se partneriteti gjithëpërfshirës strategjik midis dy vendeve do t'i çojë ato "në nivele të reja".

Папа римский Лев XIV опубликовал первую большую энциклику Magnifica humanitas под заголовком «О защите человека во времена искусственного интеллекта». В своем послании он призвал мировые правительства замедлить развитие искусственного интеллекта и жестко регулировать эту сферу.

RFI estrena este lunes su decimoctavo idioma con la incorporación del armenio, reforzando así la red internacional de France Médias Monde. Esta redacción digital, integrada por ocho periodistas especializados en el Cáucaso, tiene como objetivo principal luchar contra la desinformación, en particular frente a las campañas procedentes de Moscú. Su público prioritario será la juventud armenia. Informe de Jean-Baptiste Breen, periodista de RFI.

"Harriak Hitz" proiektuak kupulako tenpleteak eta linterna kenduko lituzke, zokalo handi bat sortuko luke eraikinaren oinarrian eta kripta bilakatuko luke eraikineko sarrera. "Itzaletik Argira" proposamenak arkuteriak osoki kendu, kripta hustu eta kristalezko begiratoki bat paratuko luke kupularen oinarrian.

Michigan is facing one of the nation’s highest shortages of addiction treatment providers. Organization heads say the stress on providers created by the shortage, along with low reimbursement rates for services, is impossible to sustain.

Alors qu’une vague de chaleur précoce touche l’ouest de l’Europe, « que dire ? », s'interroge le climatologue Christophe Cassou dans un texte publié sur LinkedIn. Directeur de recherche du CNRS au Laboratoire de météorologie dynamique à l'ENS, il dit toute sa lassitude et sa colère face à la « répétition » des alertes et aux décalages entre les discours et les décisions des politiques, qu'il appelle à mettre face à leurs contradictions.

В Ростовской области задержанные за хулиганство представители народа рома на камеру принесли извинения под звуки гимна России на фоне государственного флага. До этого их задержали и доставили в следственный отдел бойцы ОМОНа за избиение водителя автобуса в Батайске. Видео извинений первым опубликовал предположительно связанный с силовиками телеграм-канал "Че по Ростову". На нем один из задержанных, сильно заикаясь, говорит, что двое его спутников "раскаиваются, что такие дураки", и...

Em seu primeiro grande documento, intitulado Magnifica Humanitas (Humanidade magnífica), publicado nesta segunda-feira (25) pelo Vaticano, o papa Leão XIV pediu um esforço coletivo para “impedir que a IA domine o ser humano”. O pontífice também defendeu a regulação dos algoritmos e denunciou as “novas formas de escravidão” provocadas por sua expansão acelerada.

Uma redação em língua armênia abre suas portas na Rádio França Internacional em Paris nesta segunda-feira (25). Composta por oito jornalistas, especialistas do país do Cáucaso, a equipe deve se concentrar principalmente na produção de conteúdos digitais voltados à juventude da Armênia. Com a novidade, a RFI passa a contar com 18 línguas em seu quadro de redações internacionais, do qual a redação em português do Brasil faz parte.

A RFI passa nesta segunda-feira a contar com uma nova redacção. A RFI em arménio lança hoje a sua produção, uma oferta 100% digital transmitida nas redes sociais. A RFI fala doravante em 18 idiomas. Baseada em Paris, com o apoio de correspondentes no país, a equipa desta nova redacção vai dirigir-se prioritariamente à juventude da Arménia, país que dentro de pouco tempo vai realizar legislativas, a 7 de Junho.

В багажнике его машины, возможно, нашли наркотики

В багажнике его машины, возможно, нашли наркотики

Earlier this month, regulatory commissions in North and South Carolina approved a merger between the two energy monopolies that dominate electricity production and distribution in our state: Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress. The merger comes at a time of rapid consolidation in the energy industry. Indeed, even as the merger of the […]

Irani ka deklaruar se nuk ekziston një afat konkret për finalizimin e një marrëveshjeje të mundshme paqeje me Shtetet e Bashkuara, duke zbutur pritjet për një dakordësi të afërt mes dy vendeve, transmeton Top Channel. Zëdhënësi i Ministrisë së Jashtme të Iranit, Esmaeil Baqaei, tha në një konferencë për shtyp se negociatat kanë shënuar përparim […]

Oakland County, long a superstar economic performer and among the wealthiest big counties in the nation, is slipping, another worrisome indicator of Michigan’s sinking competitiveness. The suburban Detroit county’s economic fundamentals are still enviable. Oakland boasts a highly educated workforce, good schools, hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs and low child poverty. It annually churns […]

After a detainee died in police custody, six officers face trial -- an uncommon step in Tajikistan, where allegations of abuse seldom reach court.

(The Center Square) – Atlanta's city government gave a Muslim activist group that raised money for Gaza a $35,000 donation on top of $250,000 in federal grants, a continuing investigation by The Center Square has found. The donation came from taxpayer funds and was among four payments made to the Chicago-based Inner-City Muslim Action Network and three other nonprofits in 2023. The City Council voted to approve, its resolution saying the money was to "support public safety patrols and other public safety initiatives" by aiding community organizations that hire off-duty police officers, organize neighborhood watches and take other steps to protect residents and businesses. Each nonprofit signed a contract requiring them to submit detailed annual reports on how they spent the money, a combined $205,000. The Buckhead Public Safety Foundation ($100,000), the MLK-Ashby Merchants Association ($35,000), and the Cascade Business Association ($35,000) received the remainder. The required spending reports could answer questions of how exactly nongovernmental organizations spent taxpayer money on public safety. But once the checks passed hands, the city apparently never followed up. The Center Square found no evidence the reports were ever collected – or that any city department was responsible for enforcing the requirement. The missing records came to light through more than a half-dozen requests filed under the Georgia Open Records Act. According to the responses, the reports are not on file with the Mayor's office, Contract Compliance, Finance, Procurement, the Law department, City Council, or the Atlanta Police Department. City payment records describe the checks as donations – which a legal expert said raises questions about compliance with the Georgia Constitution’s prohibition against local governments giving away assets without receiving something of value in return. "The job of enforcing the contract should be the city executives' who entered into the contract," said attorney Lester Tate, a former president of the State Bar of Georgia who has litigated cases involving the Gratuities Clause barring unconditional donations. "But it appears that they’re just not doing their job." Money for Muslims The Center Square reported earlier this year how the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) received a quarter-million more dollars from Atlanta in Federal Emergency Management Agency grants to accommodate "unhoused immigrants." Those payments went out later, during the final year of the Biden administration, when Washington was still doling out hundreds of millions of dollars to local governments and NGOs to shelter, feed, clothe, transport, and provide other services for migrants pouring through the U.S. border. At least seven other nonprofits also received FEMA grants from Atlanta for that purpose totaling $5.7 million, city payment records show. The Center Square raised questions about payments to the Muslim group because, at the time, IMAN was itself raising money for a "Benefit Concert for Gaza" held in Chicago, which benefitted another NGO that has been accused by Israeli watchdogs of aiding Hamas. That other nonprofit, Anera, strongly denies any links to the terrorist organization responsible for the Oct. 7 massacres. IMAN's founding Executive Director Rami Nashashibi did not respond to a request for comment, and the organization's Chicago and Atlanta offices have not responded to multiple calls and emails this year, including a message left in person at the group's Atlanta branch on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. IMAN also did not respond to specific questions about the $35,000 donation or the missing spending reports. Written agreements The city’s 2023 donations came out of general funds, with each recipient organization signing a contract titled a "Donation Agreement." On each, a page 2 stipulation required reports to be submitted before the end of each calendar year "detailing the use of all disbursed funds and work performed including but not limited to the allocation of funds, expenditures for programming, and other related costs." The annual reports were to continue until the money was all spent. With no evidence those reports were ever filed – and with only one of the four groups willing to speak with The Center Square – it’s difficult to trace how the donations benefitted the city. Buckhead Public Safety Foundation Executive Director Debra Wathen signed an agreement "to make significant investments in improvements for off duty police patrols in APD Zone 2." She was the only representative of any of the four nonprofits who would explain what that meant. Wathen said the foundation combined the city’s $100,000 donation with $400,000 in other fundraising to pay off-duty officers to beef up patrols in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, using donated patrol cars. "The visibility was so much better" and crime went down, she explained. She said she does not recall submitting any annual spending reports to the city. "I don't know if they ever asked for them," Wathen said. In the case of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, the agreement required the group to "carry out all project activities" and "make significant investments in improvements to protect and enhance the quality of life for inner-city communities across the Atlanta area." The two other nonprofits that received donations, MLK-Ashby Merchants Association and Cascade Business Association, did not respond to phone or email messages from The Center Square. Representatives of those two groups also signed agreements to use the money for such work as "investments in improvements and employment opportunities for the youth and businesses" or "investments in improvements for minority and small business owners." The Georgia Constitution has a Gratuities Clause that bars local governments from giving away money or resources without receiving something of value in return. But Atlanta’s charter – approved by the Georgia General Assembly – allows the City Council to donate tax money "for purely charitable purposes." Tate, the former Bar president, said state law supersedes city charters, and that the donation agreements appear to have been drafted to keep the payments legally defensible. Without enforcement of the reporting requirement, he said, that defense weakens. "I think if the city’s got the contract, and they’re not requiring that, then they’re complicit in just making a donation," Tate said. The Center Square found no city officials willing to talk about the donations, who at the city came up with the list of recipients, or the missing spending reports. The city’s in-house lawyers wouldn’t talk about the Gratuities Clause, with attorney Amber Robinson saying in an email that "the Department of Law cannot provide legal advice to persons or entities outside of City government, or disclose legal advice provided to the City of Atlanta which is protected from disclosure under the Attorney/Client Privilege." The office of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens did not respond to The Center Square – his spokesman Michael Smith did not answer email or phone messages from a reporter. As an executive press secretary, Smith's salary with the city is $155,000, according to 2025 personnel data. IMAN would get more money The Center Square also reported this year that the Atlanta mayor’s office wouldn’t release records under the Open Records Act of how the Inner-City Muslim Action Network and other NGOs spent the FEMA grant money, unless the newswire paid production fees ranging from hundreds to more than a thousand dollars. The mayor’s spokesman said all records had to be reviewed to remove any personal or confidential information, which drove up the cost. The Center Square has since obtained a limited tranche of records on IMAN’s spending, for a price of just $50. Among the receipts and invoices produced, it showed taxpayers paying for landscaping work, heating and air system repairs, Home Depot purchases, restaurant bills, Instacart orders, gasoline costs, mileage, and Georgia Power bills.

California's Board of Equalization has a quirky history dating back to the 19th Century. It's a launching pad to statewide political office, too.

Certain gasoline and sales tax receipts could “soften” this summer if prices remain elevated or turn worse in the coming months.