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French Open Attendance Reduced To 5,000 Spectators Daily: Police | Tennis News
The French Open is scheduled to be played from September 21 to October 11.© AFP The French Open tennis tournament, rescheduled to September due to the coronavirus pandemic, will be limited to 5,000 spectators daily, a reduction from the 11,500 announced by organisers, the Paris police prefecture told AFP onContinue Reading
Barbados declares intent to recognise same-sex unions and remove British queen as head of state · Global Voices
The country continues to make bold moves towards self-determination Composite image created using screenshots of elements of a public domain image of the Barbados flag by Cezary Biele on Wikimedia Commons, and from an image of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II wearing her Coronation robes and regalia by BiblioArchives / LibraryArchivesContinue Reading
Brutal murders in Guyana seen as ‘continuation of earlier ethnic upheavals’ · Global Voices
“The country’s “electoral saga […] precipitated this tragic event” The two cousins, Joel and Isaiah Henry, who were killed in a brutal attack on September 6, in the community of Cotton Tree, located southeast of Georgetown, Guyana, on the west bank of the Berbice River. Screenshot taken from a newsContinue Reading
Border row, trade turmoil and rising Chinese influence send Indo-Nepal ties to lowest ebbs · Global Voices
Nepal finds itself in the line of fire of the China-US trade war and the Indo-China border conflict India-Nepal border at Sonauli. Image via Flickr by Axel Drainville. CC BY 2.0. Bound by cultural ties and religion, the once-friendly India-Nepal ties have significantly deteriorated in the past 10 months after aContinue Reading
Premier League Urges UK Government To Stick To October Date For Fans’ Return | Football News
The Premier League and its clubs emphasised their commitment to safety.© AFP Premier League clubs on Thursday urged the government to stick to its proposal to allow a partial return of fans to stadiums from October 1. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said last week ministers would review the targetContinue Reading
Social media in Latin America: Caught between a rock and a hard place · Global Voices
Latin America has a long history of State censorship Protesters at Plaza Baquedano, in the Chilean capital Santiago, on November 8, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia user B1mbo (CC BY-SA 4.0) This article was written by Agustina Del Campo, Director at the Center for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access toContinue Reading
Mastectomies have been performed for over 500 years – yet we still can’t talk about them
In the middle of the 17th century, Mrs Townsend found a lump in her breast. Diagnosed with breast cancer by a local physician, she underwent a mastectomy without anaesthetic – an agonising procedure. Her bravery impressed the male surgeons who had gathered to watch the operation. One commented that heContinue Reading
How the world’s six largest economies are faring amidst the global political economy of COVID-19 · Global Voices
Together, these six nations represent 44 per cent of the world’s population Coronavirus image concept of medical face mask and money, representing the pandemic and economic damages by Jernej Furman on Flickr, CC BY 2.0. By Ian Inkster On September 6, 2020, officially recorded cases of COVID-19 surpassed 27 million,Continue Reading
In Peru, indigenous youth rap against sexual violence · Global Voices
#WarmallanAmaraqMamaqa is Quechua for “Girls, not mothers” “The girls are suffering”. Screenshot of video “Warmallan amaraq mamaqa” (Girls, not mothers). Video by Kusi Kawsay uploaded in YouTube. On September 6, high school students from the Cusco region of Peru marked International Indigenous Women’s Day by creating a rap video demandingContinue Reading
AI called GPT-3 can write like a human but don’t mistake that for thinking – neuroscientist
Bas Nastassia/Shutterstock Since it was unveiled earlier this year, the new AI-based language generating software GPT-3 has attracted much attention for its ability to produce passages of writing that are convincingly human-like. Some have even suggested that the program, created by Elon Musk’s OpenAI, may be considered or appears toContinue Reading