Could OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator kill off jobs in Hollywood? | Technology News

Could OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator kill off jobs in Hollywood? | Technology News

Artificial intelligence startup OpenAI has been teasing its new AI video generator, Sora, on social media in recent weeks. Last week, it revealed that it had also given actors and directors in Hollywood a first look at the technology – and a chance to try it out – before Sora…

On the front line of Russian attacks, Ukraine’s Odesa cries out for US aid | Russia-Ukraine war

On the front line of Russian attacks, Ukraine’s Odesa cries out for US aid | Russia-Ukraine war

After leaving Odesa largely untouched by the barrages of drones and missiles it has launched against Ukraine this winter, Russia has struck the port city during March as never before in this war. On March 2, a Russian drone demolished a nine-storey building, killing at least 12 people in one…

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen | Armed Groups News

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen | Armed Groups News

War is on the doorstep of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma city and the region is at breaking point, activists and aid workers have said, as the United Nations sounds an alarm over the situation in the Central African country. “One Congolese person out of four faces hunger…

Jacob Zuma election ban: How does it affect South Africa’s election? | News

Jacob Zuma election ban: How does it affect South Africa’s election? | News

South Africa’s election authorities have barred former President Jacob Zuma from standing in the country’s May election, heightening political tensions as the vote approaches in a nation that many analysts believe could see its most competitive electoral contest since the end of apartheid and the initiation of democracy in 1994….

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News

Islamabad, Pakistan: In the 10 days between March 16 and March 26, Pakistan witnessed five different attacks, three in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and two in its southwestern Balochistan province, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people. All five attacks were suicide bombings, in which at least…

More than 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Aleppo: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

More than 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Syria’s Aleppo: Reports | Israel War on Gaza News

Attacks have escalated amid continuing war in Gaza and clashes with Hezbollah across Israel-Lebanon border. Israeli air strikes on Syria’s northern province of Aleppo have killed at least 38 people, including soldiers and civilians. The fatalities included five members of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, security sources told the Reuters…

Japan to resume funding to UNRWA, following Sweden, Finland and Canada | Israel War on Gaza News

Japan to resume funding to UNRWA, following Sweden, Finland and Canada | Israel War on Gaza News

Move comes after meeting between Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini. Japan is planning to resume funding to the United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees after suspending assistance over Israeli claims that some of its staff participated in Hamas’s October 7 attacks. Japanese Foreign Minister…

Can the vote be rigged? Ahead of India election, old debate gets new life | India Election 2024 News

Can the vote be rigged? Ahead of India election, old debate gets new life | India Election 2024 News

New Delhi, India – As he launched the main Indian opposition alliance’s election campaign in the middle of March, Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at two targets: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whom he described as the “king”, and the electronic voting machines (EVMs) that the country uses to…