FIFA’s Infantino calls for automatic forfeits for teams over racist abuse | Football News

FIFA’s Infantino calls for automatic forfeits for teams over racist abuse | Football News

FIFA’s President Gianni Infantino has called for worldwide stadium bans for fans and “automatic forfeits” for teams whose supporters hurl “abhorrent” abuse, following racist incidents at club matches in Italy and England. The head of governing body the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) said on Sunday that there was…

Video shows rare Sumatran tiger cub and mother on first days together | Wildlife News

Video shows rare Sumatran tiger cub and mother on first days together | Wildlife News

NewsFeed A rare Sumatran tiger has been born at Rome’s Bioparco Zoo. Shown with her motherin video released by the zoo on Jan 5, the cub isn’t ready for public viewing just yet. The birth is a proud moment for the zoo’s conservation efforts as the Sumatran tiger species is…

‘They ordered me to undress’: From Nigeria to Italy, surviving rape | Refugees

‘They ordered me to undress’: From Nigeria to Italy, surviving rape | Refugees

Twenty-five-year-old Naomi Iwelu is now settled, living in a room in the centre of Catania, Sicily. Here she recounts the robberies, betrayals and rape she experienced on her journey from Benin, Nigeria. It was her mother’s death, four years after her father’s, that prompted Naomi to quit school and leave…

Analysis: Has the US-led Red Sea force calmed shippers amid Houthi attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Analysis: Has the US-led Red Sea force calmed shippers amid Houthi attacks? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The United States-led multinational naval force that was to protect and secure maritime traffic through the Red Sea from attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels appears significantly weakened – even if not quite dead in the water – before it ever sailed together. Less than a week after the announcement of…

‘We barely make ends meet’: In Italy, some women are postponing motherhood | Women

‘We barely make ends meet’: In Italy, some women are postponing motherhood | Women

Giada, a 30-year-old writer, lives in central Italy with her boyfriend, a shop assistant also in his thirties. After several unpaid internships, she finally secured a more reliable position this year. As a writer specialising in science, she earns about 800 euros ($876) a month on a one-year part-time contract….

‘If I die, I die’: The allure of Pakistan’s death-trap route to Europe | Longform

‘If I die, I die’: The allure of Pakistan’s death-trap route to Europe | Longform

On a warm May evening, Touqeer Pervez packed two pairs of trousers, three shirts, a toothbrush and toothpaste into a small black backpack. The lanky 28-year-old with a neatly trimmed beard was getting ready to leave Bandli, his village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on a three-country trip that would see him…

After ChatGPT, Italy’s Regulator Plans to Review Other Artificial Intelligence Platforms

After ChatGPT, Italy’s Regulator Plans to Review Other Artificial Intelligence Platforms

Italy’s data protection authority Garante plans to review other artificial intelligence platforms and hire AI experts, a top official said, as it ramps up scrutiny of the powerful technology after temporarily banning ChatGPT in March. Garante is among the most proactive of the 31 national data protection authorities which oversee…

ChatGPT Restored in Italy After Microsoft-Backed OpenAI Responds to Regulator

ChatGPT Restored in Italy After Microsoft-Backed OpenAI Responds to Regulator

The ChatGPT chatbot was reactivated in Italy after its maker OpenAI addressed issues raised by Italy’s data protection authority, the agency and the company confirmed on Friday. Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy last month after the country’s data protection authority, also known as Garante, temporarily banned the chatbot…