UK TV channel deploys AI host for current affairs documentary

UK TV channel deploys AI host for current affairs documentary

[LONDON] A British television channel became the latest from around the world to use an artificial intelligence (AI) presenter, in a programme airing on Monday about the emergent technology’s growing impact. Channel 4 said it opted for an AI-generated host for the latest episode in its long-running current affairs series, Dispatches, to raise a wider…

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Two Women Die Trying To Cross Channel From France

Two Women Die Trying To Cross Channel From France

Two women, both Somalis, died Saturday while trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, adding that the body of another migrant had been found in a canal. Some 60 other migrants were rescued in the incident in which the two women died, when around 100 people got on to a makeshift boat…

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S&P 500 rides uptrend channel with Fed easing support

S&P 500 rides uptrend channel with Fed easing support

THE S&P 500 has staged a strong rebound from early-2025 tariff-related swings and is firmly trading in a bullish channel. After plunging on US President Donald Trump’s April tariffs, the index rebounded nearly 20 per cent and erased its year to date losses by mid-2025. By early September, the index was trading around the 6,500…

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France Court Jails Migrant Smugglers Over 2022 Channel Deaths

France Court Jails Migrant Smugglers Over 2022 Channel Deaths

A French court on Monday sentenced seven Afghans and two Iraqi Kurds to seven to eight years in jail over the fatal capsizing of a boat carrying would-be asylum seekers from France to England in 2022. France and Britain have vowed to crack down on people smugglers who heap migrants on flimsy dinghies to make…

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Reinventing SAN Management: How Automation is Reshaping Fibre Channel Onboarding

Reinventing SAN Management: How Automation is Reshaping Fibre Channel Onboarding

In his recent publication, technologist and expert Derek Asir Muthurajan Caleb introduces an innovative solution to a longstanding pain point in enterprise infrastructure: the cumbersome onboarding of Fibre Channel (FC) devices in Storage Area Networks (SANs). With an academic background and professional experience rooted in secure systems. From Bottleneck to BreakthroughTraditionally, FC device onboarding has involved a…

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Navalny Widow, Media Watchdog To Launch TV Channel

Navalny Widow, Media Watchdog To Launch TV Channel

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Reporters Without Borders will launch a television channel to “promote free speech in Russia”, the press freedom advocacy group said on Friday. The channel, named Future of Russia, will be broadcast via the Svoboda Satellite project, which is available across Russia, Reporters Without Borders said. The…

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Three Years On, Families Still Mourn Relatives Drowned In Channel

Three Years On, Families Still Mourn Relatives Drowned In Channel

Mohammed Hussein Mohammedie was just 19 when he left Iraq and attempted the perilous English Channel crossing in November 2021. He died alongside 26 others when their dinghy sank. His family were refugees from Iran and suffered financial hardship, his father told a UK inquiry into the capsizing of the dinghy in the early hours…

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UN Considering Humanitarian Channel From Bangladesh To Myanmar

UN Considering Humanitarian Channel From Bangladesh To Myanmar

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Saturday the organisation is exploring the possibility of a humanitarian aid channel from Bangladesh to Myanmar. Guterres is on a four-day visit to Bangladesh that saw him meet on Friday with Rohingya refugees, threatened by looming humanitarian aid cuts. Around a million members of the persecuted and mostly Muslim…

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