Новости за 03.02.2023

User-friendly AI tool ChatGPT has attracted hundreds of millions of users since its launch in November and is set to disrupt industries around the world. In recent days, AI content generated by the bot has been used in US Congress, Columbian courts and a speech by Israel’s president. Is widespread uptake inevitable – and is it ethical?

The Philippines signed an agreement with the United States on Thursday that will allow American soldiers free access to four of its new military bases at a time of growing unease in the Indo-Pacific region over China's burgeoning influence.

The former Arsenal captain was named alongside players Bukayo Saka, Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford this week on this year's Football Black List, which recognises the efforts of black figures working in various areas of the game. A report published in October revealed that 43 percent of Premier League players are black, but Vieira remains the only manager. "It troubles me a lot," said the Frenchman. "It's difficult for me to get it and to understand it, and I think that just shows there is still a long way to go." The Szymanski report... Читать дальше...

The Portuguese, who turns 38 on Sunday, buried the spot-kick in the 93rd minute for a point that left the Riyadh club joint top of the Saudi Pro League with a game in hand over Al Shabab. Ronaldo broke his duck in his third appearance, after he fired blanks in the January 22 league win over Ettifaq and in this week's Super Cup loss to Al Ittihad. Days before his Al Nassr debut, he scored twice for a Saudi composite team in an entertaining 5-4 loss to a Paris Saint-Germain side featuring his great rival Lionel Messi. Читать дальше...

Hoggard, who was part of the England team which won the 2005 Ashes, was one of seven individuals charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last June in a disciplinary case examining allegations of racism and bullying. He believes the drawn out disciplinary process has "failed" everyone involved, including Rafiq. Hoggard is accused of using racist language during his time at Yorkshire. "I'm pulling out because I don't think it's a fair process," Hoggard told the BBC. "There are no winners in this. Читать дальше...

Van der Poel, the four-time cyclo-cross world champion and the winner of three road classics, is on home mud in Hoogerheide in the Netherlands. Belgian van Aert, who won the green points jersey in last year's Tour de France, has won the world title three times. The reigning champion, Tom Pidcock of Britain is skipping the event to attend a training camp in Spain, preparing for the road-racing season. Van Aert and Van der Poel have met 10 times on the mud already this season. All the races have been close... Читать дальше...

Reigning Open champion Cameron Smith, six-time major winner Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Bryson DeChambeau -- all star signings for the Saudi-backed tour -- dropped out at the par-70 Royal Greens Golf & Country Club. Ancer added a four-under par 66 to his 63 on Thursday to move to an 11-under par 129, keeping American star Cameron Young at bay by one shot. Young, who finished second to Smith at last year's Open and has climbed up the world rankings with some outstanding displays over the past couple of years... Читать дальше...

McDonald, who knocked Rafael Nadal out of the Australian Open last month, eased past Sergey Fomin 6-4, 6-1 in Tashkent before Tommy Paul, a semi-finalist at the season-opening Grand Slam in Melbourne, defeated Khumoyun Sultanov 6-1, 7-6 (8/6). "It's been amazing. It's not something you get to do a lot throughout the year," said Davis Cup debutant and 63rd-ranked McDonald. Despite his lowly ranking of 480, Sultanov opened up a 4-0 lead in the second set over top-20 player Paul before the American's greater experience paid off. Читать дальше...

In an interview with Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung and The Athletic published Friday, Neuer, 36, said he told coach Hansi Flick he would come back from the broken leg which has ruled him out for the remainder of the season. "Hansi Flick got in touch, we are in contact. Hansi certainly assumes I will return and I will do everything for that. "I'm sure I'll be able to do it." Former West Germany goalkeeper Toni Schumacher has called for Neuer to step down and focus on club football, but the Bayern... Читать дальше...

The talks took place almost three months to the day since the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) signed an agreement to silence the guns after two years of brutal war. Abiy's national security adviser Redwan Hussein said on Twitter that the prime minister and other officials met a TPLF delegation "regarding the progress of the peace process". "As a result, PM Abiy passed decisions about increasing Flights, Banking & other issues that would boost trust & ease lives of civilians," he tweeted. Читать дальше...

Pope Francis on Friday urged the leaders of South Sudan to make "a new start" for peace, warning that history would remember them for their actions, as he began a three-day visit to the violence-wracked country.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday scrapped a long-planned Beijing trip aimed at easing escalating tensions between the two superpowers, after the Pentagon said that China sent a spy balloon over the United States.

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88.

New photos of Farhad Meysami, a pacifist Iranian political activist, after spending weeks on a hunger strike in prison, have enraged Iranians on social media. His worrying state of health, evident in these pictures, prompted some Iranians to compare his situation to that of prisoners in Nazi death camps.

The 52-year-old politician, who spearheaded the government's fight against the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, was a familiar face on television with his trademark brown beard. Since leaving the post in the summer of 2020 and working as mayor of the Normandy port of Le Havre, his appearance has drastically changed with his hair and beard thinning and turning white suddenly. "This is what had happened to me: I lost my eyebrows, and I don't think they will come back," he told BFMTV in an interview late Thursday. Читать дальше...

Pope Francis has arrived in South Sudan for the start of a three-day visit to the African country, which has been plagued by conflict since gaining independence in 2011.

Notre-Dame Cathedral's spire will be back in place by the end of the year, but a full reopening following the devastating fire of 2019 will not happen before next year's Paris Olympic Games.

Scotland are always keen to get the better of England in a fixture dating back to 1871. The desire will be even more potent given the latest chapter of the rivalry comes on the opening weekend of the Six Nations. But Cockerill, who lives in Edinburgh having previously been in charge of the Scottish capital club, said the hosts would have plenty of emotional fuel themselves as they try to beat Scotland for the first time since 2020. "I can assure you that, tomorrow, we will have enough passion to match the Scots' passion. Читать дальше...

PSG announced on Thursday that the star forward would miss "up to three weeks" with a thigh injury, ruling him out of the February 14 clash in the French capital. "I don't think he'll be out," Nagelsmann said, claiming the Ligue 1 champions had given a speculative diagnosis of the star's condition. "I don't know what he's got, (but) I assume he's playing. "What it says on the website is vague. If it's not a structural injury, I can't imagine him missing the game, but I don't know. "I am preparing... Читать дальше...

Pope Francis regularly mentions the war in South Sudan. The Catholic Church is highly present in the country, whose independence only dates back to 2011, although just a third of the population is Catholic. The Catholic Church faces increasing competition from Protestant churches and traditional religions in South Sudan. Nevertheless, the visit of Pope Francis, which begins this Friday, February 3, highlights the key role of Catholicism in the world's youngest nation. Our regional correspondents report.

The Paris Olympics torch relay will start in France's southern port city of Marseille in April 2024, organizers announced Friday, after arriving by ship from Greece.

In early 2022, in the Mexican city of Tijuana, two journalists were murdered less than a week apart. The killings of Margarito Martínez and Lourdes Maldonado represent the multiple dangers facing media professionals in Mexico, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. They are caught between the worlds of politics and organised crime, which sometimes work hand in hand. Journalists' calls for help seem to go unheeded, while the Mexican government vilifies them. FRANCE 24's... Читать дальше...

An online network of pro-Russian activists is orchestrating a coordinated French-language propaganda campaign in Africa, according to a report by Logically, a company that tracks online misinformation and disinformation. Known as the 'Russosphere', the network's messaging spans online platforms like YouTube, Facebook and Telegram. Luc Michel, one of the authors of the report, spoke to France 24 about its findings.

More than 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against Shell at the London High Court, the latest step in a case that will test whether multinationals can be held to account for the actions of overseas subsidiaries.

The 79-year-old singer –- who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s –- was convicted in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. He was freed from the low-security jail in Portland, southern England, automatically after serving half his sentence, the PA news agency reported. He will now be subject to licence conditions applicable to all convicted sex offenders, it said. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was convicted of one count of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and... Читать дальше...