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Foreign ministers of the 46 nations of the Council of Europe on Friday agreed a treaty on the use of artificial intelligence (AI). "With this new treaty, we aim to ensure a responsible use of AI that respects human rights, the rule of law and democracy," said the council's Secretary General Marija Pejčinović in a press release. The Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI is the first binding international treaty on the technology. Though drafted under the umbrella of the Council of Europe, other countries can sign it. Among other things, signatories agree to create provisions in their nat...
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Legal and social protections for members of the queer community in Germany have advanced in 2024, according to a new ranking by rights group ILGA-Europe. In its annual Rainbow Map tracking discrimination against the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community, the organization placed Germany 10th out of 49 European countries, up from 15th in 2023. Malta topped the 2024 list, followed by Iceland, Belgium, Spain and Denmark. Russia was last, below Azerbaijan, Turkey and Armenia. The report - written by the European chapter of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Tr...
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Swiss singer Nemo, who won the Eurovision contest in Sweden at the weekend with their song "The Code," was greeted by more than 100 cheering fans at Zurich Airport on Sunday night. Many of the 24-year-old's fans were waving the non-binary pride flag, which has yellow, white, purple and black horizontal stripes. Nemo is non-binary and prefers they/them pronouns in English. Nemo's victory in Malmö was only the third time Switzerland has won the Eurovision Song Contest. The last time was in 1988 when Céline Dion represented the country. The triumph on one of Europe's biggest stages fuelled debate...
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Donning historical costumes, medieval polearms and lanterns, night watchmen and tower keepers from across Europe marched through the western German town of Viersen on Saturday as part of their annual gathering. Organized by the "Night Watchmen and Tower Keepers' Guild," the parade marked the highlight of the meeting that has drawn members from Germany, Poland, Denmark and the Netherlands, among others, and is set to last until Sunday. Until modern times, it was the night watchman's job to report fires or robberies, settle disputes and protect sleeping people from evildoers. Today, night watchm...
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The price of natural gas in Europe has reached its highest level in over three months due to the conflicts in the Middle East. The benchmark TTF futures contract for delivery in a month's time rose to €33.95 ($36.12) per megawatt hour on the Amsterdam stock exchange on Wednesday. This is the highest price since the beginning of January. Over the past week the price of natural gas has risen by more than 20%, making up for the price decline in the first few months of the year. One reason for the rise is investors' fear of a new war in the Middle East and the potential impact on gas supplies from...
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The "wobbling" of a star has alerted researchers to a particularly enormous black hole in the Milky Way. It is the most massive stellar black hole known to date in our galaxy, the European Southern Observatory (ESO), based near the German city of Munich, announced on Tuesday. The black hole, named Gaia BH3, has about 33 times the mass of our sun. Stellar black holes in the Milky Way measure on average only 10 times the mass of the sun. The previously largest known - Cygnus X-1 - has about 21 solar masses. "No one was expecting to find a high-mass black hole lurking nearby, undetected so far," ...
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The European Union condemned Iran's direct aerial attack on Israel in the "strongest terms" on Sunday. "This is an unprecedented escalation and a threat to regional security," the bloc's chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on behalf of the EU on Sunday. "We call on all parties to exercise utmost restraint." In this highly tense regional situation, further escalation can be in no one's interest, Borrell said in a statement. He also reaffirmed the European Union's commitment to Israel's security. "The EU remains firmly committed to contribute to de-escalation and security in the region and is in c...
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Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for de-escalation following Iran's attack on Israel, in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart. Fidan told Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian that Turkey did not want any further escalation in the region, state news agency Anadolu reported on Sunday, citing diplomatic circles. Amirabdollahian assured Fidan that Iran would not carry out any further attacks as long as Israel does not launch a counterattack. But if it does, Iran's response would be stronger than before, Tasnim news agency reported. Relations between Israel a...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Iran's aerial attack on Israel, saying his country was all too familiar with this form of threat. "We in Ukraine know very well the horror of similar attacks by Russia, which uses the same 'Shahed' drones and Russian missiles, the same tactics of mass airstrikes," he said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Sunday. Every effort must be made to avoid further escalation in the Middle East, he said. Iran is a threat to the entire Middle East, just as Russia threatens a larger conflict, Zelensky said. "The obvious collaboratio...
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The European Union's top diplomat has called a meeting of EU foreign ministers for Tuesday, as Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel fuels fears of a wider war in the Middle East. "Our objective is to contribute to de-escalation and security of the region," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday. For the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic, Iran directly attacked its arch enemy Israel overnight. The attack was retaliation for the killing of high-ranking Iranian officers in Syria, in a suspected Israeli airstrike earlier this month.
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