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Twitter is becoming a ghost town of bots as AI-generated spam content floods the internet
The internet is filling up with machine-generated "zombie content" designed to game algorithms and scam humans. Experts call it the "great AI flood".
Hamas Rejects Cease-Fire Proposal, Dashing Biden’s Hopes of Near Term Deal
French PM asks whether 'Putin's troops are already in our country,' pointing at Le Pen
Heated exchanges broke out in Parliament between Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and far-right leader Marine Le Pen, following Emmanuel Macron's statement that sending Western troops to Ukraine should 'not be ruled out.'
UN secretary general warns world is becoming ‘less safe by the day’
Antonio Guterres was speaking as the UN’s top human rights body opened its latest session.
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Half of Russian artillery shells from North Korea proven inoperable
South Korea’s fertility rate sinks to record low despite $270bn in incentives
Average number of births per woman falls to 0.72 in country that already has the world’s lowest rate, and has spent billions since 2006 to reverse the trend
Woman saved from lynching in Pakistan because mob thought Arabic text on her dress was holy text.
Hundreds mistakenly accused the woman of wearing a dress adorned with Quran verses.
Billionaire boss of South Korean construction giant is encouraging his workers to have children with a $75,000 bonus
South Korea Keeps Shattering Its Own Record for World's Lowest Fertility Rate
‘Kremlin Leaks’: Files detail Putin’s €1 billion propaganda effort ahead of presidential vote
Rising execution rate of Ukrainian POWs indicates shift in Russian policy – prosecutor
Since the end of November 2023, prosecutors have recorded an increase in the number of shootings of Ukrainian prisoners of war (PoW) by Russian invaders.
Amazon lobbyists banned from EU Parliament
Amazon lobbyists will officially be banned from the European Parliament until further notice after an internal body decided to withdraw their badges
Sri Lanka cancels visas for thousands of Russian fugitives
The Sri Lankan authorities intend to cancel visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians and a smaller number of Ukrainians who have been staying in the country since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops. — Ukrinform.
Two candidates for mayor of a Mexican city are shot dead within hours of each other
Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of Maravatío have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the country’s most violent on record.
VSquare: Kremlin leaks, secret files reveal how Putin pre-rigged his reelection
Editor's note: This investigation, based on leaks obtained by Delfi Estonia and compiled for a joint investigation with VSquare and Frontstory.pl, Expressen, Meduza and iStories, Paper Trail Media, Der Spiegel and ZDF, Der Standard, and Tamedia publications, has been republished by the Kyiv Independent with VSquare's permission. “I will
'No Nato soldiers' on Ukrainian soil, says Germany's Scholz in rebuke to France's Macron
The French president had said on Monday that sending combat troops to assist Kyiv ‘could not be ruled out’
North Korea sent more than 3m artillery shells to Russia, says Seoul
Moscow seen continuing to help with Pyongyang's spy satellite program