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Novo Nordisk and Anthropic announce collaboration to develop drugs and AI programs
Novo Nordisk and Anthropic announced on Wednesday a collaboration that is expected to speed up the development of new drugs and AI-based software. The Danish pharmaceutical company said it will use Anthropic models and Claude Science to move closer to its goal of becoming the world’s «most AI-focused» healthcare company.
#Anthropic #Claude #NovoNordisk #EuropeanCommission #UrsulavonderLeyen
Chechen activist Mansur Movlaev attempted to take his own life in Almaty for the second time
Chechen activist Mansur Movlaev, who faces extradition to Russia, attempted to take his own life for the second time, the Russian Anti-War Committee said. This happened shortly after his hospitalization in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on September 15 following the first suicide attempt in a pretrial detention center.
#Almaty #AntiWarCommitteeofRussia #Kazakhstan #MansurMovlaev #Russia #Chechnya
King Charles III will tell tech leaders that the development of AI is causing «deep concern»
King Charles III of the United Kingdom will host a closed-door meeting of technology executives on the future of artificial intelligence on Thursday at Dumfries House in Ayrshire, Scotland. In a prepared speech, he will say that the pace of AI development is causing «deep concern» and will call for assurances to society that people will not lose control over their destiny.
#GoogleDeepMind #nvidia #openai #UnitedKingdom #ArtificialIntelligence #CharlesIII
The body temperature of Tyrannosaurus was estimated at 36.3 degrees
An international group of paleontologists from the United States and the United Kingdom has directly estimated the body temperature of the king tyrannosaur (Tyrannosaurus rex) for the first time and obtained 36.3 degrees. This is comparable to the body temperature of modern elephants and large flightless birds, including ostriches.
#Alaska #UniversityofBristol #Crocodiles #LateCretaceous #Tyrannosaurus
Ukrainian drones attacked the Yaroslavl and Rostov regions, causing a fire at an oil refinery in Yaroslavl
On the night of September 17, Ukrainian drones attacked the Yaroslavl, Rostov regions and the Moscow region. A fire broke out at an oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region, and in Rostov-on-Don, after a transformer substation was damaged, power outages began in four districts; authorities said there were no dead or injured.
#RostovonDon #Rostovregion #SlavneftYANOS #Ukrainiandrones #Yaroslavnefteorgsintez #YaroslavlOblast
A fire at the ZVS Holding site in Snina temporarily halted production
On Wednesday, September 16, a fire broke out at the ZVS Holding production site in Slovak Snina. Employees were evacuated, no one was injured, and production at the affected section was temporarily suspended.
#CSG #EMCO #ZVSHolding #ArmedForcesofUkraine #Slovakia #Snina
Residential buildings damaged in Kyiv and Odesa after nighttime attack, 24 people injured
In Kyiv and Odesa on the night of September 17, residential buildings were damaged as a result of a Russian attack. Twenty-four people were injured, including four children.
#VitaliKlitschko #ArmedForcesofUkraine #Kiev #MinistryofDefenseoftheRussianFederation #Odessa #Ukrzaliznytsia
Trump threatened the EU with high tariffs over the idea of Canada’s associate membership
U.S. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. may stop trading with Europe in certain areas if the European Union grants Canada associate member status. He called the idea «ridiculous», and a possible rapprochement between the EU and Canada a «hostile act», and promised very high tariffs against Europe.
#DonaldTrump #EuropeanUnion #Canada #MarkCarney #USA #UrsulavonderLeyen
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on new sanctions against Russia
The House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress approved a bill strengthening sanctions against Russia, and now the document will be sent to U.S. President Donald Trump for signature. It was supported by 262 lawmakers, while 159 voted against it.
#DonaldTrump #Iran #USCongress #LindseyGraham #USHouseofRepresentatives #Russia
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark rate to 3.75–4% for the first time since 2023
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised the benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage points to 3.75–4% for the first time since 2023. The decision was unanimous amid persistently high inflation; afterward, Donald Trump again called for a rate cut.
#SP500 #DonaldTrump #inflation #KevinWarsh #interestrate #USFederalReserve
Mustafa Suleyman warned of the risk of the emergence of a «silicon species» because of AI
The head of Microsoft AI, Mustafa Suleyman, warned that without sufficient restrictions, artificial intelligence could give rise to a new «silicon species» that would compete with humans. He also called for not endowing AI with its own goals, the right to earn money, and own assets.
#Anthropic #bbc #MicrosoftAI #ArtificialIntelligence #MustafaSuleiman
The European Commission proposed restricting access to social networks for children under 16
The European Union announced plans to restrict access to social networks for children under 16 in all member states. Children under 13 are to be completely barred from accessing platforms, while teenagers aged 13–15 would be allowed to use them for one hour a day through «mini-accounts» created by parents or guardians.
#EUKidsAct #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanUnion #socialnetworks #UrsulavonderLeyen
US Justice Department links defendants in Russian intelligence network case to arson attacks in Europe
The US Justice Department on Tuesday filed charges against five alleged members of a Russian intelligence network and linked the case to a series of arson attacks that have been investigated since 2024 by authorities in Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, and Lithuania. According to investigators, all five took part in a conspiracy to finance terrorism, and three of them were also accused of preparing the contract killing of a Russian dissident in the Washington area.
#VladimirPutin #USDepartmentofJustice #OemisRomagosaDurutti #Poland #CzechRepublic #YuriKhrameev
Seoul restaurant Evett fined over ant dessert
A Seoul court fined the operator of restaurant Evett and its CEO over a dessert with ants, which cannot be used in food under South Korean law. The company was ordered to pay 10 million won, and the CEO 15 million won.
#Evett #foodsafety #JosephLidgerwood #ants #Seoul #Southside
Two Rosneft refineries in Syzran and Saratov halted processing after drone attacks
Rosneft refineries in Syzran and Saratov completely stopped processing after drone attacks. According to Reuters, the shutdown of both plants could worsen the domestic fuel shortage in Russia.
#reuters #drones #Rosneft #SaratovOilRefinery #SyzranOilRefinery #fuelcrisis
Rachida Dati appeared before a court in Paris in the Renault-Nissan lobbying case
The trial of former French culture minister Rachida Dati began in Paris in a corruption case linked to Renault-Nissan. Prosecutors say that in 2009–2013 she illegally lobbied for the automaker, receiving fees through its Dutch subsidiary while serving as a Member of the European Parliament.
#GDFSuez #RenaultNissan #EuropeanParliament #CarlosGhosn #Paris #RashidaDati
The Bundeswehr is preparing German hospitals to receive up to 1,000 wounded per day
The Bundeswehr and civilian medics in Germany have begun preparing hospitals for a possible war. According to a Bundeswehr report, the country should be ready to receive up to 1,000 wounded service members per day.
#Bundeswehr #Germany #China #Lithuania #GermanTraumaSociety #Ulm
Von der Leyen schlug vor, Kanada zum assoziierten Mitglied der EU zu machen
Die Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission, Ursula von der Leyen, erklärte während ihres Jahresberichts im Europäischen Parlament in Straßburg, dass Kanada das erste assoziierte Mitglied der Europäischen Union werden könne. Ihren Worten zufolge müssen die Einzelheiten dieses Status noch ausgearbeitet werden, und das Format selbst sieht eine möglichst enge Zusammenarbeit ohne einen vollständigen Beitritt zur EU vor.
#DonaldTrump #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Canada #MarkCarney #UrsulavonderLeyen
In The Hague, Hashim Thaçi was sentenced to 25 years in the war crimes case
The Special Tribunal for War Crimes in Kosovo in The Hague (Netherlands) on September 16 sentenced the former leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army and former president of the partially recognized Republic of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, to 25 years in prison. Along with him, three former KLA leaders received sentences: Kadri Veseli — 18 years, Jakup Krasniqi — 25 years, and Rexhep Selimi — 13 years.
#KosovoLiberationArmy #Hague #Kosovo #NATO #Serbia #HashimThaci
Von der Leyen proposed an EU mechanism for responding to hybrid threats modeled on NATO Article 4
On September 16, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed creating an emergency response mechanism in the European Union for hybrid threats modeled on Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty. She made the proposal in the European Parliament while delivering her annual address on the state of the EU.
#Germany #EuropeanUnion #Lithuania #NATO #Russia #UrsulavonderLeyen