Author: Steven Sahiounie

Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, among others, saying they had abandoned the company’s original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity not profit.

“This would benefit the city and benefit the country and prices would drop, because we are now buying cocoa beans through intermediaries,” Irina Abramova noted

Mohamed Hamel also informed that Mauritania has become a new member of the forum, and Senegal has applied to join the Gas Exporting Countries Forum

The possibility of the Ukraine conflict escalating into World War III cannot be ruled out, former French Prime Minister Manuel Valls claimed on Thursday in an interview with the Europe-1 news channel.  According to Valls, the fate of the French people and others across Europe is “closely tied” to the hostilities between Moscow and Kiev, meaning they should “act much more decisively” to support Ukraine, including militarily. “We cannot accept the hypothesis of a victory for Vladimir Putin which would represent the end of Ukrainian democracy and the strategic, military, political, and moral defeat of Europe,” Valls stated. “Defeating Russia is essential, and for that,…

Each second Russian national uses transfers via the Faster Payments System, and each third pays for purchases with its use

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan discussed the developments in the Middle East, North Africa and the Black Sea region on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Lavrov discussed “the key aspects of the international agenda, including the situation in the Middle East, North Africa and the Black Sea region at a meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey, [Hakan] Fidan,” the ministry said. The two top diplomats also synchronized watches on the pressing issues of the political dialogue between Russia and Turkey…

MOSCOW, March 1. /TASS/. Russia is ready to cooperate with Nigeria on exploration of oil and gas fields, including on the shelf, Russian Energy Minister Nikolay Shulginov said at a meeting with the Minister of Oil and Gas Resources of Nigeria Ekperikpe Ekpo, which was held as part of the Forum of Gas Exporting Countries in Algeria.

The US has once again backed Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, blocking a UN Security Council statement that would have blamed the Israeli forces for killing Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in the besieged strip. The statement, which was drafted by Algeria, was supported by 14 of the 15 council members on Thursday, Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN ambassador, told reporters. Algeria called for a UNSC emergency meeting behind closed doors after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid near al-Nabulsi roundabout in Gaza City earlier on Thursday, killing at least 112 people and injuring hundreds of others.…

SINGAPORE: Oil prices edged up on Friday and were set to end the week modestly higher as markets awaited an OPEC+ decision on supply agreements for the second quarter amid differing demand indicators for key consumers US and China, according to Reuters.

A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy serving as a military advisor has been killed in an Israeli strike on Syria. In a statement on Friday, the IRGC Navy said its member — Reza Zarei — was assassinated along with two members of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement on Friday. They were killed in an Israeli attack on Syria’s northwestern Baniyas port earlier in the day, it added. Israel frequently targets military positions inside Syria, especially those of resistance fighters, who have played a key role in helping the Syrian army in its fight against foreign-backed terrorists.…