Tag: Al Jazeera

  • Moment Canadian politician accidentally reads AI prompt during speech

    Moment Canadian politician accidentally reads AI prompt during speech

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    ‘Here’s a more natural flowing version of that section…’
    Canadian politician Bill Oliver has gone viral after he appeared to accidentally read AI-generated editing instructions aloud, not once, but twice, during a speech to lawmakers in early June.

  • Trump on Erdogan, Netanyahu and selling fighter jets to Turkiye

    Trump on Erdogan, Netanyahu and selling fighter jets to Turkiye

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    US President Donald Trump pointed to his friendship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when asked about selling F-35 fighter jets to Ankara. Trump’s comments come as he prepares to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who has opposed the move.

  • Savannah Guthrie pleads for help to find missing mother

    Savannah Guthrie pleads for help to find missing mother

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    Journalist Savannah Guthrie has made an emotional public appeal for information about her missing mother, Nancy Guthrie, saying her family is living through “a nightmare that will not end.” The plea comes after investigators said kidnapping notes linked to the case were fake.

  • Unreleased footage reveals Lindsey Graham’s push for war on Iran

    Unreleased footage reveals Lindsey Graham’s push for war on Iran

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    “Look what we’ve done here. I almost cried.” Unreleased documentary footage shows late US Senator Lindsey Graham celebrating the war on Iran, saying it was ‘the best thing’ he had ever done and revealing he had pushed for military action for years.

  • Vendor’s livestream captures chaos as gunfire erupts at Seattle Center

    Vendor’s livestream captures chaos as gunfire erupts at Seattle Center

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    A vendor livestreaming from the Bite of Seattle festival captured the moment shots rang out near the Space Needle. At least two people were killed and five others, including a 2-year-old child, were wounded in the shooting.

  • From paradise to ‘pilot zone’ disaster: Returning to destroyed Lebanon home

    From paradise to ‘pilot zone’ disaster: Returning to destroyed Lebanon home

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    Sumaya Yaghi returns to what’s left of her destroyed home in southern Lebanon after Israeli troops withdrew from her ‘pilot zone’ village under a US-backed agreement.

  • US military disables tanker accused of breaking the Iran blockade

    US military disables tanker accused of breaking the Iran blockade

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    The US military has released footage it says shows forces boarding one tanker and disabling another accused of attempting to breach its naval blockade of Iran. CENTCOM says 12 commercial vessels have been redirected and two disabled for failing to comply.

  • Israel debate boils over in the United States

    How far have US politics – and media – really shifted on the topic of Israel?

    For US politicians, travelling to Israel has become a rite of passage and almost always involves going on an Israeli government-led PR tour of the country.

    US Congressman Ro Khanna departed from that pattern this past week when he joined Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

    What happened next – a confrontation with Israeli soldiers and the media reaction that followed – revealed a lot about the reality for Palestinians that Israel and its supporters are determined to conceal.

    Contributors:
    Maya Rosen – Assistant editor, Jewish Currents
    Yumna Patel – Editor-in-chief, Mondoweiss
    Dalia Hatuqa – Multimedia journalist
    Omar Baddar – Political and media analyst

    On our radar

    Despite experiencing the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, Sudan rarely receives the media coverage it deserves. Now, the United Nations is warning that another catastrophe is unfolding in the city of el-Obeid, which is on the verge of being cut off from the world and where there are barely any international journalists on the ground. Nicholas Muirhead speaks to Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, one of the few reporters who have reported from the city.

    The Phenomenon of Kim Ou-joon

    Kim Ou-joon is part journalist, part activist, part political performer. An outspoken and sometimes controversial voice who leans to the left ideologically, Kim leads South Korea’s biggest YouTube-based news network.

    The Listening Post’s Meenakshi Ravi reports on what Kim Ou-joon – and others like him – reveal about the world of politics and media in South Korea.

    Featuring:
    Kim Ou-joon – Founder and host, News Factory
    Jane Yeahin Pyo – Assistant producer, Tulane University
    Shreyas Reddy – NK News

  • GLP-1s are changing US healthcare, should everyone be on them?

    GLP-1s are changing US healthcare, should everyone be on them?

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    GLP-1 drugs, originally developed to treat diabetes and now widely used for obesity, are reshaping healthcare in the US. As research uncovers potential benefits beyond weight loss, experts are asking whether these medications could one day be used far more widely.

  • What are the Abraham Accords?

    What are the Abraham Accords?

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    US President Donald Trump has seemingly backpedalled on a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia by claiming the Kingdom must join the Abraham Accords as a condition. So what are the accords? Soraya Lennie explains.