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Port of Baltimore workers were bracing for a busy summer season. Now thousands face an uncertain future.
DUNDALK, Md. — The livelihoods of thousands of workers who process goods passing through the Port of Baltimore hang in the balance as cargo shipments grind to a halt after a container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge this week.“These longshore workers, if goods aren’t moving, they’re not working,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg …
‘Biggest act of copyright theft in history’: thousands of Australian books allegedly used to train AI model | Australia news
Thousands of books from some of Australia’s most celebrated authors have potentially been caught up in what Booker prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan has called “the biggest act of copyright theft in history”. The works have allegedly been pirated by the US-based Books3 dataset and used to train generative AI for corporations such as Meta and …
Tesla launches Steam in its cars with thousands of games
Tesla has launched Steam integration inside its Model S and Model X electric cars with thousands of games now playable. Over the last few years, Tesla has been investing heavily into integrating video games into its in-car entertainment system, but it still surprised many when Tesla said earlier this year that it planned to go as …
Supreme Court order brings hope for thousands jailed on controversial colonial-era sedition law in India
Climate activist Disha Ravi travels to a court in New Delhi, India, Feb. 22, 2021, after police charged her with sedition under a colonial-era law. Her alleged crime: Sharing an online document to help amplify months-long farmer protests in India on Twitter. She was released after 10 days in custody. Dinesh Joshi/AP New Delhi — …
Thousands facing evacuation amid Sydney downpour; Twenty dead with COVID-19 in NSW and Victoria; PM pledge to co-fund Queensland flood relief; More than 100mm of rain in 24 hours in Sydney; US hits Russia with ‘war crimes’ sanctions
A “miracle” flood rescue has been carried out in Kangaroo Valley. Emergency services said a driver became lost in a rural area of Kangaroo Valley after following the wrong GPS coordinates, before he went down a one way street and attempted to cross a flooded causeway. Fire and Rescue NSW Chad Wallace told 9News the …
Russia sets peace terms to Ukraine
Russia’s UN Ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, has said Russia will carry out a ceasefire on Tuesday at 6pm (AEDT — 10am Moscow time) and open humanitarian corridors to evacuate citizens from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mariupol. He took the floor at the end of a UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine to …
Thousands in San Diego could see health care premium increases in 2023
More than 100,000 San Diego County residents on Covered California health insurance plans should get ready for sticker shock in 2023. That was the message delivered Wednesday by Peter Lee, outgoing executive director of the health care exchange that has enrolled nearly 1.8 million Californians for coverage in 2022, the second year of a two-year …
Melbourne restrictions to ease, with 25km travel limit removed, gyms reopen; Victoria records five new local COVID-19 cases; UK trade deal ‘big win for Australia’; Thousands of Melbourne residents told not to drink tap water
Mr Weimar said locking down the Kings Park complex earlier would not have necessarily prevented more csases. “It highlights how important the circuit breaker has been in terms of minimising movement,” he said. “The recently identified people at Southbank and those in the last 10 days have had far fewer movements in the community, and …
No new local cases in VIC; Sydney wakes to fog; Thousands without power in Victoria after storm; Brisbane preferred choice for Olympics; Scott Morrison says work underway to establish Singapore travel bubble
By Richard Wood10 Jun 2021 23:19 Queensland has recorded no new COVID-19 cases, easing concerns about new local infections after a couple who travelled from Victoria to the Sunshine State tested positive earlier this week. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the figures were good news and praised the 6000 people who had come forward for …
Spanish troops deploy in Ceuta after thousands break in from Morocco
Spain has deployed troops to Ceuta to patrol the border with Morocco after thousands of migrants swam into the northern African enclave, in what Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a serious crisis for Spain and Europe. Soldiers in armoured vehicles were guarding Ceuta’s beach on Tuesday. Dozens of migrants swimming and wading close to the …
