Assad should not be toppled by military force: Italy

Rome :  Italy opposes the ousting of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a military operation, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Tuesday. “We have made it clear to our allies that we oppose a military escalation and that it is impossible to end the conflict just by removing the dictator Assad through force,” Gentiloni told […]

May defends legality of Syria attacks in parliament

London : British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday defended before Parliament the legality of her decision to bomb Syrian government facilities in coordination with the US and France. May claimed Saturday’s missile attacks were “not just morally right but also legally right” and were not about getting further involved in Syria’s seven-year civil war, […]

UK wants AI sans power to destroy human beings

London :  The autonomous power to hurt, destroy or deceive human beings should never be vested in Artificial Intelligence (A), said a UK parliamentary report on Monday. It is essential that ethics take centre stage in AI’s development and use, said the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee’s report — AI in the UK: Ready, […]

Gays, lesbians face subtle discrimination from neighbours

Toronto : Despite claiming to support gay rights, many straight people who live in predominantly gay neighbourhoods still practice subtle forms of discrimination when interacting with their gay and lesbian neighbours, researchers have found. According to research published in the journal City and Community, straight people living in “gaybourhoods” interact with their gay and lesbian neighbours […]