Ghana’s President John Mahama has announced a ban on state-funded first-class travel for government officials, including cabinet ministers, as part of measures to reduce government spending.
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FRANCE: President Macron Shared Weird AI-Generated Videos Of Himself
French President Emmanuel Macron posted a compilation of deepfake videos of his face superimposed onto various scenes generated by artificial intelligence—including a hairstyle tutorial, a rap music video, and a film clip. In the series, Macron appears dancing with an ’80s-style mullet, combing long hair, and speaking about techno in a hoodie.
The post is part of effort to promote the development of AI in France and Europe ahead of a tech summit in Paris, which will welcome Open AI’s Sam Altman and US Vice President JD Vance.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will co-chair the summit. Macron’s video has received more than 200,000 likes on Instagram while the corresponding post on X has been viewed over 10 million times. “It’s pretty well done,” Macron says at the end of the video. “It made me laugh. But more seriously, with artificial intelligence, we can do some very big things: change healthcare, energy, life in our society.
France and Europe must be at the heart of this revolution to seize every opportunity and also to promote our principles.”
SRI LANKA: Monkey Accused of Cutting Off Entire Nation’s Power Supply
A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation’s 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local time on Sunday.
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COVER UP: Surgeon Sued For Removing Patient’s Liver Instead Of Spleen
The widow of a man who died during surgery allegedly owing to the removal of his liver instead of his spleen has filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming the doctor’s actions led to her husband’s death and accused the Florida hospital of cover up.
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UK: Man Who Tweeted Vile Insults Against Black England Squad Cries At Sentencing
A former estate agent who targeted black England players, after the team were defeated in the Euro 2020 final, wept as he was handed a suspended jail sentence.
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GREENLAND: Parliament Passes Law Banning Foreign Political Donations
In a move to starve off President Donald Trump’s renewed interest in acquiring Greenland, the Island’s parliament passed a bill banning political parties from receiving donations “from foreign or anonymous contributors” ahead of the elections in March.
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IMPOSTORS: Arrest Of Phony ICE Agents In Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
The nationwide immigration raids ordered by President Donald Trump have led to a spate of arrests of individuals accused of impersonating ICE agents in various states.
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FREE MARKET: Elon Musk Broadens Suit Against X Advertising ‘Boycott’
Elon Musk’s X has broadened the lawsuit against advertising companies to include more organisations he alleges conspire illegally to boycott the microblogging platform.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Zuma’s Daughter Arrested Over Social Media Incitement Of Terror
Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, former President Jacob Zuma’s daughter who is also a member of the South African Parliament, has been arrested on charges of inciting violence during riots in July 2021 which led to the deaths of more than 350 people.
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SWEDEN: ‘Foreign power’ Involved In The Shooting Dead Of Qur’an Burnings Protester
Salwan Momika, an Iraqi atheist anti-Islam activist who sparked outrage by staging Quran-burning protests in Sweden in 2023, has been shot dead, according to Stockholm police.
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