It ended in dispute and uncertainty, but there was hope for Venezuela’s election
A video has surfaced online which shows Venezuelan Defence Minister Mara Corina Machado’s supporters pushing her caravan along during protests against President Nicols Maduro’s victory in Sunday’s presidential election. The video shows people running up to give a flag, rosary or other sentimental item to Machado. “He’s the only President who cares about us…the people, the poor, hardworking people,” Maduro said.
Israel says it struck after the attack in the Golan Heights
Israel has carried out an airstrike on a senior Hezbollah leader in Lebanon’s Beirut on Monday, the country’s state-run news agency said. The strike comes days after a rocket from Lebanon hit a synagogue in the Golan Heights, killing seven people. Lebanon’s state-run news agency reported that fire trucks and ambulances rushed to the scene of the strike.
These are five ways to stop predatory conferences
The World Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology (WASET) has said a researcher’s criticism of a ‘predatory conference’ that invited her to speak is unfounded. James McCrostie, a business administration researcher at Daito Bunka University in Tokyo, said that simply searching the conference company’s name can reveal its track record. The SAFE map tracks the numbers and locations of conferences organised from 2015 onward.
Section 230 immunity could be carved out for intimate Artificial Intelligence deepfakes
Microsoft has urged US lawmakers to update laws on child sexual exploitation, abuse and non-consensual intimate imagery to include ‘deep fake fraud’ generated due to the misuse of Artificial Intelligence. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the private sector has a responsibility to prevent misuse of artificial intelligence. Earlier, Microsoft had said that there are more than 50,000 cases of deep fake fraud in US.
Venezuela’s election gave a boost to the autocrats
Venezuela’s President Nicols Maduro on Sunday accused opposition candidate Juan Guaid of being complicit in US sanctions against Venezuelan economic sectors and officials, which led many people to leave the country. “They (US) imposed sanctions against our companies and forced us to leave our country,” he said. Guaid has opposed US sanctions against Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA.
The Democrats are embracing weird messaging on Trump
After US Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign released a parody video that appeared to be altered, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “I checked with renowned world authority…Professor Suggon Deeznutz, and he said parody is legal in America.” Musk replied, “I checked with renowned world authority, Professor Suggon Deeznutz, and he said parody is legal in America.”
It’s going wild for Donald Trump
Cryptocurrency investor Jesse Powell said that he donated $1 million to President Donald Trump, mostly in ether, during his Bitcoin 2024 speech at the BTC Media conference. Powell said that Trump said “they look like male models…with a big, beautiful brain” during his speech. Nearly two million came from Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, twin founders of cryptocurrency trading platform Gemini.
A school in the Gaza Strip was bombed, killing at least 30 people
A rocket hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights on Saturday, killing 11 children and injuring 30 others. The rocket launched from southern Lebanon killed 11 children with around 30 injured, several of them very seriously. This comes a day after an Israeli air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip killed at least 30 people.
After Israel struck a school in Gaza, a rocket hit Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
A rocket hit a sports complex filled with children playing soccer in Israel’s control of Golan Heights region on the same day as an Israeli strike in Gaza devastated a school building and killed dozens of people. It caused multiple civilian casualties, including children, the Israeli military said. “The Hezbollah terrorist organisation is behind the rocket launch at a soccer field,” it added.
Canadian soccer teams have been using drones for years
The head of the Canadian Olympic Committee David Shoemaker has said that they continue to be “shocked and disappointed” with the spying scandal that led to the suspension of Canada women’s national soccer team coach. The scandal came to light after reports claimed that the Canadian team spied on its Japanese counterpart during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the 2023 Women’s World Cup.