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LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Banknotes featuring the portrait of King Charles will enter circulation in Britain from June 5, the Bank of England said on Wednesday, more than a year after unveiling their design. The king's portrait will appear on five, 10, 20 and 50 pound polymer banknotes and will be circulated alongside existing…

By Anna Tong BERKELEY, Feb 21 (Reuters ) - - Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives, including one of the technology's trailblazers Yoshua Bengio, have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society. "Today, deepfakes often involve sexual imagery, fraud, or political disinformation. Since AI…

NSPCA conducted an inspection of the Al Kuwait vessel, currently docked at Cape Town Harbour.

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, (Reuters) - The European Union will investigate whether ByteDance's TikTok breached online content rules aimed at protecting children and ensuring transparent advertising, an official said, putting the social media platform at risk of a hefty fine. EU industry chief Thierry Breton said he took the decision after analysing the short…

Agarwalla's winning of the bronze medal at the dressage discipline in 2022 Asian Games, has earned him a quota place for the Paris Olympics.

Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi went on hunger strike on Monday in solidarity with other anti-government figures waging a protest fast to demand their immediate release, a team of opposition lawyers said. Ghannouchi, 82, a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and head of the Ennahda main opposition party, was jailed last year on…

 Ellis says they cannot underestimate Tanzania.

The United Arab Emirates, host of last year's COP28 climate summit, called on Tuesday for governments to take action in transitioning away from fossil fuels. Intense negotiations last December saw countries agree to move away from fossil fuels in COP28's UAE Consensus document, aiming to limit the worst impacts of climate change. Now, nations must…

Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa walked off the job at major airports on Tuesday in their second strike this month, raising pressure in wage talks due to continue on Wednesday. "If Lufthansa does not realise that it now has to take a big step towards us, then longer strikes will continue to be possible,"…

Ground staff at German airline Lufthansa will go on strike on Tuesday, the Verdi union said, announcing the latest industrial action to hit Germany's transport sector as workers demand more pay. The strike is scheduled to start at 4 a.m. (0300 GMT) on Tuesday and finish at 7.10 a.m. (0610 GMT) on Wednesday, the union…