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A Swiss court sentences a former Gambian interior minister to 20 years for crimes against humanity

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Switzerland’s top criminal court has convicted a former interior minister of Gambia for crimes against humanity for his role in repression by the west African country’s security forces against opponents of its longtime dictator. Legal advocacy group TRIAL International said Wednesday that Ousman Sonko was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was Gambia’s interior minister from 2006 to 2016 under then-President Yahya Jammeh. The trial was hailed as a major breakthrough in application of “universal... Читать дальше...

Sony unveils Xperia 1 and 10 VI smartphones

Telecompaper.com 

(Telecompaper) Sony has introduced its latest flagship handset, the Xperia 1 VI, as well as the midrange Xperia 10 VI, touting enhanced camera and audio features on both phones...

MTN Uganda overhauls daily voice bundles

Telecompaper.com 

(Telecompaper) MTN Uganda has launched new Daily Voice Bundles. Customers can choose 25 minutes for UGX 1,000, 70 minutes for UGX 2,000, ten minutes for UGX 700 or six minutes for UGX 500...

A Big Plot Twist at OpenAI

The New York Times 

Ilya Sutskever, a co-founder at the artificial intelligence start-up and one of the world’s leading researchers, is out, and Sam Altman’s control looks firmer than ever.

Israeli PM presses bill on drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into military

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to present a controversial bill to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military to a ministerial committee, aiming to bridge societal and political divisions. The bill, which has caused protests among ultra-Orthodox Jews, is sensitive against the backdrop of ongoing conflicts that have led to significant Israeli casualties. The exemptions for ultra-Orthodox and Arab minorities from military service have long been debated, with critics arguing that... Читать дальше...

How Scottie Scheffler is juggling baby and PGA Championship: ‘Two separate lives’

New York Post 

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Nothing fazes Scottie Scheffler. Not. A. Damn. Thing. Not even the birth of his first child, Bennett, coming on the eve of a major championship week. Scheffler’s ability to remain unaffected by everything that goes on around him — not the least of which is the hype around him maintaining his No....