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FG eyes vulnerable citizens with new NIN card

The Punch 

The National Identity Management Commission has said that the new National Identification Number card will support government-to-people services and offer multiple functionalities to improve access to government interventions. Speaking on the initiative during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday, Dr Peter Iwegbu, Director of Card Management Services at NIMC, said the card is designed

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Migrants held in US 'sanctuary city' as Trump moves army to border

France24.com (en) 

Trump has pledged a crackdown on migrants with the White House reporting that agents arrested 538 undocumented people nationwide Thursday, with hundreds removed from the country on military aircraft. "The largest massive deportation operation in history is well underway," White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt wrote on X. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said that in a night-time operation in his city, a US Army veteran was among those detained at Ocean Seafood Depot, marking a resumption of workplace... Читать дальше...

Photo of the Day!

Holeriders 

A beautiful Red Tailed hawk hanging out in the suburbs today.

Earthquake hits near Paramus, New Jersey

Pix11.com 

PARAMUS, N.J. (PIX11) -- A 2.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded near Paramus, New Jersey on Friday afternoon, according to the USGS. The earthquake was recorded just after 1 p.m. at a depth of about 7.7 kilometers (4.7 miles). Over 330 people reported feeling "light shaking" to the USGS as of 2 p.m. The earthquake was felt [...]

National Anti-Sexism Day (25.01.25)

Diplomatie.gouv.fr (en) 

The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs is mobilizing its efforts on this second National Anti-Sexism Day to repudiate and raise awareness about sexism. This day of observance was established last year and will be held annually on January 25. Events marking the occasion will be held in France and throughout our diplomatic and consular network. Combating sexism is one of the commitments included in the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs' new 2024-2026 action plan promoting gender (…)

How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions

Technology Review  

The AI community is abuzz over DeepSeek R1, a new open-source reasoning model.  The model was developed by the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which claims that R1 matches or even surpasses OpenAI’s ChatGPT o1 on multiple key benchmarks but operates at a fraction of the cost.  “This could be a truly equalizing breakthrough that is…