UNESCO urges action on AI ethics, citing AI’s role in helping create false stories about WWII atrocities giving rise to antisemitism.
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Posted inProfessional
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas loses legal case over ban
Lia Thomas lost her case against World Aquatics, upholding the ban on transgender women who underwent male puberty from elite women’s races.
Posted inSecurity
Canadian veteran dies on eve of trip to D-Day commemoration
A Canadian World War II veteran has died one day before he was to return to France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, it was announced Tuesday.
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Dutch eye law to ban ‘puppy yoga,’ official
A top Dutch official said Friday that he was weighing a ban on so-called “puppy yoga,” in which participants use infant dogs during practice sessions, saying the animals were suffering.
Posted inFamily
JK Rowling says she regrets not speaking out sooner on trans issues
The new book features essays by JK Rowling and Scottish politicians Joanna Cherry and Ash Regan, who also hold gender-critical views
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Pervert or pioneer? The entrepreneur trying to get S. Korea into porn
Porn entrepreneur wants to expand S. Korea’s adult films market, but faces backlash from deeply conservative social mores
Posted inReligion
Complex Christian-Judeo relationship reflected in ceasefire vigil
Ceasefire vigil in Ottawa this week highlights Christians’ complex — and divided — relationship with Jews and the State of Israel
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‘Can I kill someone?’: Richard Gere’s dilemma in ‘Oh, Canada’
Richard Gere has thought long and hard about the moral quandary at the heart of his new film ‘Oh, Canada’
Posted inScience
How hunting may have turned humans into long-distance runners
While speedy animals such as cheetahs or antelopes may outrun humans initially, over tens of kilometres humans can chase them down
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Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian author, dead at 92
Alice Munro earned the moniker “our Chekhov,” with PM Trudeau calling her “the greatest writer of the short story form of our time”