Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18 (EFE).- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has said that artificial intelligence and its cross-platform online space, known as the Metaverse, have “extraordinary potential” in terms of education, the tech giant’s chief product officer said Wednesday. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Chris Cox said the … Read more
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18 (EFE).- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has identified Europe, India and the United States as key future markets for the tech giant’s Metaverse, the company’s integrated space unifying its three main social media platforms. Nick Clegg, the former UK deputy prime minister and now Meta’s head of … Read more
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18 (EFE).- Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, has not yet decided whether to reinstate the accounts of former US president Donald Trump but will announce its decision soon. Trump’s accounts were suspended after the social media giant accused the former president of using them to … Read more
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (EFE).- The first lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, on Tuesday urged global businesses and political leaders meeting in Davos this week to use their influence and to show resolve and unity in confronting Russia’s aggression against her country. “I am meeting at the Davos forum because deep inside we believe there … Read more
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (EFE).- Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez on Tuesday warned against allowing far-right parties into governing institutions. Sánchez’s remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos came amid an unfolding controversy back in Spain, after the right-wing coalition government of the Castile and Leon region, led by the far-right Vox in coalition … Read more
Davos, Switzerland, Jan 17 (EFE).- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will use his country’s turns as chair of the G20, BRICS and South America’s Mercosur trade bloc to strive for agreement in areas such as democracy, peace, sustainability and reducing inequality, his finance minister said here Tuesday. “President Lula is a politician with … Read more
By Edurne Morillo and Yoko Kaneko Tokyo, 16 Jan (EFE).- The mysteries shrouding Peru’s Nazca Lines have intrigued scientists for decades. Now, a group of Japanese researchers has developed a new theory that the geoglyphs etched into the ground served as paths and routes. The lines forged into myriad figures of animals and plants straddle … Read more
By Nerea González Montreuil, France, Jan 13 (EFE).- A bakery on the outskirts of Paris is combining classic French pastry with anti-capitalist political theory. La Conquête du Pain (The Conquest of Bread) takes its name from a text written by one of the most renowned anarcho-communist political analysts, Russian Peter Kropotkin. “We are the owners … Read more
By Lucía Blanco Gracia Gazi, Kenya, Jan 13 (EFE).- Mize Hamisi Ali has lived in legal limbo for decades. Kenya is the only homeland she knows, but the country does not recognize her community, the Pemba people, as citizens. “We don’t know when we came here, we’ve been living here for as long as we … Read more
Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico, Jan 4 (EFE).- Hundreds of children descended from the indigenous Zoque people on Wednesday returned to the streets after two years of pandemic restrictions to dance for their patron saint, the Niño de Atocha (Sacred Child of Atocha), in the southeastern Mexican town of Chiapa de Corzo. The ancestral tradition, known … Read more
By Javier Picazo Feliu Doha, Dec 28 (EFE).- Although football’s greatest competition has wrapped up for another four years, Qatar, the host of the 2022 World Cup, has yet to address the enduring controversy of its treatment of the thousands of migrant workers who built its grandiose stadiums amid allegations of unpaid salaries, abusive contracts … Read more
Shanghai, China, Nov 23 (EFE).- The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday that China could support the growth of its economy in the short term with a “recalibration” of its zero tolerance strategy against covid, including a promotion of the vaccination campaign to guarantee protection against the virus. After completing a virtual round of consultations with … Read more
