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African leaders push for recognition of colonial crimes and reparations

Algerian foreign minister says African countries and peoples continue to pay a heavy price for colonialismAfrican leaders are pushing to have colonial-era crimes recognised, criminalised and addressed through reparations.At a conference in the Algerian capital, Algiers, diplomats and leaders convened to advance an African Union resolution passed at a meeting earlier this year calling for justice and reparations for victims of colonialism. Continue reading...

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"Working Will Be Optional In Next 20 Years": Elon Musk's Big Prediction

Elon Musk has predicted that people "won't have to work at all" in the future. And, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics would bring about that change, said the tech billionaire.

Company, Domain, Son: Elon Musk Explains 'Fixation' With Letter 'X'

Appearing on the latest episode of Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath's "WTF is?" podcast, Elon Musk said that when he initially acquired the domain name 'X' in 1999, his idea was to "solve" money from an information theory standpoint.

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Andreas Whittam Smith, co-founder of the Independent, dies aged 88

Journalist and editor also led British Board of Film Classification and served as senior lay member of the Church of EnglandAndreas Whittam Smith, the co-founder of the Independent newspaper and a former president of the British Board of Film Classification, has died aged 88.Whittam Smith was also the first editor of the Independent and served as first church estates commissioner, the senior lay member of the Church of England, from 2002 to 2017. Continue reading...

Thousands in Philippines protest corruption, demand return of stolen project funds

Thousands of demonstrators including from the dominant Roman Catholic church clergy are protesting in the Philippines, calling for the swift prosecution of top legislators and officials implicated in a corruption scandal