W.H.O. Fails to Secure Global Pandemic Treaty
No deal. That was the message from World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday after a proposed pandemic treaty was rejected in Geneva, Switzerland, after two years of closed-door talks. AP Reports Roland Dries, co-chair of the WHO’s negotiating committee, acknowledged that countries had failed to submit a draft agreement. The WHO […]
W.H.O. Pushes to Seal Global Pandemic Treaty as Closed-Door Talks Conclude
Efforts by the World Health Organization (WHO) to reach a global pandemic treaty are set to conclude on Friday after weeks of closed-door talks in Geneva, Switzerland. Organizers are hoping for a quick agreement as next week’s annual meeting of the U.N. subsidiary body’s 194 member states is looming on the brink of being canceled. […]
OpenAI, News Corp. sign multi-year global partnership
See what’s being clicked on FoxBusiness.com OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has signed a multi-year agreement with News Corp. to use the global media company’s content in its generative artificial intelligence products. The deal will allow Microsoft-backed OpenAI to display editorials from News Corp’s flagship publications to answer user questions and power its AI tools […]
South Korea urges global cooperation for AI development at Seoul summit
South Korean Minister of Science, Technology, Information and Communications Lee Jong-ho expressed the need for global cooperation to make AI development successful. Li said cooperation is essential and he hopes future summits will place more emphasis on cooperation on AI safety mechanisms. The Seoul summit, co-hosted with the UK, addressed concerns such as job security, […]
Attacks on health workers in conflict zones at highest level ever – report | Global health
Attacks on health workers, hospitals and clinics in conflict zones increased by 25 percent last year to the highest level on record, a new report has found. The increase was driven mainly by new wars in Gaza and Sudan, but also by ongoing conflicts in Ukraine, Myanmar and elsewhere, and it said such attacks were […]
Klaus Schwab To Step Back As Overlord Of Global Elite Forum: REPORT
World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman Klaus Schwab intends to step down from the position he has held since he founded the organization in 1971, Semafor reported Tuesday. The 86-year-old Schwab informed WEF employees via an email about his plans, which consist of assuming a non-executive chairman position, according to a source who distributed the email […]
Google, Meta, OpenAI pledge to develop AI safely at global summit
Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI on Tuesday joined more than a dozen other companies at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence to ensure safety at a time when regulators are scrambling to respond to rapid innovation and new risks. He vowed to develop the technology. The second world conference included companies from China, South Korea […]
Yellen says US opposed to global tax on billionaires
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the United States does not support a global wealth tax on billionaires, opposing proposals put forward by Brazil, France and other countries. Brazil, which holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 (G20) this year, wants the organization to adopt a unified approach to taxing the ultra-wealthy. The world’s […]
Yellen bats down proposal for global wealth tax for billionaires
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she does not support a proposal that would impose a global wealth tax on the wealthiest billionaires. Yellen opposes the proposal, put forward by Brazil, which is leading the Group of 20 major economies this year. German, Spanish, and South African officials have also discussed the proposal, which aims to […]
As American global hegemony ends, multi-alignment rises
Forget “Pax Americana.” In a moment of unipolarity, the brief interlude in which the United States reigned supreme was over. The rise of China, combined with growing dissatisfaction with the rules-based international order led by the United States, has ushered in a multipolar world in which multiple power centers jostle for influence. This dynamic change […]