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Published on 21/06/2025 – 9:00 GMT+2A new pre-print study from the US-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that using OpenAI’s ChatGPT could lead to cognitive decline. Researchers with the MIT Media lab broke participants into three groups and asked them to write essays only using ChatGPT, a search engine, or using no tools. Brain scans were taken during the essay writing with an electroencephalogram (EEG) during the task. Then, the essays were evaluated by both humans and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The study showed that the ChatGPT-only group had the lowest neural activation in parts of the brain and had a hard…
By Euronews with IJF Published on 21/06/2025 – 7:15 GMT+2The Mixed Team competition is about more than medals – it’s about team spirit, unity, and the values at the heart of judo. Expect big throws, big emotions, and unforgettable moments as athletes fight not for themselves, but for each other.In the semi-final, Japan led early against strong contenders Georgia in an intense contest.But big throws from the imposing heavyweight Guram TUSHISHVILI and freshly crowned World Champion Eteri LIPARTELIANI flipped the script.Having built momentum Georgia powered through with another ippon from Mikheili BAKHBAKHASHVILI.Utana TERADA tried to even the score for team Japan.But…
A meeting between top European diplomats and Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on Friday yielded hopes of further talks but no indication of any immediate or concrete breakthrough, a week after Israel attacked Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program, erupting into war between both sides.Foreign ministers from Britain, France, and Germany and the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, emerged from the talks at a Geneva hotel nearly four hours after Iran’s Araghchi arrived for the meeting.It was the first face-to-face meeting between Western and Iranian officials since the start of the conflict.In a joint written statement issued after the…
“All diplomatic efforts until now were not successful,” Sa’ar said in an interview with the Axel Springer Global Reporters network, of which POLITICO is a member. “They usually use these talks in order to deceive, in order to waste time.” When asked what Iran must do for a negotiated solution to the conflict, he responded: “We are not dealing with negotiations with Iran” and reiterated Trump’s call for “unconditional surrender.” Sa’ar said the Europeans did not invite him to the Geneva meeting, but he spoke with the French foreign minister about it, and may speak with the German foreign minister…
According to Joller, Kluge’s Russia visit “risks legitimizing a regime that deliberately targets the very values WHO is meant to defend.” Joller was reacting to a post from Kluge, who is regional director of WHO Europe, pictured shaking hands with Lavrov alongside a list of the topics they had discussed: from the pandemic deal to HIV prevention, as well as the obligation not to attack health care facilities. In a separate post Kluge shared that he’d also chaired a meeting on HIV in Moscow, alongside the country’s Deputy Health Minister Andrey Plutnitskiy. Kluge defended his visit to Russia, telling POLITICO…
Crosetto’s comments come ahead of the NATO leaders’ summit in The Hague next week, where the alliance is likely to agree on a higher spending target of 5 percent of GDP to placate U.S. President Donald Trump. Among the leaders attending is Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. At a meeting in Rome earlier this month with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, her office “reaffirmed support for Ukraine and the Atlantic Alliance’s role as an essential pillar for collective defence.” But according to Crosetto, NATO has failed in its original mission. “If NATO was created to guarantee peace and mutual defense, it…
The government stressed that it did not reflect a perceived change to the current situation with Israel and Iran. The move came as the U.K. — which has been urging the Trump administration to focus on negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program rather than joining Israel’s military offensive — announced plans for charter flights to evacuate British nationals from the Israeli capital. “The UK will provide charter flights for British nationals from Tel Aviv when airspace reopens,” said Foreign Secretary David Lammy in a post on X. “Register your presence to receive further guidance. Flights will be available based on the…
“The debate on Pfizergate, we protected her from it, if this continues like this, we will stop protecting her,” a senior Renew official said. The Socialists and liberals could “stop playing the game and making deals in other files with EPP,” effectively blocking the EU’s legislative process, they added. “The problem now is that the Commission is also answering to the alternative right-wing majority, not the centrist platform,” the official said. A spokesperson for the EPP said it welcomed the Commission’s announcement, claiming that the current text under negotiation would have “led to a bureaucratic nightmare for companies.” As well…
By contrast, he noted, business sentiment suggested very strongly that the economy is “on the brink of a recession.” Putin pointed to statistics showing that gross domestic product is still growing — by 1.5 percent in the first four months of the year. However, analysts have pointed out that that is due entirely to ever-higher volumes of output from the defense sector to fight the war in Ukraine. Civil sectors of the economy have slowed sharply, as the government has ended various subsidy programs over the past year, notably for residential mortgages. The government is being squeezed harder than at…
The EU-Israel Association Agreement establishes close relations between the bloc and the Middle Eastern nation, governing cooperation in key industries and bilateral trade. While tearing up the pact entirely would require unanimous support from all 27 EU member countries, four officials confirmed to POLITICO that interim measures, such as paring back trade ties, are being considered and could be passed by a qualified majority of countries. “In response to the terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023, Israel launched an intense military campaign, involving the use of weapons with wide are effects in densely-populated areas, and severe restrictions on the entry…