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UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on Iran
The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session this week in response to the brutal crackdown on anti-government protests in Iran,…
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Contributor: Internet access is a human right
Even for the casual observer, it’s probably apparent that modern warfare, both domestic and abroad, is dramatically changing. Scenes this…
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Iran had highest number of executions in over a decade, human rights report says
Iran's treatment of prisoners in 2025 was also rife with abuses, according to the report, with 2,513 cases of prisoners being held in…
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A newly discovered species complicates the human origin story
Scientists studying fossils from Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have uncovered evidence of another early human species which lived around the same…
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Human Made seeks growth beyond China as tensions with Japan rise
Its expansion coincides with a global surge in interest in Japanese pop culture, fuelled by anime and video games, while a weaker yen…
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'Guaranteed Human': Audio giant iHeartMedia says real people, not AI personalities, are at the controls
As media executives wrestle with the use of artificial intelligence, radio giant iHeartMedia wants to stand out. “We don’t use…
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PA accuses Israel of 'human trafficking' after planeload of Gazans arrives in South Africa
South Africa initially refused the Gazans' entry because they were unable to indicate the duration of their stay or the address of their…
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Lula’s former human rights minister formally accused of sexual misconduct
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police formally accused President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ’s former human rights minister Silvio…
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Inside the race to train AI robots how to act human in the real world
CHENNAI, India — Now that artificial intelligence has mastered almost everything we do online, it needs help learning how we physically…
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57 Nigerians rescued by police in Ghana in a crackdown on a human trafficking and cybercrime ring
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Police in Ghana rescued 57 Nigerians trafficked to the West African country and arrested five people suspected of…
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Million-year-old fossil changes what we know about human hands and feet
For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic jaw and…
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Timeline of Human Evolution Now in Question Thanks to Unearthed Skull Found in China
NEED TO KNOW Researchers believe a skull unearthed in 1990 suggests the emergence of the human species occurred 400,000 years earlier than…
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Over 1,000 people executed by Islamic regime over past nine months, human rights org. claims
The number of executions has reportedly reached a three-decade peak, with 64 executions over the past week alone. Iran has executed at…
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UN report: Nicaragua's human rights crisis deepens
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A new United Nations report details a Nicaragua tightly in the grasp of co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife…
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UN human rights expert says Russia steps up repression to silence opposition to war in Ukraine
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. expert monitoring human rights in Russia said Monday that “repression is escalating,” targeting civilians,…
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Under Trump, It’s Much Better to Be a Bot Than a Human
Philosopher Emile Torres, who has studied the “post biology” and “pro-extinction” thought in this milieu, argues that such ideas underpin…
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Retaliation on Unionists in Southeast Asia Shows ‘Worrying Corporate Backslide on Human Rights’
Chea Chan and Myo Myo Aye hail from different countries—Cambodia in the former and Myanmar in the latter—yet the difficult predicaments…
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Remains Reveal Earliest Evidence of Human-on Human Violence in Asia
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting…
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Human rights commissioner: Afghans urgently need visas for Germany
The human rights commissioner of the German government, Lars Castellucci, has called on the Interior Ministry and the Foreign Office to…
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US to scale back human rights accusations against 3 countries: Report
The administration of President Donald Trump is scaling back criticism of certain foreign governments over their human rights records,…
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Peru's new amnesty law for human rights abuses sparks anger and international appeal
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Lawyers for victims of human rights abuses during Peru’s armed conflict vowed to appeal to international bodies Thursday…
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Contributor: The human brain doesn't learn, think or recall like an AI. Embrace the difference
Recently, Nvidia founder Jensen Huang, whose company builds the chips powering today’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems,…
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Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule on cases against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Wednesday on Russia's actions in the conflict in Ukraine,…
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Co-op to cease trade with countries identified with human rights abuses
British cooperative group Co-op has decided to terminate trade relations with nations identified with widespread human rights abuses and…