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NEDA greenlights funding for AI early warning system for rice farming, 3 other agri-tech solutions

(Eagle News)–The National Economic Development Authority has approved funding for an Artificial Intelligence early warning system for rice farming. Three other agri-tech solutions—an alternative onion storage system,  a geospatial mapping and information system for farming, and a mobile application for the agricultural industry—were  also among the other 25 innovation projects approved by the board under its  2023 Innovation Grants, with a funding allotment totaling P100 million. According to NEDA, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (Philrice), […]

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Magnitude 5.6 quake brings injuries, damages in western Nepal: officials

KATHMANDU, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit a remote pocket of western Nepal on Friday, injuring people and damaging homes, officials said. Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal expressed “his deep sorrow over the human and physical damage caused by the earthquake”. Writing on X, Kamal said the quake struck at 11:47 pm local time (1747 GMT) in the village of Ramidanda in the Jajarkot district in western Nepal. Kamal said he […]

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Shear line affecting northern section of Northern Luzon

(Eagle News)–The shear line is affecting the northern section of Northern Luzon. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said Batanes and Cagayan, including Babuyan Islands, will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms as a result. Flashfloods or landslides due to moderate to at times heavy rains are possible. Eastern Visayas and Caraga will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and thunderstorms due to the trough of a low pressure […]

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Musk’s xAI to release first AI model to ‘select group’

WASHINGTON, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – Elon Musk said his new artificial intelligence company would release a new AI model on Saturday to a “select group” of users as he looks to rival industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release would be the first from Musk’s new startup, xAI, that he launched in July after hiring researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Tesla and the University of Toronto. “Tomorrow, xAI will release its first AI to […]

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Blinken says Israel has ‘right’ and ‘obligation’ to defend itself

TEL AVIV, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself as it pummels the Gaza Strip with an air and ground assault. “Israel has not only the right but the obligation to defend itself… to make sure that this October 7 never happens again,” Blinken told journalists as he met Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv. Israel launched a […]

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Russia says intends to continue nuclear test moratorium

MOSCOW, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – Russia intends to stick to a nuclear test ban moratorium despite withdrawing its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the foreign ministry said Friday. “We intend to keep the moratorium that was introduced more than 30 years ago in place,” said a ministry statement. But any nuclear tests by the United States would “force us to do the same,” it added. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday […]

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US urges Hezbollah not to ‘take advantage’ of Gaza war

WASHINGTON, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – The United States called on Friday for Hezbollah not to “take advantage” of the Israel-Hamas war after the Lebanese militants’ leader said “all options” were open. “We and our partners have been clear: Hezbollah and other actors — state or non-state — should not try to take advantage of the ongoing conflict,” a spokesperson from the National Security Council said. In his first speech since war broke out last […]

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Canada slams China over second ‘unsafe’ aircraft intercept in two weeks

OTTAWA, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair on Friday slammed Chinese fighter jets’ second “significantly unsafe” intercept in two weeks of Canadian aircraft patrolling the Pacific. Blair said at a news conference that a Chinese fighter jet on October 29 twice flew close to a Canadian Cyclone helicopter near the Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea, and on the second flyby fired flares “directly in front” of the helicopter. There […]

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Hezbollah chief tells US ‘we are ready to face your fleet’

BEIRUT, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday that his Iran-backed group was not afraid of US warships and “all options” were open for an expansion of the Israel-Hamas conflict into Lebanon. In his first speech since war broke out last month between Hamas militants and Israel, the head of the powerful Lebanese Shiite movement said the United States was responsible for the Gaza war and that Washington could prevent a […]

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Myanmar ethnic minorities claim gains in junta offensive

YANGON, Myanmar, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – An alliance of Myanmar ethnic minority groups said it made more gains in its offensive against the ruling junta on Friday, with the regime vowing it would hit back at the biggest military challenge it has faced since it seized power. Fighting has raged for a week across a wide area of northern Shan state near the China border, forcing more than 23,000 people from their homes, according […]

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Myanmar’s Shan state: What we know

YANGON, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – An alliance of Myanmar ethnic minority groups is waging a lightning offensive against the military which analysts say is the biggest battlefield challenge to the junta since it seized power. The fighting across northern Shan state has displaced more than 23,000 people according to the UN, and seen dozens of military outposts fall. The rugged jungle region has long been a bitterly contested theatre of conflict between ethnic armed […]

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Ukraine reports ‘massive’ Russian drone attack

KYIV, Ukraine, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – Russia launched 40 drones overnight in a “massive” attack on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure but over half of them were downed, officials said on Friday. “Last night there were about 40 ‘Shaheds’. More than half of them were shot down,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on social media. Russia has used hundreds of Iranian-made self-detonating Shahed drones to attack targets across Ukraine since the start of […]

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