The Democratic Alliance (DA) has suspended an MP after an old video resurfaced online of him spewing violent racist language against black people. Renaldo Gouws initially insinuated it was a doctored video and denied it but a statement issued by the DA on Thursday said it was “genuine and not a fake”. In the video […]
The Ukrainian parliament has passed a new law to strengthen the status of the English language in the Eastern European country. In future, a good command of English will be a prerequisite for many Ukrainian civil servants, the parliament in Kiev decided on Tuesday. A higher level of English is intended to make the country […]
[Source] An exhibit that aimed to confront hate against minority communities led to the temporary closure of Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum after pro-Palestine staffers walked out over concerns with the program’s language. Key points: More than 20 staffers participated in the walkout on May 22 after the museum opened its “Confronting Hate Together” exhibit. The […]
Former President Donald Trump pointed to standard language in an FBI documentunsealed Tuesday to baselessly claim that the Biden administration wanted to kill him during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach nearly two years ago. “WOW! I just came out of the Biden Witch Hunt Trial in Manhattan, the ‘Icebox,’ and was […]
Strained diplomatic ties between France and its former colonies in the Sahel region have been fodder for false claims. Recently, several posts claimed Senegal had dumped French for Arabic as its official language. But the claim is false: Senegalese authorities told AFP that French is still the country’s official language and the only one officially […]
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz evoked language adopted by the far-right Proud Boys extremist group as he appeared at court Thursday to support Donald Trump at his hush money trial, reflecting the undercurrent of activist elements present among the presumptive GOP nominee’s supporters as he seeks a return to the White House. “Standing back, and standing […]
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that John-Paul Miller is still an employee of Solid Rock Church and has not been fired. MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A now infamous clip of Solid Rock Church Pastor John-Paul Miller announcing the death of his wife Mica from the pulpit of Solid Rock Church […]
KASAMA, Zambia (AP) — Every morning, Bridget Chanda places her prosthetic legs beside her bed, pulls on her stockings and pushes the remains of her limbs into the prosthetics as best she can. After six years they no longer fit, and it’s painful to stand or walk for too long, but it doesn’t faze her […]
Germany’s Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency (FADA) is warning against prohibiting inclusive and gender-neutral language, following a recently imposed ban in the conservative southern state of Bavaria. “Banning people from using inclusive language is a step backwards into the last century. The state should promote respect and tolerance, not prohibit it,” said Ferda Ataman, Federal Commissioner for […]
Alibaba’s New AI Model Claims to Beat OpenAI’s GPT-4 in Language Skills On Thursday, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) Alibaba Cloud announced the release of the latest version of its large language model, which has already seen more than 90,000 deployments by companies. Jingren Zhou, the chief technology officer of Alibaba Cloud, expressed enthusiasm about working with […]
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ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — Scientists studying the sperm whales that live around the Caribbean island of Dominica have described for the first time the basic elements of how they might be talking to each other, in an effort that could one day help better protect them. Like many whales and dolphins, sperm whales are highly […]