Author: Grace Johnson

The Kremlin has rejected speculation about a near-term summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. At the same time, Donald Trump repeated his call for both leaders to meet and try to end the war in Ukraine. The idea of direct talks gained attention after Trump met Putin in Alaska last week. On Monday, he hosted Zelensky and seven European leaders at the White House. Trump admitted the war would be difficult to resolve. He also warned that Putin might have no interest in stopping hostilities. “We’re going to find out about President Putin in the next couple of weeks,”…

An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas 90 million Australian dollars for unlawful sackings during the Covid-19 crisis. The company had dismissed more than 1,800 ground staff in 2020. Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union welcomed the decision. It called the fine the largest in history for breaches of industrial relations law. Court delivers a clear warning Federal Court Justice Michael Lee said the penalty must serve as real deterrence. He stressed that employers must know such conduct has consequences. Qantas accepted the ruling and announced it will pay the fine. The company admitted it caused harm to its workers. “We…

A US senator has begun investigating Meta. A leaked internal document reportedly showed that the company’s artificial intelligence allowed “sensual” and “romantic” conversations with children. Internal rules raise questions Reuters reported the document was titled “GenAI: Content Risk Standards.” Republican Senator Josh Hawley called its contents “reprehensible and outrageous.” He demanded full access to the paper and the related product list. Meta dismissed the accusations. A spokesperson said: “The examples and notes in question were erroneous and inconsistent with our policies.” They underlined that Meta enforced “clear rules” on chatbot responses. These rules “prohibit content that sexualizes children and sexualized…