Foreign News, edition of 12 June 2024
We talk about G7 and artificial intelligence; of Europeans; of Ethiopia; of the Brics Games
G7, PADRE BENANTI: “IA DOES NOT MULTIPLY INEQUALITIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES “
Artificial intelligence is “a multiplier” and there is therefore the risk that it “also multiplies inequalities between countries”: this is the warning of Father Paolo Benanti, Franciscan theologian, advisor to Pope Francis, the only Italian among the 39 experts of the United Nations AI Advisory Board. The topic is on the table of the heads of state and government of the G7, at the summit in Borgo Egnazia, in Puglia, at which the Pope will also speak. According to Father Benanti, “the governance of AI is connected to the ‘building capacity’ of the South global”. It is therefore a question, the theologian underlines, “of defining the rules necessary for the diffusion of new technologies”.
EUROPEE, ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENT MILEI: “NEW RIGHT ADVANCES, GREAT“
“Huge advance of the new right parties in Europe” and, again, “great news from the Old Continent”: this is the comment on the elections in the EU countries by the president of Argentina, Javier Milei. According to the head of state, “the West must take back the flags that have made it a civilizing and prosperous force throughout history”. Milei therefore listed: “Defense of life, liberty and individual property”. His message also included a criticism of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, defined as “inhuman” and “designed by bureaucrats for bureaucrats”.
ETHIOPIA, AXUM, THREE YEARS SINCE CIVIL CONFLICT REOPENS THE AIRPORT
After more than three years, Axum airport, a UNESCO world heritage archaeological site in Tigray, a region of Ethiopia hit by civil conflict since 2020, has resumed operations. The airport had been damaged during clashes between soldiers of the federal army and fighters of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The parties then reached a peace agreement in 2022. The kingdom of Axum was a powerful state between the 1st and 13th centuries AD. Among the wonders of the site are monolithic obelisks, giant stelae, royal tombs and castles.
SPORT, 4,750 ATHLETES IN THE RUSSIAN CITY OF KAZAN FOR THE BRICS GAMES
The fifth edition of the Brics Games is underway in the Russian city of Kazan until June 23rd. This year, Moscow holds the rotating presidency of the alliance of emerging countries, also made up of Brazil, India, China and South Africa and recently expanded to include Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Iran. In Kazan, the capital of the autonomous republic of Tatarstan east of Moscow, at least 4,750 athletes will compete. According to the deputy prime minister of Russia, Dmitry Chernyshenko, the countries represented are 97. A challenge to France, in times of war in Ukraine and “Mirage” fighters promised to the Kiev government, considering that from 26 July Paris will host the Olympics.