In a call for Mark Zuckerberg to step down, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said the business will be better off with a leader, who focuses on user safety. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The whistleblower delivered the strongest call for guard change at the social media giant. &nbsp;

Facebook’s parent company, which rebranded to Meta last week, is unlikely to change if its founder remains in-charge, said Haugen. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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The ex-Facebook employee, who leaked tens of thousands of internal documents, which give details about the company’s struggles with user safety and misinformation was speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Haugen has also criticised Zuckerberg’s “unconscionable” decision to invest in metaverse concept rather than solving its issues. &nbsp;

When asked if Zuckerberg should step down, Haugen said, “I think Facebook will be stronger with someone, who is willing to focus on safety, so yes.” &nbsp;

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“Mark holds 54% of the voting shares in Facebook. He is the chairman and the CEO, and I think that at a minimum the shareholders have the right to actually choose their CEO. And so, I think it is unlikely the company will change if he remains the CEO,” said Haugen. &nbsp;

“And I hope that he can see that there is so much good he could do in the world, and maybe it’s a chance for someone else to maybe take the reins.” &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

In a call for Mark Zuckerberg to step down, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said the business will be better off with a leader, who focuses on user safety.

In a call for Mark Zuckerberg to step down, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said the business will be better off with a leader, who focuses on user safety. The whistleblower delivered the strongest call for guard change at the social media giant. Facebook’s parent company, which rebranded to Meta last week, is unlikely to change if its founder remains in-charge, said Haugen. Also Read: Tesla CEO Elon Musk wealthier than entire Pakistan’s GDP The ex-Facebook employee, who leaked tens of thousands of internal documents, which give details about the company’s struggles with user safety and misinformation was speaking at the Web Summit in Lisbon. Haugen has also criticised Zuckerberg’s “unconscionable” decision to invest in metaverse concept rather than solving its issues. When asked if Zuckerberg should step down, Haugen said, “I think Facebook will be stronger with someone, who is willing to focus on safety, so yes.” Also Read | Facebook is failing to safeguard users from COVID-19 disinformation: Research “Mark holds 54% of the voting shares in Facebook. He is the chairman and the CEO, and I think that at a minimum the shareholders have the right to actually choose their CEO. And so, I think it is unlikely the company will change if he remains the CEO,” said Haugen. “And I hope that he can see that there is so much good he could do in the world, and maybe it’s a chance for someone else to maybe take the reins.” (With inputs from agencies)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should step down, says whistleblower Frances Haugen

Revealing why White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki did not accompany US President Joe Biden on the foreign trip, she on Sunday said that could not go as had contracted COVID-19. &nbsp;

Psaki also said that a family member had tested positive for the coronavirus, and her report also came positive later.&nbsp;

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In a statement on Sunday, she wrote, "Thanks to the vaccine, I have only experienced mild symptoms, which has enabled me to continue working from home.

"I will plan to return to work in person at the conclusion of the 10-day quarantine following a negative rapid test, which is an additional White House requirement, beyond CDC guidance, taken out of an abundance of caution,"&nbsp;Psaki added.&nbsp;

The development is the Biden administration’s most high-profile breakthrough coronavirus infection. &nbsp;

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The government has been grappling with public health messaging and vaccine hesitancy during the pandemic. &nbsp;

Psaki said, "On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the president due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19.

"Since then, I have quarantined and tested negative (via PCR) for Covid on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. However, today, I tested positive for Covid,"&nbsp;she added. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

Revealing why White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki did not accompany US President Joe Biden on the foreign trip, she on Sunday said that could not go as had contracted COVID-19.

Revealing why White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki did not accompany US President Joe Biden on the foreign trip, she on Sunday said that could not go as had contracted COVID-19. Psaki also said that a family member had tested positive for the coronavirus, and her report also came positive later. Also Read | G20 Summit: Biden expresses ‘disappointment’ at China and Russia’s absence In a statement on Sunday, she wrote, "Thanks to the vaccine, I have only experienced mild symptoms, which has enabled me to continue working from home. "I will plan to return to work in person at the conclusion of the 10-day quarantine following a negative rapid test, which is an additional White House requirement, beyond CDC guidance, taken out of an abundance of caution," Psaki added. The development is the Biden administration’s most high-profile breakthrough coronavirus infection. Also Read: ‘Scary News' on Halloween? New poll says Americans lose confidence in US President Joe Biden The government has been grappling with public health messaging and vaccine hesitancy during the pandemic. Psaki said, "On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the president due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19. "Since then, I have quarantined and tested negative (via PCR) for Covid on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. However, today, I tested positive for Covid," she added. (With inputs from agencies)

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for COVID-19 in US

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to President Emmanuel Macron over the cancellation of a submarine building contract in September, said the French leader. &nbsp;

The president also indicated more needs to be done to rebuild trust between the nations. &nbsp;

In Rome for the G20 summit, Macron and Morrison met for the first time since Australia scrapped a submarine deal with France while announcing a new security alliance with the United States and the UK in September. &nbsp;

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Dubbed as AUKUS, the new security alliance looks to give Australia access to nuclear-powered submarines. This announcement caught France off guard and saw the ambassadors of the country recalled from Washington and Canberra as the leaders of the country made accusations of betrayal. &nbsp;

"I have a lot of respect for your country. I have a lot of respect and a lot of friendship for your people. I just say when we have respect, you have to be true and you have to behave in line and consistently with this value," the French president told a group of Australian reporters, who travelled to cover the G20. &nbsp;

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Asked if he thought Australian PM lied to him, the president replied, "I don't think, I know." &nbsp;

At a media conference on Sunday in Rome, Morrison later said, he had not lied and that he had previously explained to president that conventional submarines would no longer meet Australia's needs. &nbsp;

"I was very clear that what was going to be provided to us was not going to meet our strategic interests, and there was still a process we were engaged in, and we then engaged in, over the months that followed. And then we communicated to him (Macron) our ultimate decision," Morrison added. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to President Emmanuel Macron over the cancellation of a submarine building contract in September, said the French leader.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to President Emmanuel Macron over the cancellation of a submarine building contract in September, said the French leader. The president also indicated more needs to be done to rebuild trust between the nations. In Rome for the G20 summit, Macron and Morrison met for the first time since Australia scrapped a submarine deal with France while announcing a new security alliance with the United States and the UK in September. Also Read: G-20 nations agree to new limits on coal-burning power plants Dubbed as AUKUS, the new security alliance looks to give Australia access to nuclear-powered submarines. This announcement caught France off guard and saw the ambassadors of the country recalled from Washington and Canberra as the leaders of the country made accusations of betrayal. "I have a lot of respect for your country. I have a lot of respect and a lot of friendship for your people. I just say when we have respect, you have to be true and you have to behave in line and consistently with this value," the French president told a group of Australian reporters, who travelled to cover the G20. Also Read | G20 Summit: Biden expresses ‘disappointment’ at China and Russia’s absence Asked if he thought Australian PM lied to him, the president replied, "I don't think, I know." At a media conference on Sunday in Rome, Morrison later said, he had not lied and that he had previously explained to president that conventional submarines would no longer meet Australia's needs. "I was very clear that what was going to be provided to us was not going to meet our strategic interests, and there was still a process we were engaged in, and we then engaged in, over the months that followed. And then we communicated to him (Macron) our ultimate decision," Morrison added. (With inputs from agencies)

AUKUS row: Australian prime minister lied over submarine deal, says French president

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In what may be termed as one of the first indications of resumption of the ongoing projects, the Taliban regime said the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project will start soon in Afghanistan. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The announcement came as Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held discussions. &nbsp; &nbsp;

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At a press conference, Muttaqi said the Turkmenistan delegation and Islamic Emirate held talks on political and economic issues. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The delegation from Turkmenistan included officials of various ministries, who held talks with Islamic Emirate’s officials. &nbsp;&nbsp;

During the two-day visit, both sides discussed several issues to strengthen political relations and economic ties. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Muttaqi said they talked about the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, whose implementation in Afghanistan will start soon.

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“Important issues, such as TAPI, electricity and railroads, were discussed. We discussed how to strengthen the projects, which had already started. Also, the projects that were started by Turkmenistan, such as TAPI, its practical implementation will start soon in Afghanistan,” Muttaqi. &nbsp;&nbsp;

The minister also said Meredov invited him to visit Turkmenistan. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Meredov and his delegation also met with PM Deputy Abdul Salam Hanafi and discussed economic issues, especially the TAPI project and railroads and made important decisions, the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. &nbsp;&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

In what may be termed as one of the first indications of resumption of the ongoing projects, the Taliban regime said the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project will start soon in Afghanistan.

In what may be termed as one of the first indications of resumption of the ongoing projects, the Taliban regime said the implementation of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project will start soon in Afghanistan. The announcement came as Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov held discussions. Also Read: Taliban send envoy to Pakistan as 'diplomats' start work in Islamabad At a press conference, Muttaqi said the Turkmenistan delegation and Islamic Emirate held talks on political and economic issues. The delegation from Turkmenistan included officials of various ministries, who held talks with Islamic Emirate’s officials. During the two-day visit, both sides discussed several issues to strengthen political relations and economic ties. Muttaqi said they talked about the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, whose implementation in Afghanistan will start soon. Also Read: 65 Islamic State terrorists surrendered in Afghanistan's Nangarhar: Taliban “Important issues, such as TAPI, electricity and railroads, were discussed. We discussed how to strengthen the projects, which had already started. Also, the projects that were started by Turkmenistan, such as TAPI, its practical implementation will start soon in Afghanistan,” Muttaqi. The minister also said Meredov invited him to visit Turkmenistan. Meredov and his delegation also met with PM Deputy Abdul Salam Hanafi and discussed economic issues, especially the TAPI project and railroads and made important decisions, the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said. (With inputs from agencies)

TAPI pipeline project in Afghanistan to resume soon, says Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi

In order to end the nearly two-week-long impasse, the members of the negotiating team of the government claimed on Sunday that they reached an ‘agreement’ with the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). The team, however, refused to divulge details. &nbsp;

At a press conference, Mufti Munibur Rehman announced, “The government of Pakistan and the TLP held detailed negotiations in an environment of mutual trust and an agreement has been reached between the two sides.” &nbsp;

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Rehman was accompanied by government’s negotiating team members Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. &nbsp;

Mufti Munib, who had facilitated the talks along with some other religious leaders in individual capacity, said the agreement had the backing of jailed TLP chief Saad Rizvi. &nbsp;&nbsp;

In the negotiations,&nbsp;Mufti Umair Al-Azhari, Allama Ghulam Abbas Faizi and Hafiz Hafeez participated from the TLP side, Munib added.

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A steering committee headed by Minister Ali Mohammad Khan, which also comprised Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat, the federal interior secretary and Punjab home secretary and TLP representatives, Mufti Ghulam Ghous Baghdadi and Engineer Hafeezullah Alvi, would oversee the agreement’s implementation, he said. &nbsp;

At the presser, the TLP representatives were also present but they stayed silent. &nbsp;

Mufti Munib said the details of the agreement would be made public at an ‘appropriate time’. &nbsp;&nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)

In order to end the nearly two-week-long impasse, the members of the negotiating team of the government claimed on Sunday that they reached an ‘agreement’ with the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP).

In order to end the nearly two-week-long impasse, the members of the negotiating team of the government claimed on Sunday that they reached an ‘agreement’ with the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). The team, however, refused to divulge details. At a press conference, Mufti Munibur Rehman announced, “The government of Pakistan and the TLP held detailed negotiations in an environment of mutual trust and an agreement has been reached between the two sides.” Also Read: Taliban send envoy to Pakistan as 'diplomats' start work in capital city Islamabad Rehman was accompanied by government’s negotiating team members Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan and National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser. Mufti Munib, who had facilitated the talks along with some other religious leaders in individual capacity, said the agreement had the backing of jailed TLP chief Saad Rizvi. In the negotiations, Mufti Umair Al-Azhari, Allama Ghulam Abbas Faizi and Hafiz Hafeez participated from the TLP side, Munib added. Also Read: National Bank of Pakistan gets hit by cyberattack, reports no financial loss A steering committee headed by Minister Ali Mohammad Khan, which also comprised Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat, the federal interior secretary and Punjab home secretary and TLP representatives, Mufti Ghulam Ghous Baghdadi and Engineer Hafeezullah Alvi, would oversee the agreement’s implementation, he said. At the presser, the TLP representatives were also present but they stayed silent. Mufti Munib said the details of the agreement would be made public at an ‘appropriate time’. (With inputs from agencies)

To end impasse, Pakistan government, banned outfit TLP reach agreement

In what can be called a ‘scary news' on Halloween, a new NBC News poll seems to have suggested the Americans have lost confidence in US President Joe Biden and their optimism for the country. &nbsp;

The moderator of ‘Meet the Press’, Chuck Todd, shared the findings of the latest poll on Sunday. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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This development comes days ahead of the off-year November election, which&nbsp;includes the governor's race in Virginia and one year out from the midterm elections. &nbsp;

"We have a brand-new NBC News poll out this morning that's filled with some scary news for the Democrats. The overarching message: Americans have lost their confidence in President Biden and their optimism for the country. At least, they have right now," Todd said. &nbsp;

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"Just 22% of adults say we're headed in the right direction. A shocking 71% say we're on the wrong track and that includes a near majority of Democrats, who are saying that. President Biden's approval rating stands at a dismal 42%, versus 54% who disapprove," the moderator said. &nbsp;

As per NBC News, around 1,000 adults, 650 of whom were reached only by cellphone, were included in the survey between October 23 and 26. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

In what can be called a ‘scary news' on Halloween, a new NBC News poll seems to have suggested the Americans have lost confidence in US President Joe Biden and their optimism for the country.

In what can be called a ‘scary news' on Halloween, a new NBC News poll seems to have suggested the Americans have lost confidence in US President Joe Biden and their optimism for the country. The moderator of ‘Meet the Press’, Chuck Todd, shared the findings of the latest poll on Sunday. Also Read: Biden urges world leaders to help address global supply-chain issue This development comes days ahead of the off-year November election, which includes the governor's race in Virginia and one year out from the midterm elections. "We have a brand-new NBC News poll out this morning that's filled with some scary news for the Democrats. The overarching message: Americans have lost their confidence in President Biden and their optimism for the country. At least, they have right now," Todd said. Also Read: One dead, 9 injured as gunman opens fire at Halloween party in Texas "Just 22% of adults say we're headed in the right direction. A shocking 71% say we're on the wrong track and that includes a near majority of Democrats, who are saying that. President Biden's approval rating stands at a dismal 42%, versus 54% who disapprove," the moderator said. As per NBC News, around 1,000 adults, 650 of whom were reached only by cellphone, were included in the survey between October 23 and 26. (With inputs from agencies)

‘Scary News' on Halloween? New poll says Americans lose confidence in US President Joe Biden

In a recent essay on great-power competition and climate change, Rob Litwak, an arms control expert at the Wilson Center, recalled a question that President Ronald Reagan posed to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, after they took a walk during their 1985 Lake Geneva summit.

As Gorbachev put it later: “President Reagan suddenly said to me, ‘What would you do if the United States were suddenly attacked by someone from outer space? Would you help us?’ ”

“I said, ‘No doubt about it.’ ”

“He said, ‘We too.’ ”

“So that’s interesting,” Gorbachev concluded.

It sure is, because it’s not at all clear, given the recent upsurge in raw great-power competition, that Russia, China or America would help one another in the face of an invasion of space aliens threatening us all. Litwak’s point in retelling that story, of course, is that today we are facing a similar, world-stressing threat — not from space aliens but from a much more familiar and once seemingly benign force: our climate.

Global warming is challenging every nation with more extreme weather, wildfires and sea level rise and once-in-a-century storms coming much more frequently. Unlike with a space alien, though, there’s zero possibility of negotiating with Mother Nature. She does only whatever chemistry, biology and physics dictate, and she has no clue or interest in where the borders of Russia, America or China stop and start. She’s got the whole wide world&nbsp;in her hands — as she demonstrated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yet neither China’s president, Xi Jinping, nor Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is attending the Glasgow climate summit in person with President Joe Biden and many other world leaders that opened Sunday. And even more important, The Washington Post reported last week that some in the Chinese leadership want to resist any substantial cooperation with America on climate issues until the United States dials down its pressure on China “over human rights, Hong Kong, Taiwan, trade and a range of other issues.”

We’ve never seen this tactic before from Beijing: We’ll clean our air, but only if you let us buzz Taiwan’s airspace and choke off the air of freedom in Hong Kong.

A senior U.S. official told me that there is actually a lot of division in Beijing right now on the wisdom of this sort of wolf-warrior diplomatic strategy on climate, which is being pushed by Foreign Minister Wang Yi. There are definitely other Chinese leaders who want to collaborate with Washington and understand that on climate, we sink or swim together. Still, even a hint of this sort of planet-Earth-hostage-taking strategy by some senior Chinese officials is very troubling and needs to be called out.

“The window for humanity to avoid unmanageable climate change is narrowing,” Litwak noted in his Wilson Center essay. “China, the United States and Russia are, respectively, the first, second and fourth largest carbon emitters. Yet at the precise historical juncture when unprecedented global cooperation is necessary to forestall catastrophe, the world is on the brink of unconstrained geostrategic competition. Indeed, U.S. relations with Russia and China are the worst they have been since the end of the Cold War.”

There is never a good time for a great-power conflict. And we’ve already seen how deadly the lack of global cooperation in the face of Mother Nature’s COVID-19 stressor has been. But this is even more dangerous. A shootout between the United States and China over Taiwan or between NATO and Russia over Ukraine — just as human-made climate change is putting a gun to all of our heads — would be insane. But it’s a real possibility.

What we need instead of an arms race or a space race is an Earth race — a great-power competition over which country is rising fastest and farthest to enable a world of net-zero carbon emissions so men and women can thrive here on Earth. I’d love to see Biden do a real throw down to Xi and Putin in his speech in Glasgow for that race.

Biden could say: “I know that climate change is a global problem and that if we clean our air and you don’t clean yours, there is no way to solve it. But we’re not going to use that as an excuse, or let our oil and coal industries use that as an excuse, to do nothing until you do. Because there are 7.9 billion people on the planet today and by 2030, there will be 600 million more — 600 million more!&nbsp;That means that, climate change or no climate change, just having that many more people to feed, house and transport will guarantee that clean power, clean water and energy-efficient buildings and cars will be the next great global industry. Otherwise, we’ll all choke on pollution. So if you all want to keep burning coal and give our clean industries a five-year head start in the next great global industry, make my day. Myself, I am going to declare America’s intention to win the Earth race, to make America the first country to invent and deploy the most clean-power technologies and drive them down the cost curve so that everyone on the planet can afford them.’’

Challenging China and Russia over who can produce the most tools for global resilience, not just resistance, is a way for America to reclaim some moral leadership on the world stage and focus our economy, and our competitors, on the most important industries of the future. Unless we humans want to be a bad biological experiment, a zero-carbon grid, zero-emissions transportation, zero-carbon/zero-net-energy buildings and zero-waste manufacturing indeed will — and must — be the next great global industry.

And by the way, while Russia is currently not a player in that competition, I would not bet against China.

Hal Harvey, who runs the climate analytics firm Energy Innovation and helps to advise governments on clean energy transitions, notes that the United States has set out a very clear goal of when it wants to get to a net-zero carbon-emitting economy — 2050 — and Biden is now trying to fill in the details with specific plans. Alas, without a single vote of support from Republicans.

China, by contrast, Harvey added, is building incredibly detailed plans on how to decarbonize, which Beijing could scale up very quickly — but it has been less detailed in setting hard dates for fulfillment.

Since Xi right now is focused on keeping the Chinese economy growing while he tries to lock in his third term as president, he is not going to do anything to curb growth in China in ways that could sap his popularity. So China will keep burning a lot of coal for a while. But don’t be fooled: Beijing is also building huge amounts of solar, wind, hydro and nuclear power. It’s game on.

As long as both countries keep focused on the Earth race, it almost doesn’t matter which one wins, because together they will drive down the costs of clean power for everyone. If they slow down or get diverted, though, we may wish for some space aliens to take us to their planet.

In a recent essay on great-power competition and climate change, Rob Litwak, an arms control expert at the Wilson Center, recalled a question that President Ronald Reagan posed to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, after they took a walk during their 1985 Lake Geneva summit.

In a recent essay on great-power competition and climate change, Rob Litwak, an arms control expert at the Wilson Center, recalled a question that President Ronald Reagan posed to Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet leader, after they took a walk during their 1985 Lake Geneva summit. As Gorbachev put it later: “President Reagan suddenly said to me, ‘What would you do if the United States were suddenly attacked by someone from outer space? Would you help us?’ ” “I said, ‘No doubt about it.’ ” “He said, ‘We too.’ ” “So that’s interesting,” Gorbachev concluded. It sure is, because it’s not at all clear, given the recent upsurge in raw great-power competition, that Russia, China or America would help one another in the face of an invasion of space aliens threatening us all. Litwak’s point in retelling that story, of course, is that today we are facing a similar, world-stressing threat — not from space aliens but from a much more familiar and once seemingly benign force: our climate. Global warming is challenging every nation with more extreme weather, wildfires and sea level rise and once-in-a-century storms coming much more frequently. Unlike with a space alien, though, there’s zero possibility of negotiating with Mother Nature. She does only whatever chemistry, biology and physics dictate, and she has no clue or interest in where the borders of Russia, America or China stop and start. She’s got the whole wide world in her hands — as she demonstrated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet neither China’s president, Xi Jinping, nor Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is attending the Glasgow climate summit in person with President Joe Biden and many other world leaders that opened Sunday. And even more important, The Washington Post reported last week that some in the Chinese leadership want to resist any substantial cooperation with America on climate issues until the United States dials down its pressure on China “over human rights, Hong Kong, Taiwan, trade and a range of other issues.” We’ve never seen this tactic before from Beijing: We’ll clean our air, but only if you let us buzz Taiwan’s airspace and choke off the air of freedom in Hong Kong. A senior U.S. official told me that there is actually a lot of division in Beijing right now on the wisdom of this sort of wolf-warrior diplomatic strategy on climate, which is being pushed by Foreign Minister Wang Yi. There are definitely other Chinese leaders who want to collaborate with Washington and understand that on climate, we sink or swim together. Still, even a hint of this sort of planet-Earth-hostage-taking strategy by some senior Chinese officials is very troubling and needs to be called out. “The window for humanity to avoid unmanageable climate change is narrowing,” Litwak noted in his Wilson Center essay. “China, the United States and Russia are, respectively, the first, second and fourth largest carbon emitters. Yet at the precise historical juncture when unprecedented global cooperation is necessary to forestall catastrophe, the world is on the brink of unconstrained geostrategic competition. Indeed, U.S. relations with Russia and China are the worst they have been since the end of the Cold War.” There is never a good time for a great-power conflict. And we’ve already seen how deadly the lack of global cooperation in the face of Mother Nature’s COVID-19 stressor has been. But this is even more dangerous. A shootout between the United States and China over Taiwan or between NATO and Russia over Ukraine — just as human-made climate change is putting a gun to all of our heads — would be insane. But it’s a real possibility. What we need instead of an arms race or a space race is an Earth race — a great-power competition over which country is rising fastest and farthest to enable a world of net-zero carbon emissions so men and women can thrive here on Earth. I’d love to see Biden do a real throw down to Xi and Putin in his speech in Glasgow for that race. Biden could say: “I know that climate change is a global problem and that if we clean our air and you don’t clean yours, there is no way to solve it. But we’re not going to use that as an excuse, or let our oil and coal industries use that as an excuse, to do nothing until you do. Because there are 7.9 billion people on the planet today and by 2030, there will be 600 million more — 600 million more! That means that, climate change or no climate change, just having that many more people to feed, house and transport will guarantee that clean power, clean water and energy-efficient buildings and cars will be the next great global industry. Otherwise, we’ll all choke on pollution. So if you all want to keep burning coal and give our clean industries a five-year head start in the next great global industry, make my day. Myself, I am going to declare America’s intention to win the Earth race, to make America the first country to invent and deploy the most clean-power technologies and drive them down the cost curve so that everyone on the planet can afford them.’’ Challenging China and Russia over who can produce the most tools for global resilience, not just resistance, is a way for America to reclaim some moral leadership on the world stage and focus our economy, and our competitors, on the most important industries of the future. Unless we humans want to be a bad biological experiment, a zero-carbon grid, zero-emissions transportation, zero-carbon/zero-net-energy buildings and zero-waste manufacturing indeed will — and must — be the next great global industry. And by the way, while Russia is currently not a player in that competition, I would not bet against China. Hal Harvey, who runs the climate analytics firm Energy Innovation and helps to advise governments on clean energy transitions, notes that the United States has set out a very clear goal of when it wants to get to a net-zero carbon-emitting economy — 2050 — and Biden is now trying to fill in the details with specific plans. Alas, without a single vote of support from Republicans. China, by contrast, Harvey added, is building incredibly detailed plans on how to decarbonize, which Beijing could scale up very quickly — but it has been less detailed in setting hard dates for fulfillment. Since Xi right now is focused on keeping the Chinese economy growing while he tries to lock in his third term as president, he is not going to do anything to curb growth in China in ways that could sap his popularity. So China will keep burning a lot of coal for a while. But don’t be fooled: Beijing is also building huge amounts of solar, wind, hydro and nuclear power. It’s game on. As long as both countries keep focused on the Earth race, it almost doesn’t matter which one wins, because together they will drive down the costs of clean power for everyone. If they slow down or get diverted, though, we may wish for some space aliens to take us to their planet.

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With the goal of 'talking' to the majestic marine animals, a project to listen to, contextualise and translate the communication of Sperm whales was recently launched by a team of international scientists. &nbsp;

Called Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), the initiative looks to harness the power of artificial intelligence to interpret clicking sounds, or 'codas,' which these whales make to communicate with one another. &nbsp;

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The researchers have been using natural language processing or NLP, a subfield of artificial intelligence focused on processing written and spoken human language. It will be trained in four billion Sperm whale codas. &nbsp;

According to the researchers, the plan is to have the AI correlate each sound with a specific context. This feat will take at least five years. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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If the team achieves these goals, the next step would be to develop and deploy an interactive chatbot, which engages in dialogue with Sperm whales living in the wild. &nbsp;

Michael Bronstein, lead, machine learning for Project CETI, told Hakai, "If we discover that there is an entire civilisation basically under our nose — maybe it will result in some shift in the way that we treat our environment. And maybe it will result in more respect for the living world." &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

With the goal of 'talking' to the majestic marine animals, a project to listen to, contextualise and translate the communication of Sperm whales was recently launched by a team of international scientists.

With the goal of 'talking' to the majestic marine animals, a project to listen to, contextualise and translate the communication of Sperm whales was recently launched by a team of international scientists. Called Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative), the initiative looks to harness the power of artificial intelligence to interpret clicking sounds, or 'codas,' which these whales make to communicate with one another. Also Read: Why is mysterious dark energy leading to expansion of the universe? The researchers have been using natural language processing or NLP, a subfield of artificial intelligence focused on processing written and spoken human language. It will be trained in four billion Sperm whale codas. According to the researchers, the plan is to have the AI correlate each sound with a specific context. This feat will take at least five years. Also Read: During Halloween weekend, solar flare helps northern lights become visible to US If the team achieves these goals, the next step would be to develop and deploy an interactive chatbot, which engages in dialogue with Sperm whales living in the wild. Michael Bronstein, lead, machine learning for Project CETI, told Hakai, "If we discover that there is an entire civilisation basically under our nose — maybe it will result in some shift in the way that we treat our environment. And maybe it will result in more respect for the living world." (With inputs from agencies)

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On the birth anniversary of India’s first deputy prime minister and home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India is becoming fully capable of meeting any internal or external challenge. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Modi added that the country will be able to achieve goals only if people stay united. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Be it land, water, air or space, India's capabilities and resolve are now unprecedented on every front, the leader said.&nbsp;

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"Sardar Patel always wanted India to be capable, inclusive, sensitive, alert, humble and developed. He always prioritised national interest," the leader said. &nbsp;

Getting inspiration from him, the country is today becoming fully capable of meeting both external and internal challenges, the PM said. &nbsp;

“Today the nation is paying tribute to Sardar Patel, who gave his life for 'Ek Bharat, shreshth Bharat'. Sardar Patel lives not only in history but also the hearts of all Indians,” added&nbsp;Modi. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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The country has been freed of many decades-old unwanted laws in seven years, he noted. &nbsp;

“Ideals that cherish national unity have been given new heights. Be it J&amp;K, Northeast or any village in the Himalayas, today all are on the path of progress. The development of modern infrastructure in the country is reducing the gap between geographical and historic distances,” said Modi. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

On the birth anniversary of India’s first deputy prime minister and home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India is becoming fully capable of meeting any internal or external challenge.

On the birth anniversary of India’s first deputy prime minister and home minister Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that India is becoming fully capable of meeting any internal or external challenge. Modi added that the country will be able to achieve goals only if people stay united. Be it land, water, air or space, India's capabilities and resolve are now unprecedented on every front, the leader said. Also Read | India ready to produce 5 billion Covid vaccines: PM Modi at G20 Summit "Sardar Patel always wanted India to be capable, inclusive, sensitive, alert, humble and developed. He always prioritised national interest," the leader said. Getting inspiration from him, the country is today becoming fully capable of meeting both external and internal challenges, the PM said. “Today the nation is paying tribute to Sardar Patel, who gave his life for 'Ek Bharat, shreshth Bharat'. Sardar Patel lives not only in history but also the hearts of all Indians,” added Modi. Also Read: Modi to attend ‘Supply Chain Resilience’ event hosted by US Biden in Rome The country has been freed of many decades-old unwanted laws in seven years, he noted. “Ideals that cherish national unity have been given new heights. Be it J&K, Northeast or any village in the Himalayas, today all are on the path of progress. The development of modern infrastructure in the country is reducing the gap between geographical and historic distances,” said Modi. (With inputs from agencies)

India capable of meeting any challenge, says PM Modi on Vallabhai Patel’s birth anniversary

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