Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has clinched victory over his right-wing rival Jair Bolsonaro in a tightly contested second round of Brazilian election on Sunday. With over 99.5% of districts reporting their final results, Lula’s victory was “mathematically defined,” according to the country’s election authority. Polls closed nationwide at …
Read More »Trump decries one of ‘greatest defeats in American history’ amid Afghan collapse, calls for Biden to ‘resign in disgrace’
“What Joe Biden has done with Afghanistan is legendary,” Trump said on Sunday. “It will go down as one of the greatest defeats in American history.” Trump went on to say in another message that Biden should “resign in disgrace for what he has allowed to happen to Afghanistan, along …
Read More »After 4 election defeats, the British left can’t pin its hopes on some utopian ‘automated luxury communist’ future
The British Labour Party, having lost four elections in 11 years, appears to be in a period of deep self-reflection and, in my opinion, it’s long overdue. It needs to reassess its priorities, and what and who it stands for; in short, why it exists. Its problems are set out …
Read More »Merkel’s scandal-hit party limps towards likely defeats in key state elections months before Germans select next chancellor
Merkel will not be running for a sixth term as the leader of the German government, but her center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party is yet to choose their candidate. The CDU is suffering from a plunge in support due to the worse-than-expected rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and a recent …
Read More »Novice AI defeats veteran F-16 pilot 5:0 in DARPA’s dogfight contest (VIDEO)
DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program pitted AIs developed by eight companies – including the military industry giant Lockheed Martin – against each other, before the winner went up against a human pilot in Thursday’s AlphaDogfight trials competition. Identified only by his callsign ‘Banger,’ the DC Air National Guard pilot …
Read More »Example: “Getafe” closer to the Champions League defeats of Barcelona and Atletico Madrid
Completed 36-th round of the championship of Spain on football. The results match 36-th round: Celta – Barcelona 2:0Goals: Gomez, 67, ASPAs, 88 (penalty) Sevilla – Getafe 0:3Goals: Al-Nasiri, 8, Braitwaite, 20, Oscar Rodriguez, 82 Espanyol – Atletico Madrid 3:0 Goals: Godin, 45 (goal), Iglesias, 52, 89 (penalty) Alaves – …
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