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Tag: World Government Summit

Oilfield pump jack with a wind farm in the background. Fossil fuel exploration and output has led to a world glut and resulting downward pressure on prices, a trend that's unlikely to change for the foreseeable future. Photo: Armin Kubelbeck / Wikipedia
Posted inMiddle East, United Arab Emirates

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As speaker after speaker at the World Government Summit in Dubai this month took to the stage to fire off stark warnings about climate change and the impending extinction of humankind, it became clear that no one was going to take aim at the elephant in the room. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, president of the […]

AI technology will transform society, but many prominent scientists fear its tentacles will engulf humanity. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, France, Germany, Middle East, United Kingdom, World

A brave new world or a Matrix-inspired nightmare?

by Gordon Watts January 22, 2018February 18, 2020

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