Microsoft’s New AI Assistant Can Go To Meetings For You
A ChatGPT-style AI assistant, developed by Microsoft and embedded into its office apps, will become available to all from 1 November, following trials. Microsoft 365 Copilot can summarise meetings held in Teams for anyone who chooses not to attend. It can also draft emails, create word documents, spreadsheet graphs, and Powerpoint presentations in moments. Microsoft […]
Threats Fly As Jim Jordan’s Bid To Be US House Speaker Turns Ugly
Republican lawmakers say they have been targeted by intimidation tactics, including death threats, from allies of Jim Jordan as his bid for the US House of Representatives speakership falters. Several Republicans told reporters they had been subject to a pressure campaign by supporters of Mr Jordan, who lost a second vote for the gavel on […]
Palestinians In Gaza Feel Nowhere Is Safe Amid Unrelenting Israeli Airstrikes
Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. In the nearly two weeks since Israel began attacking in response to a devastating Hamas rampage in towns across southern […]
Biden’s High- stake Visit To Israel Tainted By Gaza Hospital Blast, Arab Leaders Summit Cancelled
As Joe Biden arrived in Israel to express his solidarity and discuss war plans with its leaders, the high-stakes visit has been overshadowed by a blast at a crowded Gaza hospital in which hundreds are feared to have died. The blast, which Palestinian and Israeli officials have blamed on each other, has further stoked tensions. […]
Dueling Pro-Palestinian And Pro-Israel Rallies Held At Washington Square Park
Violence in the Middle East sparked more protests in Manhattan on Tuesday evening. Hundreds of protestors supporting Palestinians and dozens supporting Israel both gathered at Washington Square Park. The pro-Palestinian rally met on the east side of the park around 4 p.m. and slowly moved towards the arch. That protest was met with a counter rally […]
Gaza’s Doctors Struggle To Save Hospital Blast Survivors As Middle East Rage Grows
Doctors in Gaza City faced with dwindling medical supplies performed surgery on hospital floors, often without anesthesia, in a desperate bid to save badly wounded victims of a massive blast that killed civilians sheltering in a nearby hospital amid Israeli bombings and a blockade of the territory. The Hamas militant group blamed the blast on […]
President Biden Arrives In Israel Ahead Of High-stakes Meetings With Top Officials
President Joe Biden arrived in Israel early Wednesday morning ahead of a high-stakes meeting with top Israeli officials. The president was greeted on the tarmac by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Meanwhile, his meetings with Arab leaders were called off after the Gaza Health Ministry reported 500 Palestinian civilians were killed by a rocket that […]
Benue PDP Publicity Secretary Lands In DSS Custody
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter in Benue State is on the edge as a result of the party’s Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Lortyom, being detained by the Department of State Service (DSS). On Tuesday, October 17, in Makurdi, the state capital, Adzua Ashongo, the PDP chairman of Benue North East (Zone A), disclosed the development […]
For 15 million Households, Tinubu Launches Conditional Cash Transfer Scheme
The Conditional Cash Transfer Program for 15 million households was launched by President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday. In an event held in the Press Gallery of the State House in Abuja, the President, who was represented by Secretary to the Government of the Federation George Akume, launched the program. Recall that on October 1, 2023, […]
Peter Obi Risk Suspension From Labour Party Over Certificates Discrepancies
The faction of the Labour Party (LP) has given Peter Obi, its presidential candidate for the 2023 election, a 48-hour ultimatum to make all of his academic records public and explain all of the discrepancies in his certificates, or the party will suspend him. In a statement released on Tuesday, the party’s factional National Publicity […]
