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UN summit confronts AI’s dawn of wonders and warnings
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The UN’s flagship platform on artificial intelligence opened in Geneva on Tuesday, launching four days of high-level dialogue, cutting-edge demonstrations and urgent calls for inclusive AI governance.
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A HYMN IN PRAISE OF BABYLON AND THE BABYLONIANS
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In the course of a collaboration with the University of Baghdad, LMU’s Enrique Jiménez has rediscovered a text that had been lost for a thousand years. A paper on this discovery is published in the journal Iraq.
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Here are the Top 10 Most Sustainable Buildings
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The top sustainable buildings making a positive impact include the IOC’s Olympic House, skyscraper Taipei 101, DS Group’s headquarters and London City Hall. These are from busy offices to quiet libraries, buildings play a significant part in modern day-to-day life.
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The Middle East model for land restoration
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MENA’s experiences are an ominous portent of what awaits other regions, which will soon find themselves facing many of the same challenges. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the frequency and duration of droughts have increased globally by nearly 30 percent since 2000.
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The 5 Most Expensive Buildings in the Middle East
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The most expensive buildings in the Middle East are not just about their cost: they represent cutting-edge design, pioneering innovations in structural engineering and construction tech. They are also tangible symbols of history in the making.
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Iraq’s fragile stability is threatened by a shifting Middle Eastern order
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For the first time in recent memory, Iraq has found itself on the margins of a major Middle Eastern conflict rather than at its epicentre. Open conflict between Iran and Israel arrived during a rare window of relative stability and developmental progress.
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How Robotics Is Revolutionizing Construction Through Automation
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The use of robotics in the construction industry is poised to increase rapidly over future years and impact building and infrastructure designs. In line with Global-IMI, the use of automation in the construction sector is predicted to grow by 85% in the next decade.
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AI at the Edge and The Future of Smart Cities
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In my work helping design intelligent environments, I’ve watched Edge AI turn passive spaces into systems that respond, adapt, and serve people, not just collect data. When cities can think, respond, and adapt in real-time, we move beyond smart into something far more impactful: truly human-centric environments.
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Military Action Amplifies The Environmental Costs Of War
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Environmental concerns in the Israel-Iran war initially focused on the implications of military strikes against nuclear facilities, leading the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to admonish that “nuclear facilities must never be attacked, regardless of the context or circumstances, as it could harm both people and the environment.”
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