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Victims of Jeffrey Epstein have criticised the United States government after it released a partial trove of documents from cases against the late convicted sex offender with heavily redacted pages and blacked-out photos.The growing outcry on Saturday came as US media reported that at least 16 files from the tranche, which were published online, had disappeared from the public webpage.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe deleted files included a photograph showing President Donald Trump.The Department of Justice (DOJ) began releasing the trove on Friday to comply with a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress in November that ⁠mandated the disclosure…

Artificial intelligence has been part of the insurance sector for years – the Finance function in many businesses is often the first to automate. But what’s remarkable in the instance of AI is how directly the technology is woven into day-to-day operational work. Not sitting in the background as a niche modelling capability, AI is now used in places where insurers spend most of their time and money: claims handling, underwriting, and running complex programmes.Industry giants Allianz, Zurich, and Aviva have published evidence in just the last 12 months illustrating their shifts from experimentation stages to production-grade tools that support…

Sealing of deal postponed despite decades of preparation.European farmers are protesting against the EU-Mercosur deal.That is as signing has been postponed until January, due to disagreements in Europe.The European-South American deal, planned for more than 25 years, would create the world’s largest free-trade zone.So, why is there division?Presenter: Folly Bah ThibaultGuests:Pieter Cleppe – Editor-in-chief at BrusselsReport.euCiaran Mullooly – Member of the European Parliament for the Independent Ireland groupGustavo Ribeiro – Founder and editor-in-chief of the Brazilian Report online newspaperPublished On 20 Dec 202520 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2Share

Cognizant, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and Wipro have announced plans to deploy more than 200,000 Microsoft Copilot licenses in their enterprises – over 50,000 per company – in what Microsoft is calling a new benchmark for enterprise-scale adoption of generative AI.The companies involved are framing the move as the implementation of a default tool for hundreds of thousands of employees involved in consulting, delivery, operations, and software.The announcement, made in Bengaluru, December 11, was timed to coincide with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s visit to India. There, and across the industrialised world, there’s been growing momentum for agentic AI – AI…

On a splendid November afternoon in Goa, I watched something familiar unfold on a chessboard. The Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi, world number six, was destroyed by his Chinese counterpart Wei Yi. Erigaisi was playing on home soil and was a favourite of the schoolchildren who had crowded around his board in pin-drop silence. He moved his pawn to the centre of the board, pressed the button on the dual-timer chess clock, and the game had begun.In this country where chess was born, grandmasters rise as effortlessly as the coastline grows coconut trees. The game enters a child’s life early, slipping…

Of all the many industries, it’s marketing where AI is no longer an “innovation lab” side project but embedded in briefs, production pipelines, approvals, and media optimisation. A WPP iQ post published in December, based on a webinar with WPP and Stability AI, shows what AI deployment in daily operations looks like.Here, we’re talking about a focus on the practical constraints that determine whether AI changes daily work or merely adds another layer of complexity or tooling.Brand accuracy a repeatable capabilityMarketing agencies’ AI treats brand accuracy as something to be engineered. WPP and Stability AI note that off-the-shelf models “don’t…

India’s preparations for their T20 World Cup defence look daunting as South Africa swept aside in 3-1 series win.Published On 19 Dec 202519 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareIndia won the Twenty20 series against South Africa 3-1 after taking the last match of the series by 30 runs in Ahmedabad.Second fifties in the five-match series by Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya powered India to 231-5 at the Narendra Modi Stadium on Friday. South Africa’s chase collapsed from 120-1 to 201-8.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listJasprit Bumrah triggered South Africa’s downfall when he caught and bowled Quinton…

Zara is testing how far generative AI can be pushed into everyday retail operations, starting with a part of the business that rarely gets attention in technology discussions: product imagery.Recent reporting shows the retailer using AI to generate new images of real models wearing different outfits, based on existing photoshoots. Models remain involved in the process, including consent and compensation, but AI is used to extend and adapt imagery without repeating production from scratch. The stated aim is to speed up content creation and reduce the need for repeated shoots.On the surface, the change looks incremental. In practice, it reflects…

Security forces fan out nationwide after violent demonstrations follow the shooting of an election candidate.Bangladesh’s security forces have moved onto the streets of the capital Dhaka and other major cities after overnight violence erupted over the death of a prominent youth leader of the 2024 uprising, raising fears of further unrest ahead of February’s national elections.Police and paramilitary units increased patrols across Dhaka after protests turned violent late on Thursday, targeting media offices, political buildings and cultural institutions. While streets were largely calm on Friday morning, residents said tensions remained high, particularly ahead of Friday prayers.Recommended Stories list of 3…

By December 2025, AI adoption on Wall Street had moved past experiments inside large US banks and into everyday operations. Speaking at a Goldman Sachs financial-services conference in New York on 9 December, bank executives described AI—particularly generative AI—as an operational upgrade already lifting productivity across engineering, operations, and customer service.The same discussion also surfaced a harder reality. If banks can produce more with the same teams, some roles may no longer be required at current levels once demand stabilises.How Wall Street banks say AI is delivering results todayJPMorgan: operational gains begin to compoundMarianne Lake, chief executive of consumer and…