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epa07227060 British Prime Minister Theresa May gives a statement outside 10 Downing Street after a Confidence Vote in London, Britain, 12 December 2018. Theresa May won a challenge to her leadership on 12 December 2018 after Conservative Members of Parliament voted in her favour in a Confidence Vote. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

May wins critical confidence vote on the eve of European Summit

epa07224530 An installation depicting migrants is pictured during the second and final day of the UN Migration Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, 11 December 2018. Government envoys and advocacy groups are working to flesh out and refine a migration policy blueprint adopted by 164 United Nations countries. But one of the supporting states said it wanted to 'clarify' its position because of perceived ambiguities in the pact opposed by several UN member nations. At least 16 countries have rebuffed or hesitated to become signatories to the accord. EPA-EFE/JALAL MORCHIDI

Europe fails multilateralism in Marrakech

epaselect epa05208889 A photograph made available on 13 March 2016 showing a Euro symbol projected onto the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 12 March 2016. The European Central Bank (ECB) is participating in Luminale, a light show that takes place every two years in Frankfurt. Both the ECB?s main building by the river Main and the Eurotower in the city centre will be illuminated by a ?symphony? of light consisting of bars, lines and circles ? primarily in blue and yellow, the colours of the European Union. It will be based on Ludwig van Beethoven?s Prelude to the Ode to Joy, the European anthem. The euro symbol will be projected onto the south facade of the main building and will be visible to passenger planes on approach to land at Frankfurt airport. The light show takes place every day from 20:00 CET to midnight from 13 to 18 March 2016. EPA/BORIS ROESSLER

ECJ says European Central Bank bond-buying programme is legal

epa07224832 Police officers stand guard near the Christmas market where a deadly shooting took place in Strasbourg, France, late 11 December 2018. According to the latest reports, four people were killed. The gunman is reported to be at large and the motive for the attack is still unclear. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER

At least 3 dead in Strasbourg Christmas market shooting, gunman remains at large

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Issue 1272: Information Cold War (Print Edition)

EU Affairs

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European and East Med energy regulators sign cooperation arrangement

epaselect epa05208889 A photograph made available on 13 March 2016 showing a Euro symbol projected onto the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 12 March 2016. The European Central Bank (ECB) is participating in Luminale, a light show that takes place every two years in Frankfurt. Both the ECB?s main building by the river Main and the Eurotower in the city centre will be illuminated by a ?symphony? of light consisting of bars, lines and circles ? primarily in blue and yellow, the colours of the European Union. It will be based on Ludwig van Beethoven?s Prelude to the Ode to Joy, the European anthem. The euro symbol will be projected onto the south facade of the main building and will be visible to passenger planes on approach to land at Frankfurt airport. The light show takes place every day from 20:00 CET to midnight from 13 to 18 March 2016. EPA/BORIS ROESSLER

ECJ says European Central Bank bond-buying programme is legal

epaselect epa06447649 Migrants who just arrived warm their hands in hot water basins at the shelter reception of the organisation 'Tous Migrants' (All Migrants) in Briancon, southeastern France, 16 January 2018 (issued 17 January 2018). Migrants still attempt to cross the Alps into France from Italy, despite extreme and dangerous weather conditions. An association of locals named 'tous migrants' aims to help the migrants, organizing maraudes to save them from the very low temperatures spotting them along the roads and offering them a shelter to stay for a few nights. EPA-EFE/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO ATTENTION ED ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET

October marks 2018 peak for migrant asylum applications in EU

Commission approves acquisition of the Netherlands’ Gemalto

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Tajani in live broadcast from European Parliament says two to four dead, terrorism

epa07224832 Police officers stand guard near the Christmas market where a deadly shooting took place in Strasbourg, France, late 11 December 2018. According to the latest reports, four people were killed. The gunman is reported to be at large and the motive for the attack is still unclear. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER

At least 3 dead in Strasbourg Christmas market shooting, gunman remains at large

epa07223434 Members of Parliament vote during a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 11 December 2018. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER

Environment and climate action need more EU funds, MEPs say

epa07104454 British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) and European Council President Donald Tusk (R) during the familly picture at the Asem 12, Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 19 October 2018. Heads of state and governments from 51 European and Asian countries will discuss on the theme 'Europe and Asia: global partners for global challenges'. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND

Tusk calls for Brexit Summit after May delays parliament vote

epa07221434 (FILE) - British Prime Minister Theresa May gives a press conference at the end of the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 25 November 2018, (reissued 10 December 2018). Media reports on 10 December 2018 state that Theresa May is to make a statement to British Membersof Parliament later in the day amid reports the the Meaningful Vote due to take place on 11 December 2018 on her Brexit deal is being delayed. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND

Theresa May set to delay House of Commons Brexit vote after ECJ ruling

epa06345582 A limousine with the flags of the European Union and Switzerland waits in front of the Bernerhof, during the official visit of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Bern, Switzerland, 23 November 2017. EPA-EFE/PETER KLAUNZER

Commission to host emergency talks with Swiss as political standoff escalates

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Greeks up for Commissioner – the Left buying time, the Right cashing in on love

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Have you tried a European Parliament electric scooter yet?

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WIFI4EU company on EU institution tour – contracts, services, service providers

epa05948174 Italian Partito Democratico (Democratic Party), or PD, chairman-designated Matteo Renzi gestures while speaking during the PD National Assembly at a hotel in Rome, Italy, 07 May 2017. The PD's national assembly with 700 delegates confirmed the former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi as their chairman during the meeting. EPA/RICCARDO ANTIMIANI

Renzi heading to Brussels

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Killing one WIFI4EU bird with… 9 stones

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Does Timmermans belong in the Berlaymont?

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Klaus Welle’s interests called into question

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Give the people holidays

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Heading to elections, what European Political Party spends most on websites?

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Fun with finances

EU National News

epa07227060 British Prime Minister Theresa May gives a statement outside 10 Downing Street after a Confidence Vote in London, Britain, 12 December 2018. Theresa May won a challenge to her leadership on 12 December 2018 after Conservative Members of Parliament voted in her favour in a Confidence Vote. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

May wins critical confidence vote on the eve of European Summit

epa04900022 An image made with a zoom-effect of an information panel showing the Spanish index IBEX35 figures at the stock market in Madrid, Spain, on 27 August 2015. Spanish risk premium dopped slightly to 139 points at the start of the trading day. Chinese stocks rebounded from five days of decline on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index bouncing back above the symbolic 3,000-point mark. China's central bank on Thursday pumped a further 150 billion yuan (23.4 billion dollars) into the market, the Xinhua news agency reported. The People's Bank of China spent the money on seven-day reverse repurchase - repo - agreements, buying securities from banks and agreeing to sell them later for a higher price. EPA/JUAN CARLOS HIDALGO

IMF warns that Spain’s real estate market risks overheating

epaselect epa04446947 The world's largest cruise ship Oasis of the Sea in the harbor of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 14 October 2014. The owners had to pay fines for violation of rules and regulations. The cruise ship left for Britain. EPA/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN

Hard Brexit would cost Dutch taxpayers €12bn until 2026

epa07105874 Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev addresses to the media after the members of parliament voted for the start changing the state's constitution on the parliamentary session in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), 19 October 2018. Two thirds (80 members of the parliament) of Macedonian parliament voted to start changing the state's constitution and constitutional changes to change the name of the country in North Macedonia according to the deal with Greece. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Name Dispute: Flaws in Prespes Agreement fuel new Greek firestorm

epa07212655 Arrival by ferry on Lindholm island in Denmark, 06 December 2018. The Danish government proposed using Lindholm island for up to 100 criminals whose sentence of deportation cannot be carried out because they risk torture or execution in their home country. Lindholm island has so far been used by DTU National Veterinary Institute for research aiming to control and prevent infectious animal diseases, including exotic virus diseases like foot and mouth disease (FMD), classical swine fever (CSF), African swine fever (ASF). EPA-EFE/Mads Claus Rasmussen DENMARK OUT

UN raises concerns over Danish migration policy

World News

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Kazakhstan increases oil and gas production

epa07222923 Greenpeace activists display a burning globe installation with the slogan 'Climate Crisis' in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 11 December 2018. Greenpeace activists demanded for a better climate protection on the occasion of the COP24 summit on Climate Change, which is taking place in Katowice, Poland. EPA-EFE/FOCKE STRANGMANN

US leads oil-rich nations against environmental alarmism

epa07211955 A general view of the 175th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, 06 December 2018. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

Brokered by Russia, OPEC and partners agree 1.2 million barrels per day production cut

epa06816334 Supporters of imprisoned Selahattin Demirtas, Presidential candidate of People's Democratic Party (HDP), hold HDP and Turkish flags with picture of of Demirtas during an election campaign office in Istanbul, Turkey, 17 June 2018. Turkish President Erdogan announced on 18 April 2018 that Turkey will hold snap elections on 24 June 2018. The presidential and parliamentary elections were scheduled to be held in November 2019, but government has decided to change the date following the recommendation of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli. EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA

Turks defy European Court of Human Rights over Demirtas ruling

epa06051782 The ship Ever Loading of Evergreen company crosses the Cocoli locks in the expanded Panama Canal, in Panama City, Panama, 26 June 2017. The expanded Panama Canal has set records and surpassed expectations in maritime traffic. Thanks to the boom in natural gas in the USA the transport of liquefied natural gas is a significant part of the performance of the Canal. EPA/Alejandro Bolivar

Panama first in Latin America to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Leaders' Perspectives

The revolution Europe needs

By: Guy Verhofstadt

Putting the public back in public health

By: Mariana Mazzucato

Will the Yellow Vests reject the Brown Shirts?

By: Bernard-Henri Lévy

By: Joseph E. Stiglitz

epa06738924 Ukrainian Marine recruits on the obstacle course during their training at a shooting range not far of Mariupol, Ukraine, 15 May 2018. Reports state that pro-Russian rebels launched the rockets to targewt Ukrainian positions a few days ago near the Ukrainian-controlled strategic port city of Mariupol, the press center of the Ukrainian Joint Forces Operation said with reference to a separate Marine Corps brigade of the Ukrainian Navy. EPA-EFE/SERGEY VAGANOV

Safe harbour: The OSCE can help calm tensions in the Azov Sea

By: Thomas Greminger
Enzo Moavero Milanesi

The world George H.W. Bush made

By: Richard N. Haass

NATO’s “Bucharest Spell”

By: Batu Kutelia

Climate change on the menu

By: Riccardo Valentini

GDPR has a negative impact on venture investment and the advertising market in Europe

By: John Strand

Mark Zuckerberg has lost control of Facebook

By: Guy Verhofstadt

Migration in the Mediterranean: Why the EU needs partners in the Region

By: Tommaso Virgili

The limits of China’s charm offensive

By: Minxin Pei

THE ENLARGEMENT MONITOR

epa07105874 Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev addresses to the media after the members of parliament voted for the start changing the state's constitution on the parliamentary session in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), 19 October 2018. Two thirds (80 members of the parliament) of Macedonian parliament voted to start changing the state's constitution and constitutional changes to change the name of the country in North Macedonia according to the deal with Greece. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Name Dispute: Flaws in Prespes Agreement fuel new Greek firestorm

epa07180236 (FILE) Former Macedonian prime minister and leader of opposition VMRO DPMNE, Nikola Gruevski leaves the office of the Special Public Prosecution in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 22 November 2017 (reissued 20 November 2018). According to reports, Macedonian former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has announced on 20 November that he had been granted political asylum in Hungary. Gruevski left Macedonia as Macedonian police has issued an arrest warrant after he did not appear for the start of a two-year prison sentence he received for illegal purchase of a luxury automobile. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Hungary grants former Macedonia/FYROM PM Gruevski asylum

epa07161431 Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski takes a tour of the newly renovated Prison Sutka, in Skopje, Macedonia, 26 August 2009 (reissued on 12 November 2018). According to reports, the Macedonian police has issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Nikola Gruevski after he failed to report to jail to serve a prison sentence of two years for misusing the official position. The Skopje Court of Appeal in October has confirmed a two-year prison term for the ex- prime minister, for abuse in the procurement of the bulletproof Mercedes of 600,000 euros. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

FYROM’s nationalist former prime minister on the run

epa07135624 Passengers walk out from Greek Aegean Airlines plane at the Skopje International Airport in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 01 November 2018. Because of the long dispute with the name of the country (FYROM) and the airport's name (old: Alexander the Great) as well, there hasn't been a direct flight between Skopje and Athens in the past 12 years. After the 'Prespa Agreement' and the stabilizing relations of the two neighbor countries, Greek Aegean Airlines and TAV made an agreement for establishing year-round flights between the two capitals. With this agreement there will be flights on route Athens-Skopje twice a week. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Name Dispute: Work progresses on Prespes Agreement implementation

epa07105806 Members of the parliament vote for the start changing the state's constitution as big part of opposition VMRO DPMNE stay from the side on the parliamentary session in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), 19 October 2018. Two thirds (80 members of the parliament) of Macedonian parliament voted to start changing the state's constitution and constitutional changes to change the name of the country in North Macedonia according to the deal with Greece. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Name Dispute: Athens takes a breather

epa07105860 Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev addresses to the media after the members of parliament voted for the start changing the state's constitution on the parliamentary session in Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), 19 October 2018. Two thirds (80 members of the parliament) of Macedonian parliament voted to start changing the state's constitution and constitutional changes to change the name of the country in North Macedonia according to the deal with Greece. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Name Dispute: Zaev scores stunning victory from failed referendum

epaselect epa06447649 Migrants who just arrived warm their hands in hot water basins at the shelter reception of the organisation 'Tous Migrants' (All Migrants) in Briancon, southeastern France, 16 January 2018 (issued 17 January 2018). Migrants still attempt to cross the Alps into France from Italy, despite extreme and dangerous weather conditions. An association of locals named 'tous migrants' aims to help the migrants, organizing maraudes to save them from the very low temperatures spotting them along the roads and offering them a shelter to stay for a few nights. EPA-EFE/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO ATTENTION ED ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET

October marks 2018 peak for migrant asylum applications in EU

Commission approves acquisition of the Netherlands’ Gemalto

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Tajani in live broadcast from European Parliament says two to four dead, terrorism

epa07224832 Police officers stand guard near the Christmas market where a deadly shooting took place in Strasbourg, France, late 11 December 2018. According to the latest reports, four people were killed. The gunman is reported to be at large and the motive for the attack is still unclear. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER

At least 3 dead in Strasbourg Christmas market shooting, gunman remains at large

Additional EU aid to be sent to Rohingyas

epaselect epa06643208 A Myanmar ethnic Rohingya Muslim woman holds her child as they arrive at Kuala Kedah Jetty, in Kedah State, Malaysia, 03 April 2018. According to reports, Malaysian authorities intercepted on the day a boat carrying 56 Rohingya refugees; 19 men, 17 women, and 20 children; near Nyior Setali Island, off the island of Langkawi. The boat was said to have previously stopped at an island in southern Thailand on 01 April, with Thai authorities reportedly saying it was heading to Malaysia. EPA-EFE/STRINGER MALAYSIA OUT

In what could be construed as a course correction after years of taking a hands-off approach to the ethnic cleansing

By Nicholas Waller Managing Editor

Energy

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European and East Med energy regulators sign cooperation arrangement

epa07223434 Members of Parliament vote during a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 11 December 2018. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER

Environment and climate action need more EU funds, MEPs say

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Kazakhstan increases oil and gas production

epa07211955 A general view of the 175th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna, Austria, 06 December 2018. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA

Brokered by Russia, OPEC and partners agree 1.2 million barrels per day production cut

epa05332929 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (R) talks with the Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during their meeting in Athens, Greece, on 27 May 2016. Vladimir Putin is in Greece on a two days visit. EPA/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU/POOL

Tsipras wants Putin to route Turkish Stream branch via Greece

epa07208163 European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic (L) and Polish Minister of Investment and Development Jerzy Kwiecinski (R) during the COP24 summit in Katowice, Poland, 04 December 2018. The COP (Conference of the Parties) summit is the highest body of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). Expected at the meeting are close to 30,000 delegates from all over the world, including government leaders and ministers responsible for environmental policy. EPA-EFE/HANNA BARDO POLAND OUT

EU pushes Ukraine to unbundle Naftogaz

Putin keeps Russian oil majors in line as OPEC output cut talks continue

Climate Change Conference COP 24 Katowice
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In Katowice, EU wants to finalise Paris Agreement rules

epa07202962 Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Argentinian President Mauricio Macri (R) during their press conference after the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 01 December 2018. The G20 Summit (or G-20 or Group of Twenty) takes place from 30 November to 01 December 2018 and brings together the heads of State or Government of the 20 largest economies. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / K / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

Russia’s Rosatom, Argentina to improve cooperation in nuclear energy

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Crete-Peloponnese interconnector to end energy isolation of Greek island

Internet & ICT

Europe worries about Huawei

epa07162758 A Gulf visitors walks in front of a big poster for Total company at Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 13 November 2018. ADIPEC, a meeting place of the international oil and gas community, runs between 12 and 15 November 2018. EPA-EFE/ALI HAIDER

Why “data is the new oil” and what happens when energy meets Industry 4.0

epa06601191 A self driving concept car is on display during a press event at the Volkswagen Annual Presser at Volkswagen Group Forum, in Berlin, Germany, 13 March 2018. Volkswagen said the company would massively invest into electric mobility, and start the production of electric vehicles at 16 locations around the globe by the end of 2022. Additional nine more locations will be modified for the same reason already within the next two years. Volkswagen Group sold a total of 10,7 million vehicles in 2017, with sales increasing to 230,7 billion euro. Operational profit doubled to almost 13,8 billion euro, a record. EPA-EFE/Omer Messinger

Germany enters car battery technology race

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Art & science: Drivers of an innovative future

epa07141677 US President Donald Trump talks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, 04 November 2018. EPA-EFE/OLIVER CONTRERAS / POOL

Trump threatens anti-trust laws for digital behemoths

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Cyber security and fake news

epa05348790 Crates of fruit and vegetables are ready for export at transport company ABC Logistics in Poeldijk, The Netherlands, 06 June 2016. The Dutch agricultural exports last year rose to a record level of 81.3 billion euros. EPA/ROBIN VAN LONKUISEN

The Netherlands clears the way for agricultural genetic modification

UK moves on introducing digital tax ahead of EU

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EU’s Buttarelli says personal data protection is “a pillar of democracy”

epa07115546 Chief Executive Officer of Apple Tim Cook gives a speech during the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 24 October 2018. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

Apple CEO Tim Cook calls for comprehensive US privacy law while warning of ‘data industrial complex’

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A Contract for the internet

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

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Innovation and entrepreneurship

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

The Knowledge Network

epa06197904 A performer wearing a robotic costume dances next to digital lightings illumination during the 21st World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Taipei, Taiwan, 11 September 2017. According to news reports on 07 September 2017, Taiwan Minister of Science and Technology Chen Liang-gee said that Taiwan government has laid out a 16 billion New Taiwan Dollar (some 527 million US dollars) development plan to beef up the domestic artificial intelligence (AI) industry. EPA-EFE/RITCHIE B. TONGO

My Europe – from Integration to Intelligence

By Francisco Jaime Quesado

Lies, damned lies, and AI

epa07010296 Stone Three Venture Technology is put on display during the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Expo in Cape Town, South Africa, 10 September 2018. Hundreds of African expert speakers and exhibitors gathered for the AI Expo Africa 2018 between 09 and 11 September. The expo focuses on real world applications and trends driving the AI economy in Africa. Research on the impact of AI reveals that it could double annual economic growth rates in 2035 by changing the nature of work and creating a new relationship between man and machine. The large business focused AI Community across the region exhibited and discussed topics affecting the world ranging from Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Language and Imaging Processing, Internet of Things and Data Science and Analytics. EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA

Algorithms are as biased as the data they feed on. And all data are biased. Even “official” statistics cannot be

By Diane Coyle Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.

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Finnish intel says Russia and China continue to actively deploy assets

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