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Added on the 25/09/2018 11:43:18 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Faced with the explosion of artificial intelligence, which is arousing both enthusiasm and concern, the UN General Assembly adopts its first resolution on this sensitive social issue. The text, prepared by the United States and co-sponsored by dozens of countries, was adopted without a vote, by consensus, after several months of negotiations. IMAGES
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passes a non-binding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza -- a call the paralyzed Security Council has so far failed to make, piling pressure on Israel and Washington. The body, which includes all 193 UN member nations, voted 153 in favor of the resolution, exceeding the 140 or so countries that have routinely backed resolutions condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. Ten countries, including the United States and Israel, voted against, while 23 abstained. IMAGES
It has only been a few weeks since the first photos of the all-new BMW X2 went around the world: Now, it is rolling off the assembly line at BMW Group Plant Regensburg. From now on, different types of drive train will be flexibly manufactured in Regensburg on a single production line – from models with internal combustion engines, to plug-in hybrids, to fully-electric vehicles. Up to 1,000 BMW 1 Series, BMW X1 and BMW X2 models are currently coming off the production line at BMW Group Plant Regensburg every workday – destined for customers worldwide.Lean, green, digital: With BMW iFACTORY, the BMW Group is also setting standards and redefining the future of automotive production at the Regensburg location. For example, BMW Group Plant Regensburg is the automotive industry's first plant worldwide to use an end-to-end digitalised and automated process for inspection, processing and marking of painted vehicle surfaces in standard production that relies on robots controlled by AI (artificial intelligence). For the plant, this represents another step towards the digital, intelligently connected factory.
"The facts will reveal that in fact that she was very much involved," says New York Attorney General Letitia James about Ivanka Trump, daughter of former US President Donald Trump. "We uncovered this scheme and she benefited from it personally," James tells reporters outside the New York court where Ivanka Trump is due to testify in the New York civil case threatening to upend her father's real estate empire. SOUNDBITE
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution seeking an immediate "humanitarian truce" in Gaza. 120 member states vote in favor of the resolution, 14 vote against it, and 45 abstain. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron receives a standing ovation from the nationalist-controlled Corsican Assembly at the end of his speech proposing autonomy for the island. IMAGES
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