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Thursday, 7 September 2023

Russia says its forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk People’s Republic

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Russian forces repelled 14 Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye Region over the past day, destroying up to 110 enemy servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily bulletin of the special military operation.

Here are the details of this and other combat actions that happened over the past day, according to the bulletin.

Zaporozhye area

The 14 Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye Region were repulsed near the settlements of Verbovoye and Rabotino.

The ministry also said that Russian forces destroyed the following equipment in the Zaporozhye area: two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, an US-made M109 self-propelled howitzer, a US-made M777 artillery system, a Gvozdika elf-propelled artillery system, a UK-made FH-70 howitzer, a Msta-B howitzer and a D-30 howitzer, as well as a Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station for drone detection.

Donetsk area

The Russian army has repelled nine attacks by Ukrainian assault groups near Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka and Khimik in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

"In the Donetsk area, units of the battlegroup South in cooperation with aviation and artillery repelled nine attacks of Ukrainian assault groups in the areas of Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka and Khimik of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost more than 320 men as killed and wounded," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian forces also lost one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, some Polish-made Krab howitzers, Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, two D-30 howitzers and a D-20 artillery gun.

Kupyansk area

Russian forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk area, eliminating roughly 55 enemy troops.

"In the Kupyansk area, units of the battlegroup South operating jointly with aircraft and artillery repulsed four attacks of the Ukrainian army’s 95th air assault brigade and delivered a strike on the enemy’s positions near the settlement of Kislovka in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said.

The enemy lost as many as 55 Ukrainian personnel, two motor vehicles, three US-made M777 artillery systems and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

Krasny Liman area

Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian attack near Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic.

"In the Krasny Liman area, coordinated actions of units from the battlegroup Center, strikes by army aircraft and artillery fire helped repell an attack by assault units of the Ukrainian 67th mechanized brigade near the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

The Defense Ministry said that the enemy’s losses in this area amounted to up to 60 servicemen, two armored fighting vehicles and three pickup trucks.

South Donetsk area

The Ukrainian army lost up to 180 men and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer south of Donetsk.

The battlegroup East in cooperation with army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on enemy units near Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

"In the area of Novomayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, an enemy attack was repelled and two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were wiped out. The losses of the enemy totaled up to 180 men, two armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles, one Polish-made self-propelled Krab howitzer, two D-30 howitzers and one Giatsint howitzer," the ministry said.

Kherson area

The Russian armed forces destroyed three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups on the Pereyaslavsky Island, and the enemy lost up to 25 servicemen in the Kherson area over the past day.

"In the Kherson area, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, as well as two US-made M777 artillery systems were destroyed. In addition, three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the 126th territorial defense brigade were destroyed on the Pereyaslavsky Island," the ministry said.

Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian S-300PS air defense missile launcher in the Zaporozhye Region and two of the enemy’s field ammunition depots in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

"A launcher of the S-300PS air defense missile system was destroyed near the settlement of Lyubimovka in the Zaporozhye Region. Field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade and 79th Airborne Assault Brigades were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

The ministry also said that Russian operational-tactical and army aircraft, rocket troops and artillery hit Ukrainian military personnel and equipment in 117 areas.

Russian air defense forces intercepted 11 HIMARS rockets and a JDAM bomb and downed 41 Ukrainian drones.

"Air defense forces intercepted 11 HIMARS drones and a [GPS-]guided JDAM bomb," the ministry said. Also 41 Ukrainian drones were downed near the settlements of Belogorovka and Melovatka in the Lugansk People’s Republic; Spornoye and Vodyanoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic; Mirnoye in the Zaporozhye Region and Golaya Pristan in the Kherson Region.

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Generation AI - Education Reluctantly Embraces the Bots

Students walk past a classroom building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S., September 20, 2018. Picture taken on September 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake/File Photo

At leading Swedish university Lund, teachers decide which students can use artificial intelligence to help them with assignments.

At the University of Western Australia in Perth, staff have talked to students about the challenges and possible benefits of using generative AI in their work, while the University of Hong Kong is allowing ChatGPT within strict limits.

Launched by Microsoft-backed (MSFT.O) OpenAI on Nov. 30, ChatGPT has become the world's fastest growing app to date and prompted the release of rivals like Google's (GOOGL.O) Bard.

GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, draw on patterns in language and data to generate anything from essays to videos to mathematical calculations that superficially resemble human work, spurring talk of unprecedented transformation in many fields including academia.

Academics are among those who could face an existential threat if AI is able to replicate - at much faster speeds - research currently done by humans. Many also see the benefits of GenAI's ability to process information and data, which can provide a basis for deeper critical analysis by humans.

"It can help the students to adapt the course material to their individual needs, aiding them much like a personal tutor would do," said Leif Kari, vice president for education at Stockholm-based KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Thursday launched what it is says is the first global guidance on GenAI in education and academic research.

For national regulators, it outlines steps to take on areas such as data protection and revision of copyright laws, and urges countries to make sure teachers get the AI skills they need.

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Some educators draw a comparison between AI and the advent of hand-held calculators, which began entering classrooms in the 1970s and stirred debate on how they would affect learning before they were quickly accepted as essential help.

Some have expressed concern that students might similarly rely on AI to produce work and effectively cheat - especially as AI content gets better with time. Passing off GenAI as original work could also raise copyright issues, prompting questions over whether AI should be banned in academia.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights

Rachel Forsyth, a project manager in the Strategic Development Office at Lund University in southern Sweden, said a ban "feels like something that we can't enforce".

"We're trying to put the focus back on learning and away from cheating and policing the students," she said.

Worldwide, the software Turnitin has for decades been one of the main ways to check for plagiarism.

In April it launched a tool that uses AI to detect AI-generated content. It has provided that tool free to more than 10,000 education institutions globally, although it plans to charge a fee from January.

So far, the AI detection tool has found that only 3% of students used AI for more than 80% of their submissions and that 78% did not use AI at all, Turnitin data shows.

Problems have arisen over what are known as false positives when text written by humans - in some cases by professors trying to test the software - has been flagged as written by AI, though those wrongly accused of using AI can defend themselves if they have saved various drafts of their work.

Students themselves are busy experimenting with AI and some give it a poor grade, saying it can summarise at a basic level, but that facts must always be checked because GenAI cannot distinguish fact from fiction or right from wrong.

Its knowledge is also limited to what it can scrape from the internet, which is not enough for very specific questions.

"I reckon AI has a far way to go before it's properly useful," said Sophie Constant, a 19 year-old law student at England's University of Oxford.

"I can't ask it about a single case. It just doesn't know and it doesn't have access to articles I am studying so it is not very helpful."

CORPORATE SPEED AND SLOW-MOVING REGULATION

UNESCO's latest guidance also flags the risk GenAI will deepen societal divisions as educational and economic success increasingly depend on access to electricity, computers and internet that the poorest do not have.

"We are struggling to align the speed of transformation of the education system to the speed of the change in technological progress," Stefania Giannini, assistant director-general for education at UNESCO, told Reuters.

So far, the European Union (EU) is among those at the forefront of regulations around the use of AI with draft legislation that has yet to adopted as law. The regulations do not specifically deal with education but its broader rules on ethics, for instance, could be applied to the field.

After its exit from the EU, Britain is also trying to work on guidelines for the use of AI in education by consulting educators and says it will release the results later this year.

Singapore, a leader in efforts to train teachers on how to use the technology, is among the nearly 70 countries that have developed or planned strategies on AI.

"In terms of universities, as a professor, rather than fighting it, you need to leverage AI, experience it, develop a good framework, guidelines and a responsible AI system, and then work with students to find a mechanism that works for you," said Kirsten Rulf, a partner at Boston Consulting Group who helped draft the EU's regulations on AI in her previous role.

"I think we are the last generation that has lived in a world without GenAI."

To hear about how educators are tackling the advance of AI in the classroom, click here for the Reuters World News daily podcast.

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Ridwan Kamil - Ada Breaking News Dirinya Pekan Depan

Gubernur Jawa Barat Ridwan Kamil. Sumber :
VIVA/Galih Purnama.

Setelah resmi mengakhiri jabatan Gubernur Jawa Barat periode 2018-2023 pada hari Selasa lalu, 05/09/2023, Ridwan Kamil memberikan isyarat ada berita baru nan penting atau breaking news tentang dirinya pada pekan depan.

Hal yang mengarah ke ranah politis itu disampaikannya saat menutup sambutannya di acara Pisah Sambut Gubernur Jawa Barat di Aula Barat Gedung Sate, Bandung, pada hari tersebut.

"Kami mohon doa takdir kami ke mana, kami tidak tahu, tapi insyaallah Tuhan memberikan yang terbaik. Tapi, kalau minggu depan ada breaking news, ya, mohon dimaklumi. Kodenya itu saja," kata Ridwan Kamil di Gedung Sate seperti dikutip dari Antara.

Ucapan Kang Emil, sapaan akrab Ridwan Kamil itu, disambut tawa dan tepuk tangan dari hadirin dan undangan yang hadir.

Tak ada penjelasan lebih lanjut dari Ridwan Kamil mengenai kode 'breaking news' itu apakah ada kaitan dengan politik, utamanya Pemilu 2024.

Apa yang maksud dari kode 'breaking news' itu, dicoba dikonfirmasi ke Golkar. Salah satunya ke Ketua DPP Golkar Dave Laksono yang menjawab seperti apa yang dibilang Ridwan Kamil. Dia mengatakan agar lebih baik menunggu pekan depan saja.

"Kita tunggu minggu depan yah," kata Dave kemarin, "Sing sabar."

Dalam acara itu, Ridwan Kamil juga berpamitan dengan seluruh masyarakat Jawa Barat dan aparatur sipil negara (ASN) Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Jawa Barat karena telah membantu dirinya selama menjabat di Gedung Sate. Dia juga berterima kasih kepada jajaran Forum Komunikasi Pimpinan Daerah (Forkopimda) Jabar.

"Dari tempat ini, hatur nuhun (terima kasih), hatur nuhun pada jajaran Forkopimda yang membuat Jabar sangat-sangat kondusif. Dan, tak lupa keluarga saya sebagai charger saya setiap malam, yang mendukung saya, selama umur saya, terima kasih," kata dia yang juga pernah menjadi Wali Kota Bandung itu.

Di satu sisi, Ridwan Kamil yang kini Wakil Ketua Umum Golkar disebut-sebut masuk pula menjadi salah satu kandidat untuk bakal cawapres yang akan mendampingi bacapres PDIP Ganjar Pranowo.

"Saya kira Pak RK sebagai salah satu tokoh kepala daerah yang dinilai juga sukses memimpin Jabar sebagai satu kandidat yang masuk dalam pertimbangan-pertimbangan tersebut," kata Ketua DPP PDIP Ahmad Basarah di rumah relawan pemenangan Ganjar, Jakarta, Selasa.

Akan tetapi, kandidat cawapres pendamping Ganjar yang tengah dipertimbangkan tidak hanya Ridwan Kamil. Basarah menyebut ada beberapa nama lain yang juga sedang dikaji.

Ridwan Kamil kini berstatus wakil ketua umum Partai Golkar. Melihat kondisi politik saat ini, Golkar sudah berkoalisi dengan Gerindra, PAN dan PBB mendukung Ketua Umum Gerindra Prabowo Subianto sebagai bakal calon presiden.

Mengenai hal itu, Basarah mengatakan kerja sama bisa dilakukan dalam berbagai bentuk, bukan hanya antarpartai. Basarah juga menyebut dinamika politik saat ini masih dinamis, termasuk soal koalisi.

Menurutnya, peta koalisi masih bisa berubah sebelum ada capres-cawapres yang resmi ditetapkan KPU.

"Tetapi juga bisa saja kerja sama dengan waka calon wakil presiden bukan berasal dari Parpol. Misalnya purnawirawan TNI, tokoh agama, bisa dari profesional, bisa saja anggota kabinetnya Pak Jokowi saat ini," kata Basarah yang juga Tim Koordinasi Relawan Pemenangan Pilpres PDIP itu.

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Schools across America bring back Covid MASKS in classrooms amid rise in infections - Conservatives hit back hard

The Talladega City School district in Alabama state urged students to wear masks but stressed that 'masks are encouraged but not required' (file photo)

A slew of schools across America are reinstating mask mandates amid a surge in positive Covid tests - despite evidence they harm children's learning.

New York health officials are also providing free masks to schools in the state in response to rising Covid rates and absences, while face coverings are being strongly encouraged in some classrooms in Los Angeles.

The new calls for masks are a throwback to the dark days of the pandemic and come despite the growing body of evidence that masks were not only not effective at preventing the spread of the virus, but also hampered children's learning, social interactions and natural immunity to other infections.

In Maryland this week, an elementary school principal mandated several days of mask-wearing for a class of kindergartners after at least four people tested positive for the virus. New York’s governor announced a plan to distribute free N95 and KN95 masks to schools this fall, although the state is not requiring their use. And in Alabama, a junior high school in Sumter County declared in late August that mask-wearing would begin again for everyone — students, staff and visitors.

Even though these campuses are the exception, as few schools require masks, lawmakers and presidential candidates have seized on the issue. A group of Senate Republicans unveiled legislation this week to prohibit federal mask mandates on domestic air travel, public transit and public schools through the end of 2024. On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) shared a warning in response to the Maryland elementary school action: “If you want to voluntarily wear a mask, fine, but leave our kids the hell alone.” (The school, Rosemary Hills in Silver Spring, boosted security and kept recess indoors because of online backlash the same day.)

Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, suggested in a Fox News interview Wednesday that mandated school mask-wearing is an attack on parental rights, and former president Donald Trump promised last month that, if reelected, he would “use every available authority to cut federal funding to any school” that imposed a mask rule.

School administrators say they are not eager to relive the bitter fights over masks and vaccination that dominated the first two years of the pandemic. Josh Tovar, a high school principal in Texas’s Garland Independent School District, said his campus is seeing a spike in student and staff infections that is depriving some classes of teachers. But, Tovar said, he would never consider requiring masks again, even if he had that power.

“There’s just a different mentality here in this state in regard to the mask,” he said. “I literally just left a principals’ meeting where we discussed seeing an uptick, but no one mentioned or thought to bring up requiring masks. It’s not on the radar.”

Others are taking half-measures. In Alabama, Talladega City Schools shared a short post in late August encouraging mask-wearing. But officials stopped short of a requirement, said Superintendent Quentin J. Lee, despite the surge of cases in his district and the emails from teachers concerned about infection. The Talladega Facebook post says: “Please note this is not a mask mandate.”

Lee said he wanted to tread carefully because “it’s a very polarized subject.” He still remembers politically and racially tinged complaints about mask-wearing from earlier in the pandemic.

Studies suggest N95 masks may expose people to toxic chemicals. Pictured: California Governor Gavin Newsom joins masked schoolkids in a classroom in August 2021

Since the Facebook post went up, he said, “We’ve had mixed reviews. Some parents have been very appreciative and thankful. Some parents think that it’s a hoax and we shouldn’t be doing it — but that’s why we made it a suggestion.”

The moves toward mask-wearing come as virus rates in the United States are rising by multiple measures, although hospitalizations are far below where they were a year ago. It is difficult to tell how widespread mild cases are because at-home test results are not reported, and many people are not testing, since free tests are no longer widely available.

Still, experts worry people are more susceptible to getting the virus in this latest uptick because most Americans have not received the latest booster — including 80 percent of school-age children — and the newest variants are adept at getting around immunity from vaccinations and prior infections.

In Maryland, Rosemary Hills Elementary School principal Rebecca Irwin Kennedy formalized the mask mandate in a letter sent to parents on Tuesday.

It explained she made the move after 'three or more individuals' caught the virus in the last ten days.

She demanded students don thick N95 masks to 'keep our school environment as safe as possible', despite a recent study finding the mask may expose users to dangerous levels of toxic chemicals.

And while even embattled medical guru Dr Anthony Fauci admits there is a lack of evidence the masks stop the spread of Covid, Kennedy told parents the N95s will only become optional after 10 days.

The letter caused widespread fury among those who see the decision as a slippery slope back to Covid lockdowns, with Donald Trump Jr posting to X: 'DO NOT COMPLY!!!'

While Covid cases are rising in the US, public health officials say most people are experiencing mild symptoms comparable to a cold or flu.

Children are as likely as adults to get Covid, but their risk of becoming severely ill from the virus is much lower.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed 8,000 patients admitted to hospitals nationwide in the last week of August, up 12 percent on the previous seven-day spell and the first week-on-week rise since December.

Despite the rise, rates remain at historic lows. For comparison, there were 150,000 Covid admissions per week at the height of the pandemic in January 2021, and hospitalizations reached as high as 44,000 a week earlier this year.

Rosemary Hills Elementary School in Silver Spring, Md. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post) (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)

Experts have put the spike down to the natural waning of immunity, which happens around six months after the previous wave of infections.

The decision to return to mask-wearing in Maryland also comes despite experts warning that the highly contagious virus is likely to be a lasting fixture of everyday life, similar to the common cold.

'One thing that Americans must understand: SARS-CoV-2 and its variants are never going away,' Dr Brett Osborn, a board-certified neurosurgeon in West Palm Beach, Florida, told Fox News Digital.

'It is here to stay because its mutation rate is high, just like influenza.'

Rep. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Md.), whose district includes the Montgomery County kindergarten, said a mandate can still be a sensible, “science-based” answer to an outbreak. “Rosemary Hills Elementary addressed a small covid outbreak with appropriate prevention measures that unfortunately, though inevitably, drew the attention of right-wing covid deniers,” he said.

To parent Christina Headrick in Northern Virginia, the fact school officials and politicians nationwide are having conversations about mask-wearing marks a frustrating failure.

Much earlier in the pandemic, Headrick, who has two children in public school, helped launch a parent group and website dedicated to ensuring a safe return to classrooms in Arlington County. The group advocated in particular for improved ventilation and air filtration. Almost three years later, Headrick feels her efforts have gone unheeded — not only in Arlington, but throughout the country.

“The real issue here isn’t mask mandates or not mask mandates. It’s a complete failure to address the core issue, which is our public schools need to have a major upgrade in terms of clean air,” she said.

If her children’s schools ever reinstated mask-wearing to address an outbreak, Headrick said, she would probably be okay with it, so long as officials’ reasoning passed muster. But another part of her would be furious. She always thought masks should be a tool of last resort, when every other method flopped. Instead, they’re at the center of the debate. Again.

“Masks are such a political issue. We’re not talking about the right things,” she said. “I can’t believe we are in this place, still.”

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Wednesday, 6 September 2023

Putin, MbS praise joint extension of voluntary oil supply cuts

EPA-EFE/YURI KADOBNOV . A day after Russia and Saudi Arabia announced they will extend production cuts until the end of the year, Putin and MbS stressed that the oil output cut agreements help ensure stability in the global energy market. The Kremlin added that the Saudi crown prince also thanked Putin for supporting his country's bid to join BRICS.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone to Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MbS) and the two officials praised the cooperation between Moscow and Riyadh in the OPEC+ format, the Kremlin said on Wednesday.

The OPEC+ partners say production cuts that will be extended until the end of the year have stabilized the oil market.

The global leaders in oil production, Saudi Arabia and Russia, on Tuesday announced the extension of voluntary oil supply cuts to the end of the year, despite a rally in the oil market and analyst expectations of tight supply in the fourth quarter.

Russia will roll over its decision to reduce oil exports by 300,000 barrels per day, while Saudi Arabia will extend its voluntary oil output cut of 1 million bpd.

Kremlin said the leaders had been highly satisfied with cooperation between their countries within the framework of the OPEC+ group of leading oil producers.

“It was noted that the agreements reached on reducing oil production, combined with voluntary commitments to limit the supply of the commodity, make it possible to ensure the stability of the global energy market,” the Kremlin said in a readout of the call.

"The interaction between the two countries in the OPEC+ format was highly assessed. It was noted that the agreements reached to cut oil production, along with voluntary commitments to limit the supply of raw materials, help maintain stability of the global energy market," the Kremlin said in a statement released following Wednesday's call.

"The parties said they were pleased with progress in multifaceted cooperation between Russia and Saudi Arabia and discussed a number of current issues of further enhancing cooperation in trade, economic, transportation, logistics, and investment areas," it added.

On Tuesday, Riyadh and Moscow announced the extension of voluntary oil supply cuts until the end of the year, sending the price of Brent crude oil – considered the global benchmark for oil prices – up by two percent to $91.08.

This was the highest price since November of last year.

Per their agreement, the Gulf monarchy will continue its production cutback of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) until December. Russia’s oil-export export reduction of 300,000 barrels a day will be extended for the same duration.

The OPEC+ group of nations began cutting production in August last year, starting with a 2 million bpd cut. The massive cut came despite US demands that Gulf nations increase production to offset a fuel crisis stemming from western sanctions on Russia.

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Thursday, 7 September 2023

Russia says its forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk People’s Republic

Zaporozhye area

Donetsk area

Kupyansk area

Krasny Liman area

South Donetsk area

Kherson area

Generation AI - Education Reluctantly Embraces the Bots

CHEATING VERSUS HELPFUL SHORT-CUTS

CORPORATE SPEED AND SLOW-MOVING REGULATION

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