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Artificial intelligence, including generative AI, is one of the underlying themes of the 77th Locarno Film Festival. Thursday's session of Locarno Pro's industry program featured a discussion of the theme, which also features in several films in the lineup for Locarno 77, the international competition that will feature a main jury headed by Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner. Portuguese director Edgar Pela's new film, Telepathic Letters, was created with AI imagery. Screening in the out-of-competition lineup at the Locarno Film Festival, the film explores the “invisible connection” between authors HP Lovecraft and Fernando Pessoa in a visually and sonically unmistakable way.…

Vice President Kamala Harris led the betting for the first time since being elevated to the top of the nomination list.An average of bets released Thursday by Real Clear Politics gives Harris a 50.7% chance of being elected president, while former President Donald Trump has a 47.9% chance of winning the election.Thursday marked the first day that Harris was bet on to win the election, and also the first day that the Democratic candidate was priced ahead of Trump since May 1, when President Biden was still campaigning. On that day, the Real Clear Politics betting average had Biden ahead…

Jefferson County Public Health's Women, Infants and Children Program is teaming up with other local partners to encourage breastfeeding. Cuenta Conmigo Coop, Mother's Milk Bank and the Jefferson County Library have collaborated to host special sessions of the regularly scheduled Mother's Milk Bank Baby Café. Baby Café is held every Monday at the Belmar Library for breastfeeding, nursing and expectant families, and for World Breastfeeding Week, the agencies wanted to provide even more resources to mothers and families in the Jeffco area. Perla Madrid, a registered dietitian and lactation consultant for the Jeffco WIC program, said the special sessions still…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The African Union's health watchdog said on Thursday it was “likely” to declare a public health emergency as soon as next week over the spread of polio on the continent. “This is the first time we have done this, as the mandate was given to us in 2023,” Jean Kaseya, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said in an online press conference. The decision will free up funds to fight the spread of the infection, including for the procurement of much-needed vaccines, and facilitate a coordinated continent-wide response to the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Over the past 30 years, success rates for treating childhood cancer have improved dramatically, now exceeding 80% and for some cancers even higher. While the decline in mortality rates is a cause for celebration, there is a downside: About two-thirds of children who survive cancer endure later side effects from the aggressive treatments they underwent as children. Cancer treatments can cause damage to the developing body, including neurocognitive, endocrine, and cardiometabolic complications such as dyslipidemia, hypertension, and prediabetes. To mitigate these effects, a few years ago an interdisciplinary research team at Montreal's Sainte-Justine Children's Hospital (including…

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan For centuries, the Central Asian region has acted as a single geopolitical and spiritual arena, endowed with significant natural resources, substantial human capacity, and an infinite cultural and historical heritage. I. COMMON DEVELOPMENT GOALS The symbiosis of nomadic and sedentary lifestyles has not only formed the economic system of the region but also shaped its unique political and legal culture and value system, characterized by a high degree of tolerance and resilience to change. Empires have risen and fallen in the vastness of Central Asia, political and economic models have evolved, yet…

Rallygoers say Harris' message on rights is important for women and their daughters Chloe Longmire, who attended Wednesday's rally in Eau Claire, said she was encouraged and excited that Harris has the potential to become the first Black woman president.”She's trying to create a world where every person has the right to their own decisions, their own body, their own choices. Women's rights are definitely important,” she told The Associated Press. “As a woman, as a woman with a daughter, I really want my daughter to be able to have the right to her own body. We talk about it…

This article is an onsite version of our State of Britain newsletter. Premium subscribers can sign up here to receive our weekly newsletter. Standard subscribers can upgrade to Premium here or see all FT newsletters.Hi everyone, This week we are back on topic with Brexit, in part due to the series of anti-immigration protests that have rocked towns across the UK following the Southport stabbing, which (as we all know) was not perpetrated by immigrants.What are the implications for future EU-UK relations? The tensions of the past 10 days are a stark reminder, if any were needed, of just how…

Thirty years ago, “Seinfeld” became the number one TV show, the slouchy grunge look was all the rage, “Casual Friday” ushered in a more relaxed workwear environment and Cotton Incorporated's Lifestyle Monitor™ survey was launched. A lot has changed since 1994 (adventure time!). But a lot has stayed the same (consumers still love shopping for clothes). Throughout that time, the Lifestyle Monitor™ has been measuring consumer attitudes and habits around fashion, shopping (even shopping during a pandemic!), the environment, and other topics they care about. The survey results will be shared with brands, retailers, the textile/apparel supply chain and the…

While the United States continues to restrict market access for Chinese-made electric vehicles, neighboring countries are increasingly embracing affordable, high-quality Chinese electric vehicles. The latest brand to show interest in entering Latin America's growing EV market is MG Motor, a former British brand owned by China's state-owned SAIC Motor Group that is currently planning to set up a manufacturing facility and research and development center in Mexico. The Mexican backdoor threat. American automakers are concerned that cheap, high-quality Chinese-made EVs, already flooding Mexico, will also flow into the U.S. if they build factories here. The U.S. could be a lucrative…