Minecraft diamond challenge leaves AI creators stumped
From BBC It takes minutes for most new Minecraft players to work out how to dig up the diamonds that are key to the game, but training artificial intelligence to…
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Vale dam disaster partially caused by excess water, panel report says
FILE PHOTO: A view of Brazilian mining company Vale's collapsed tailings dam in Brumadinho, Brazil, Feb. 13, 2019. REUTERS/Washington AlvesSAO PAULO (Reuters) - A disaster at one of Vale SA’s…
Gore calls out China for financing coal power plants
MADRID (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice president and longtime climate campaigner Al Gore urged China on Thursday to stop financing coal power plants at a meeting with the lead climate…
Hendrix in the clear over parakeet release
From BBC The rumour parakeets arrived in the UK when rock star Jimi Hendrix released a pair in London’s Carnaby Street in the swinging 60s has finally been scotched. They…
Easterners demand funding and nuclear power to support EU climate deal
BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic set out demands on Thursday that could block agreement on the European Union’s new push for climate neutrality by 2050, trumpeted…
Hungary PM outlines conditions for EU 2050 climate pact
FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, October 30, 2019. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File PhotoBUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on…
Summit head Chile says 'no excuses' if climate talks fail
FILE PHOTO: Carolina Schmidt, Chile's Minister of Environment and new president of the 2019 UN Climate Change conference (COP25), speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP25 in Madrid, Spain,…
New Zealand volcano toll seen at 16; police plan to recover bodies on Friday
WHAKATANE/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Police in New Zealand are planning a mission to volcanic White Island on Friday to retrieve bodies of people killed in this week’s eruption, while the known…
'Go on a holiday and not return': Cruise passengers shaken by New Zealand tragedy
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Tourists from the cruise ship that was near the volcanic island in New Zealand when it erupted arrived in Wellington on Thursday, many traumatized by the deaths…
Zambia's power supply deficit worsens as water levels sink
FILE PHOTO: The Victoria Falls is seen from the air following a prolonged drought from the Zimbabwean side at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings LUSAKA (Reuters) -…