The pope, the man, most of mainstream America and Europe, look to as a representative of Christianity as denounced what he describes and identity colonization.
Pope Francis, during a trip to Hungary, while addressing civil authorities and members of the diplomatic corps said “this is the baneful path taken by those forms of “ideological colonization” that would cancel differences, as in the case of the so-called gender theory, or that would place before the reality of life reductive concepts of freedom, for example by vaunting as progress a senseless “right to abortion”, which is always a tragic defeat.”
He called it a nefarious path culminating in tragic defeat, saying “How much better it would be to build a Europe centered on the human person and on its peoples, with effective policies for natality and the family like those pursued attentively in Hungary.”
Pope Francis’s words came amid escalating EU actions against Hungary over homosexuality and transgenderism.
The Hungarian constitution (2011) recognizes marriage as the union of a man and a woman, and the Hungarian government has taken steps to protect children from transgender ideology.
Oddly, the Vatican press and several other media outlets omitted the speech in their report of events
When it comes to artificial intelligence, one name rings true, and it’s 75-year-old Geoffrey Hinton, who says he now regrets having devoted his career to AI.
Hinton, a pioneer in the development of artificial intelligence (AI), left his job at Google, where he worked for more than a decade, to be able to talk more freely about the dangers posed by the new technology.
Hinton, in an interview with the New York Times, said that he now regrets having devoted his career to this field but that he consoles himself with the normal excuse:” If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have”.
In 2012, Hinton and two of his graduate students at the University of Toronto, Ilya Sutskever and Alex Krishevsky, built a neural network that could analyse thousands of photos and teach itself to identify common objects, such as flowers, dogs and cars.
Google quickly jumped in to buy the company he and his two students had created for $44 million (€40.18 million). The move anticipated the great potential of a technology that has since led to the creation of AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Google’s Bard.
Sutskever, Hinton’s student, even went on to become chief scientist at OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
Hinton’s resignation and warning come after more than 1,000 technology leaders and researchers signed an open letter in March calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of new AI systems, saying the technologies pose “profound risks to society and humanity”.
In Hinton’s view, work in this field should be halted until it is well understood whether it will be possible to control AI.
“It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things,” Hinton said in the interview, where he warns about the excessive speed at which advances are being made.
“Look at what it was like five years ago and what it’s like now, Take the difference and propel it forward. That’s scary,”
In the short term, Hinton fears that the Internet will be flooded with fake texts, photos and videos and that citizens may not be able to distinguish what is true.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it would reschedule candidates who failed to write the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
In a statement yesterday, the board announced that all candidates who could not sit the 2023 UTME within their scheduled time, due to no fault of theirs, would be rescheduled to take the examination on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
The statement released by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin says “Candidates under these categories are principally those who were verified at their centres but could not sit the examination; those who could not be biometrically verified, and those with mismatched data,”
“On the first day of the 2023 UTME, a number of candidates in some centres could not sit the examination as well as in some centres in subsequent days due to diverse reasons. Though a reasonable number of them have been rescheduled and have taken the examination, some are yet to take their examination.
“As part of the decisions reached at the end of an emergency management meeting held on Sunday, April 30, 2023, the Board has fixed Saturday, May 6, 2023, for all categories of candidates who have not sat for their examination, as listed below, to take their examination.”
Meanwhile, JAMB has said results of candidates who had so far taken the examination would be released today, Tuesday, May 2,2023.
It, however, said candidates who sat for the examination but had challenges without being aware of such would not see their results but notification for rescheduled examination.
The examination body asked all candidates who sat for the examination to check their results on or before Thursday, May 8,2023. “The Board would be releasing the results of candidates who have taken the examination so far on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. The Board had delayed the release to ensure that all necessary screenings are concluded, besides ensuring that the mean and standard deviation are reasonably obtained before releasing these results.”
The defender who was voted Man-of-the-Match said attention to detail paved the way to victory over Zambia
Golden Eaglet’s defender Yahaya Lawali has declared he and his teammates are fully motivated going into Wednesday’s second Group B game against Morocco at the ongoing U17 Africa Cup of Nations in Algeria.
Though many were expecting a comprehensive victory from the Eaglets, Lawali while speaking on Cafonline.com said the hard-earned 1-0 win over Zambia will serve as a motivation to do more against table-toppers Morocco.
“It was a really tough game because Zambia are a good side. The little details gave us a win… We scored when it mattered most and we defended well. It has given us motivation for the next game,” Lawal who was voted Man-of-the-Match noted.
Just like the Golden Eaglets, the Young Atlas Lions also got off their campaign to a winning start; beating South Africa 2-0.
That result gives the North Africans a slight advantage ahead of Wednesday’s tie against Nigeria.
For Lawali, while he is happy to have been named Man-of-the-Match against Zambia, he has credited his teammates and coaches for his performance while also promising to do even better in the next match.
“I am really delighted and this means a lot to me. Being named man of the match in the first game for the team is a massive encouragement,” Lawal said.
He added; “This is not my trophy though. It belongs to the team; the coaches, the staff and my teammates. We all worked hard for this.”
Lawali, who turns 17 in June, plays for Mahanaim FC in Nigeria.
Conquered Zambia
Meanwhile, the coach of the Zambia U17s, Ian Bakala, has refused to blame his players despite their 1-0 defeat to the Golden Eaglets on Sunday.
Bakala said he saw a lot of positives from the match despite the defeat and has praised his players for putting up a good fight.
“It is painful to lose a game like this, but it was a tough game. Credit to Nigeria for the win because they used their chance. When you are coming to the first game of the tournament, anything is possible,” Bakala told CAFonline.
Nigeria is one of the countries that would feature in both the Mixed Team Championship and Mixed Doubles Championship at next year’s Youth Winter Olympic Games.
As the countdown to the Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games continues, the qualification for the prestigious curling competition has been finalised.
The World Curling Federation through an official statement on its website confirmed Nigeria as one of the countries that would feature in both the Mixed Team Championship and Mixed Doubles Championship at next year’s Youth Winter Olympic Games.
Hosts Korea, Brazil, and the United States are among the other countries that would also have representation simultaneously in both the Mixed Team Championship and the Mixed Doubles Championship.
The countries that would be battling for honours in Gangwon secured qualification through different routes.
While some earned qualification through points earned at world championships held in Finland, others sealed their places through regional quotas or as the National Olympic Committee with the most points outside these initial criteria.
President of the Nigeria Curling Federation, Daniel Damola, while expressing delight at the official ratification of Nigeria’s qualification, noted that all hands need to be on deck to ensure the country has a memorable outing in Gangwon.
“This is quite historic and we are glad we have been able to qualify as the only team from Africa, now we have to switch our focus to doing respectably well at the Youth Olympic Games,” he said.
Mr Daniel said a lot of funds will be required to give the young lads who would be representing Nigeria the kind of preparation they needed.
“As a federation, we have been doing all these alone but we will need the government, corporate bodies and indeed well-meaning Nigerians to come to our aid as we step up in our preparation for the Youth Olympic Games” he appealed.
The Winter Youth Olympics is billed to take place from 19 Jan 2024 – 1 Feb 2024
Qualified Teams
Mixed Team Championship
The Mixed Team Championship will feature 16 teams from across the globe, with representation from various regions:
Hosts: Korea
Africa: Nigeria
Americas: Brazil, Canada, and the United States
Asia: China and Japan
Europe: Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Türkiye
Oceania: New Zealand
Mixed Doubles Championship
The Mixed Doubles Championship expands the field, featuring 24 teams from around the world:
Hosts: Korea
Africa: Nigeria
Americas: Brazil, Canada, and the United States
Asia: China, Japan, and Kazakhstan
Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and Ukraine
Wilfred Ndidi and Alex Iwobi will clash Monday evening at the King Power Stadium in a Premier League relegation six-pointer.
Ndidi’s club, Leicester City and Iwobi’s Everton are in danger of going down to the Skybet Championship at the end of the season as they occupy 18th and 19th positions respectively on the log.
Only one point separates both sides; 29 and 28 points respectively after 33 games each.
While Ndidi has been having an indifferent season this term, Iwobi has been phenomenal for the Toffees.
The 26 year old Foxes’ midfielder has endured an uneventful campaign, making 16 starts for the club this season subbed onseven times.
He has featured 11 times against Everton with nine of the games in the Premier League. He has provided two assists and will be looking to now score his first goal on his 12th attempt (10 in the Premier League).
Iwobi on the other hand has started all the league games for the Toffees this campaign, bagging six assists and one goal.
The former Arsenal man has featured 11 times against Leicester City, with 10 coming in the Premier League. He is yet to either score or assist in all 11 games.
Leicester City will however miss the now influential Kelechi Iheanacho who has scored four of his five Premier League goals so far this season this year and has been named official Premier League player of the match three times, all in 2023.
He has scored twice and provided two assists in 10 appearances against the Toffees but the 26 year old will not be available for the game at the King Power stadium following an injury that may keep him out from the remainder of the season.
Ahead of this year’s Nigeria Women Football League Super Six, the organizer has announced the date and venue for the event.
On Monday afternoon, the league organizer announced that from May 5th to 12th, 2023 will be the date, Asaba, Delta State will be the venue for the competition.
The participating six clubs are Delta Queens, Rivers Angels, Confluence Queens, Robo Queens, Edo Queens, and the defending champions Bayelsa Queens.
The Asaba 2023 NWFL Premiership Super 6 champions will represent the country at the 2023 WAFU-B Women’s Champions League qualifiers in August in Lagos.
Bayelsa Queens won the last edition after getting 15 points from Nasarawa Amazons, Rivers Angels, Delta Queens, Edo Queens, and Naija Ratels.
Chelsea have reportedly shown an interest in signing forward Sadio Mane from Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich are surprisingly planning to sell Mane just a year after signing him from Chelsea’s Premier League rival Liverpool for €32m.
According to Sport Bild’s Christian Falk, Chelsea have emerged as a surprise contender for the signing of Mane
Moreover, the Blues might not have to try hard as Bayern Munich are looking for a potential buyer.
Mane’s first season in Germany has not gone to plan and he has failed to recapture the form that he showed for Liverpool during his time in England.
The Senegalese international has scored just 12 goals in 35 matches across competitions for Bayern this season.
The 31-year-old was also involved in a heated altercation with teammate Leroy Sane, even reportedly punching him after their team’s Champions League defeat to Manchester City.
Chelsea, meanwhile, have struggled for goals this season and are in search of prolific scorers to sign this summer. Mane, who still has two years remaining on his contract with Bayern, has thus emerged as one of the many options the West London club are looking to sign.
India must be prepared for more intense heat waves to come, the country’s meteorological department said, as the South Asian nation recorded unusual heat in April along with other countries in the region.
Large parts of Asia, from India to southern China to Thailand, was enveloped for weeks with intense heat waves that set in unusually early this year.
Though April is typically one of the warmest months, 2023 saw countries including Laos, Thailand and Myanmar experiencing their highest recorded temperatures of between 42 C to more than 45 C.
Temperatures in India’s Prayagraj district and eastern Odisha state had exceeded 44 C in mid-April, while at least 13 people died and more than 50 others taken to hospital from heatstroke in the western Maharashtra state.
Heat waves are common between March and July in the country, but the hot spells have become more intense, more frequent and longer in recent years.
India and Pakistan saw more severe heat waves in 2022, recording the highest March temperatures since records began over 120 years ago, but the scorching April heat this year appears to have affected a much wider area.
The Indian Meteorological Department is expecting above-average temperatures and heat waves until the end of May.
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