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Why a 250-year-old book indirectly shapes the AI debate On March 9, 1776, a Scottish moral philosopher published a long, dense book with a mundane academic title: The Wealth of Nations. Its author, Adam Smith, could hardly have imagined the technologies that would define the twenty-first century. Yet two hundred and fifty years later, his ideas remain uncannily relevant to...

Romania’s Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday, the repatriation of 183 Romanians from Qatar, through an assisted repatriation flight from Riyadh-Bucharest. Everyone was transferred by road from Doha to Riyadh route on four buses accompanied by a consular team from the Doha diplomatic mission. The ground transfer was provided by the ministry and was free. The charter flight was organized by...

From Romania to Russia to Iraq, history shows that revolutions fail when they misunderstand the machinery of power. Iran will be no different. One of the most difficult questions after the weakening or collapse of an authoritarian regime is not how to remove its leaders, but what to do with the people who actually ran the system. Revolutions focus on...

Unlike many other political leaders, Donald Trump, a showbiz personality par excellence, has a special quality: he can be deciphered directly from the public statements he makes. It's not as simple as it sounds, considering that he often and quickly contradicts himself and that not infrequently what he says borders on infantilism. It's true, not everything Donald Trump said has come...

Romania will not host nuclear components on its territory in the medium term, President Nicusor ​Dan has said after French plans were revealed to expand nuclear deterrence and collaborate with European partners.  President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this week France would expand its nuclear arsenal ​and potentially allow European partners to host French ​warplanes on nuclear deterrence missions. France and Germany...

A total of 28 flights to and from Tel Aviv, Dubai, Doha, Amman, Cairo, Beirut and Sharm el Sheikh have been canceled on Friday morning due to the conflict in the Middle East, the Bucharest National Airports Company (CNAB) said. The 28 flights were canceled, to/from 7 destinations were 13 departures and 15 arrivals at Henri Coandă Bucharest International Airport,...

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Biella seized assets worth €1.98 million in an investigation into suspected fraud involving funds from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for Italy. The investigation, code-named Nuovi Orizzonti (‘New Horizons’), concerns a suspected organized criminal group that allegedly...

A court in Russia has sentenced a Romanian man to 15 years in prison on charges of spying for Ukraine. Prosecutors in the southern Krasnodar region said the man, identified by Russian media as Adrian-David Cherciu, contacted Ukrainian military intelligence in November 2024 and later used a quadcopter to gather information about the location of an air defense system in...

ALSO ON DAY SIX OF IRAN WAR: Conflict widens, oil prices spike, Lebanon ditches Iran, and Trump tries to leverage the war to get Bibi off the hook in his bribery trial On Day Six, the war’s center of gravity remains the air campaign: Israel says it is systematically degrading Iran’s ballistic missile array and command-and-control, while Washington signals an...

Alexandra Căpitănescu a rock singer will represent Romania at Eurovision 2026 with her song "Choke Me". This year’s contest takes place in Vienna in May. "I want my music to reach people," the 21-year-old artist said after she was picked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Funiversul.net%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjQsMTY0NTAz&v=yr2ELdzBsiw&feature=youtu.be The finalists were: Alejandro Zandes & Emil Rengle – "Bailando Solo"Alexandra Căpitănescu – "Choke Me" Antonio Pican – "Humans", Edward Maya x LavBbe x...