The New York Times

Middle East

With no negotiations, no oversight and no clarity about Iran’s stock of nuclear material, many in the region fear another war with Israel is inevitable. By Steven Erlanger A New York Public Library ...
IEEE

SALM: Speech-Augmented Language Model with in-Context Learning for Speech Recognition and Translation

Abstract: We present a novel Speech Augmented Language Model (SALM) with multitask and in-context learning capabilities. SALM comprises a frozen text LLM, a audio encoder, a modality adapter module, ...
The New York Times

A Tiny NATO Nation Is Cashing In on the Threat Next Door

As fears about Russia grow, Estonia’s tech-savvy work force is developing new weapons and defense systems. By Lara Jakes Reporting from Tallinn, Estonia A few days after Russian jets breached Estonian ...
bianet

Pro-federation candidate wins Northern Cyprus elections in landslide

Tufan Erhürman, leader of the Republican Turkish Party (CTP), has won the presidential elections in Northern Cyprus by a wide margin, according to preliminary results. The Supreme Election Board of ...
OPB

Woodburn educators propose protections from ICE as part of their employee contract

The teachers union is looking for ways to bolster protection for staff and students amid influx of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in communities across the state. Superintendent Juan ...