International Rescue Committee
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- 2026-05-27 funding The LEGO Foundation provided $97 million to the International Rescue Committee for play-based learning programs. source
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Shipbroker Clarkson reports record profits amid Iran war trade disruptions
Clarkson, the world's largest shipbroker, has reported record operating profits and revenue for the first half of the year, largely due to disruptions in global trade caused by the ongoing Iran war. The company's CEO, A…
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Microsoft open-sources 1990s cartoon chat app
Microsoft has open-sourced Comic Chat, a cartoon-based chat application developed in the mid-1990s. The tool allowed users to communicate using cartoon characters and was an experimental project from a time when softwar…
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New framework simplifies decision trees by deleting irrelevant conditions
Researchers have developed a new framework for deleting irrelevant conditions (IRCs) from decision trees, which are often present due to the tree's structural splitting mechanism. Existing methods struggle to balance re…
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Ebola outbreak in Congo intensifies amid severe international aid cuts
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in over 500 deaths, with experts attributing the intensified spread to significant cuts in international aid. The U.S. Agency for International Developm…
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LEGO Foundation grants $97M for play-based learning in conflict zones
The LEGO Foundation has committed $97 million to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) to support play-based learning programs for over 5 million children in conflict zones. This five-year partnership will focus on r…
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LLMs evolve from search to reasoning, raising new ethical questions
Large language models currently function primarily as advanced search tools, but their potential to evolve into sophisticated reasoning and inference engines raises questions about the nature of the advice they might pr…
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Humanitarian aid groups leverage AI to scale services for vulnerable populations
Humanitarian organizations are increasingly using AI to manage the overwhelming demand for aid services driven by global crises. Programs like Signpost, a collaboration between the International Rescue Committee and Mer…