Pope Leo used the release of his latest encyclical at the Vatican on Monday to warn that artificial intelligence is being driven by a culture of power and must be subjected to strict ethical constraints. The document, titled Magnifica Humanitas, is the first major text of Leo’s papacy focused on safeguarding humanity, and places AI at the centre of concerns around warfare...

On the shores of Lake Geneva, the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) occupies a quiet diplomatic corner of a city long associated with multilateralism rather than confrontation. The building itself is not grand in the manner of a central bank or a national parliament. Its authority derives instead from accumulated agreements: bound tariff schedules, n...

The European Commission, in cooperation with the governments of France and Finland, hosted a high-level study visit focused on secure, resilient and trusted connectivity and digital infrastructure, bringing policymakers and regulators from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines and Vietnam to Brussels. The initiative forms part of the European Union’s broader ef...