French officials using AI to tax private pools

Authorities took in an additional $10mn in tax revenue amid severe drought across the country Tax officials in France are using a new AI program to find thousands of undeclared private swimming pools and have reportedly generated $10 million in additional tax revenue thanks to the technology.

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Powerful Iraqi cleric orders supporters to leave Green Zone

Muqtada al-Sadr threatened to disavow his people unless they withdrew, after deadly clashes An influential Iraqi politician, whose supporters were engaged in deadly clashes with his political opponents this week, ordered his activists to leave Baghdad’s Green Zone on Tuesday.

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Moscow urges ‘all nations’ to pressure Kiev over nuclear site

But creating a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear site isn’t on the agenda, the Kremlin says Making Ukraine cease its attacks on the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will require a joint effort from the whole international community, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov has said.

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