Releases - eriinfo

Belarus releases 123 prisoners including Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski in exchange for U.S. sanctions relief

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago06 mins

Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group, confirmed to the AP. Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. The U.S. earlier on Saturday announced lifting sanctions on…

Taliban releases US citizen Amir Amiri after Qatari mediation | News

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

Amiri is the fifth US citizen held by the Taliban government in Afghanistan to be freed this year. Published On 28 Sep 202528 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share An American citizen who had been detained in Afghanistan since December has been released through Qatari mediation. The release of Amir…

Taliban releases elderly British couple from Afghanistan detention | Prison News

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

London thanked Qatar for leading negotiations for the release of the pair after their arrest in February. Published On 19 Sep 202519 Sep 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Afghanistan’s Taliban government has released a British couple held for almost eight months on undisclosed charges. Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbara,…

Hamas releases video of two Israeli hostages held in Gaza

eriinfo.com4 months ago08 mins

Supplied Guy Gilboa-Dalal is seen in the video shared by Hamas, claiming to be in Gaza City Hamas has released a video showing two Israeli hostages seized from a music festival during its cross-border attack in October 2023. The video claims to show Guy Gilboa-Dalal in Gaza City in late August, where he says he…

Automation isn’t replacing people, it releases their potential

eriinfo.com4 months ago08 mins

Junaid Hussain, head of digital services support at Ricoh South Africa. If you are still using skilled people to do repetitive tasks, you’re wasting resources. Automation exists to change that. When people talk about digital transformation, the focus is usually on cost. But in my experience, the real opportunity lies in how we use automation…

OpenAI releases long-awaited GPT-5 with major upgrades

eriinfo.com5 months ago05 mins

After months of anticipation, OpenAI has officially released GPT-5, its most advanced large language model to date. The new model, which is now available for both free and paid users, promises across-the-board improvements in writing, coding, reasoning, and safety. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: iPad Pro and VR? In a press briefing,…

OpenAI releases new open-weight models for first time in six years

eriinfo.com5 months ago03 mins

OpenAI has introduced two new open-weight language models designed for advanced reasoning, optimised to run on local hardware. The models are intended to provide performance levels similar to some of the company’s smaller proprietary reasoning models. This marks the first time OpenAI has released open models since GPT-2 in 2019. Read: Samsung Galaxy Tab S10…

Africa

Africa: Cheikh Ibra FAM Releases Stunning Video for ‘Xam Xam’ From Upcoming Album, Abouna

eriinfo.com6 months ago028 mins

Xam Xam is the first video released on April 10 by Senegalese Cheikh Ibra Fam, the former Orchestra Baobab singer and instrumentalist, from his upcoming sophomore album, Adouna (“Life”), set for release in October 2025. From the first panoramic patchwork mosaic drone shot of Dakar’s rooftops to the resting pirogues, fishing boats, parked on the…