AI can identify women at risk of breast
cancer years in advance: study
OSLO, Jan 29: Artificial intelligence is able to identify women who have an elevated risk of developing breast cancer several years before it is diagnosed, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said on Tuesday. Five researchers from FHI, the University of California and the University of Washington were given access to a commercially available AI programme to retroactively analyse the mammographies of 116,495 women who took part in a Norwegian detection programme between 2004 and 2018. In total, 1,607 of the women developed breast cancer. The algorithm was able to predict which women ran a higher risk of developing breast cancer, and even identify which breast was at risk, four to six years before a diagnosis. —AFP
Ukrainian drones kill two in Russia
KYIV, Jan 29: A Ukrainian drone attack killed a mother and her toddler in a Russian border region on Wednesday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv launched a major overnight barrage that set an oil refinery ablaze and targeted a nuclear facility. Moscow and Kyiv have exchanged almost daily drone or missile attacks over the nearly three-year war, targeting energy and military sites in both countries. —AFP
Russian team backs Syria's 'integrity'
MOSCOW, Jan 29: A high-level Russian delegation in Syria expressed support for the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Moscow's foreign ministry said Wednesday. The former Syrian president, a key Russian ally in the Middle East,
fled to Moscow last year after being ousted in a lightning rebel offensive that ended five decades of rule by the Assad family. Russia sent its first high-level delegation to the war-torn country on Tuesday, with Moscow keen to retain two military bases in Syria. —AFP
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