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Hundreds of Americans died when the Oryoku Maru sank off the coast of the Philippines. The U.S. military may finally be close to bringing them home.
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It marks a change of tone for his administration, which has taken a more hands-off approach to the technology.
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Police link shooting to gang violence but have not said who might have fired bullets that killed bystanders on SundayBullets that fatally struck two bystanders during a shootout at a Seattle food festival last weekend do not appear to have come from the gun that a 15-year-old arrested at the scene was firing, police said in court documents filed on Wednesday.The teen sprayed an untraceable “ghost gun” into a crowd, authorities say. Preliminary ballistics testing did not match the bullets recover
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US Central Command announces attacks early on Thursday as military strikes carried out by both sides in previous day risks return to all-out war and further expansion in the regionWelcome to our live coverage of the continuing crisis in the Middle East.The US has said it is conducting airstrikes in Iran, after a lull of several days in direct US attacks on targets in Iran.The renewed hostilities sent oil prices spiking. Brent crude, the international standard, jumped 7.3% to $88 a barrel.The
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First-in-the-nation law sets up test on states’ power to regulate use of AI as it tries to outlaw fake nude images of real peopleElon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law banning “nudification” technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for how far states can go in constitutionally regulating the use of artificial intelligence.Musk’s company sued on Monday in federal court, days before the law is set to take effect on Saturday and make
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Search teams are still looking for survivors in the collapsed Aeon shopping centre.
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Decision to host event on Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, 600km north of host city Brisbane, prompted significant backlashFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, lobbied for controversial plans to host 2032 Olympic rowing events on the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, documents released by the Queensland government show.The plans to send rowers 600km north of host city Brisbane – to a r
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Can computer-based testing stop NEET paper leaks? Experts say governance matters as much as tech.
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With Iran’s latest missile attack, Trump will decide whether to resume major combat operations.
BBC World
The Trump Administration has regilded the Arts of War statues near the Lincoln Memorial with 23.75-karat gold.
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Hadi Matar, 28, was convicted of attempting to help Hezbollah by attacking the British-Indian author.
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Britain's weak productivity growth and labour shortages are creating an opportunity for China's robotics firms.
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The website proves useful for both research and humiliation.
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Prime minister to highlight investment in communities as he launches next phase of nuclear submarine replacementAndy Burnham will place the renewal of Trident at the heart of his vision of a reindustrialised Britain on Thursday when he travels to Barrow-in-Furness to launch the next phase of the nuclear submarine replacement programme.The new prime minister intends to emphasise that defence spending on projects such as the £31bn Dreadnought-class boats built in the Cumbrian town is a case study
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President Trump threatened retribution after Iran fired missiles at U.S. military bases in Jordan. Strikes by U.S. and Saudi warplanes on Iranian-linked militias in Iraq were a further escalation after a lull.
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Stock tumbles nearly 8% after weaker-than-expected results, despite CEO’s blitz to tout positive effects of AIMeta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s media spree touting the positive impacts of artificial intelligence did little to cushion the blow of its second-quarter earnings, which sent its stock tumbling on Wednesday.In a Wall Street Journal op-ed published on Tuesday, Zuckerberg expressed his optimism for a world where everyone has access to a super-intelligent machine. Continue reading...
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He looks vulnerable as India’s unemployed youths transform an insult into a political rallying cry.
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Longtime Epstein associate serving 20-year sentence for sex-trafficking crimes has exhausted series of appeals The US Senate on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution declaring its opposition to any presidential pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime Jeffrey Epstein associate who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking crimes.Introduced by Senator Jacky Rosen, a Democrat of Nevada, the resolution states that Maxwell “should not be granted a Presidential pardon o
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An explosion at a port on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast set fire to two ships, including a U.S. gas storage tanker, according to maritime tracking firms.
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The unexplained deaths over the past month have raised fears of poisoning.