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US woman in custody after allegedly throwing newborn out of Paris hotel window | Paris

A young American woman on a European trip was taken into custody after she allegedly threw a newborn out of a hotel window in Paris, killing the baby, authorities said on Tuesday. Child protection police authorities are investigating the case as a homicide of a minor younger than 15 years old. And authorities are considering […]

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Music stars release silent album in protest against UK AI copyright plans

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Is This What We Want features recordings of empty studios, performance spaces, highlighting danger to creative trade. More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Cat Stevens and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest of the proposed changes to British copyright laws around artificial intelligence (AI), which they warned could lead to legalised

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4 Workers Killed in Highway Bridge Collapse in South Korea

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Four workers were killed, and six others were injured when part of a highway bridge under construction collapsed in South Korea on Tuesday morning, officials said. By the afternoon, all 10 workers who were at the site were accounted for, South Korea’s National Fire Agency said, after emergency crews had searched through the rubble for

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3 American women found dead at beach resort in Belize

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Three American women were found dead over the weekend in a beach resort in Belize, police said Monday, and officials were investigating the deaths as possible drug overdoses. Belize police identified the women as 23-year-old Kaoutar Naqqad, 24-year-old Imane Mallah and 26-year-old Wafae El-Arar, who were staying at the Royal Kahal Beach Resort. They didn’t

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Pope Francis still critical but shows ‘slight improvement’: Vatican

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Vatican says pope still receiving oxygen as hospitalisation for double pneumonia nears two-week mark. Pope Francis’s condition remains critical but has shown a “slight improvement”, the Vatican has said in its latest update on the 88-year-old pontiff’s health. In a statement on Monday, the Vatican said “the clinical conditions of the Holy Father, in their

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Can the US and Ukraine reach a minerals deal? | Business and Economy

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Washington is pressing Kyiv to sign away billions in mineral wealth for continued support. Ukrainian soil contains around five percent of the world’s rare earth mineral deposits. United States President Donald Trump is seeking a share of those resources in return for the billions Washington has sent to Ukraine to support its war with Russia.

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Gaza Cease-Fire Could End in Days, With No Extension Agreed. What Happens Next?

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When Israel and Hamas agreed to a six-week cease-fire in January, there were hopes that it would evolve into a longer and more stable truce. Now, those hopes are dwindling. Both sides have accused each other of breaking the terms of the existing deal, which have allowed for the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian

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Israeli tanks enter occupied West Bank for first time in decades | Human Rights News

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Israeli forces have deployed their tanks in the occupied West Bank for the first time in more than 20 years as part of an intensified military offensive that has displaced 40,000 Palestinians from refugee camps in the north. Israel said on Sunday its troops would stay in the West Bank refugee camps for the coming

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Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says fleeing Palestinians can’t return

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JENIN, West Bank — Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities called a “dangerous escalation,” after the defense minister said troops will remain in parts of the territory for a year and tens of thousands of Palestinians who have fled cannot return.

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Why has Israel suspended the release of Palestinian prisoners? | Israel-Palestine conflict

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Future of Gaza ceasefire at risk after Israel suspended the release of Palestinian prisoners. Israel has postponed the release of 620 Palestinian prisoners despite Hamas setting free six Israeli captives on Saturday. The group says Israel’s far-right government is “playing dirty games and sabotaging” the agreement. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the captive handover

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