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Three killed, 38 injured in Russian attack on Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih

Ten children are among those injured in the missile attack on apartment buildings as rescue teams search for survivors. A Russian missile has hit two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors. […]

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World watches as China sets out priorities for 2024 | Business and Economy

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National People’s Congress discusses future of nation amid increasingly turbulent geopolitics. China’s plans for the coming year have been set out at its National People’s Congress. The country is aiming for the same modest economic growth as it did last year, but its economy is facing several challenges, and geopolitical tensions are rising. That makes

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Google bans AI chatbot Gemini from answering election questions: ‘Try Google Search’

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Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm said Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology. The update comes at a time when advancements in generative AI, including image and video generation, have fanned concerns of

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Romania’s president launches bid for NATO top job against Mark Rutte – POLITICO

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“Russia will remain the most significant and direct threat to the Alliance for the foreseeable future,” he wrote. Iohannis would be the first NATO chief from a country that was once in the Soviet bloc, but he faces an uphill struggle to edge out Rutte. The U.S., Britain, France and Germany — the four biggest

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Ukrainian drones and missiles strike Russian oil refineries

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Ukraine continues to target Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure. Ukraine has launched a barrage of drone and missile strikes against Russia, igniting two oil refineries. The overnight attacks, some of which reached deep into Russian territory, hit refineries in towns hundreds of miles apart in the Nizhny Novgorod and Oryol regions. No casualties were reported,

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Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapse – BBC.com

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Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapse BBC.com Haiti’s leader resigns as gangs run rampant through country engulfed in crisis CNN Haiti’s prime minister says he’ll resign once a transitional council is created NPR Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks Reuters Canada Haiti PM Ariel Henry says he will resign, and appeals for peaceful

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3 in 4 US teens say they are happy or peaceful without their smartphone

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Survey by the Pew Research Centre comes amid growing push to regulate children’s access to digital platforms. Nearly three out of four teenagers in the United States say they feel happy or peaceful when they do not have their smartphone with them, a survey has found, underscoring concerns about the effects of digital media on

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India conducts first flight of missile that can carry multiple warheads

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Delhi has been developing its missile systems for years now, especially as its competition with China grows. India has completed the first flight test of a home-grown missile with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) technology, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. It is the latest development in India’s nuclear-capable Agni missile series, named

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Man convicted in Neuschwanstein castle murder-rape gets life in prison

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BERLIN — A German regional court on Monday convicted U.S. citizen Troy Philipp B. of murder, rape and attempted murder for an attack on two American tourists and sentenced him to life in prison. The man, 31, who attacked two female U.S. tourists close to Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria last June, admitted to

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Boeing’s woes continue as 50 injured on Australia-New Zealand flight

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A dozen were hospitalised after the LATAM Airlines plane experienced ‘strong movement’. Dozens of people have been injured by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean flight from Australia to New Zealand. In a statement on Monday, Chilean LATAM Airlines blamed the injuries on “a technical event during the flight which caused

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