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'Everyone is gone': Gazans search rubble for loved ones after Israeli strike kills 93, local authorities say

Tue, 2024-10-29 10:21

At least 93 Palestinians were killed, including at least 20 children, and dozens were wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, the Gaza Health Ministry said.

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Microsoft, Google and Amazon turn to nuclear energy to fuel the AI boom

Tue, 2024-10-29 08:56

Big Tech companies are investing in nuclear energy to meet the demands of generative artificial intelligence. But AI and climate change researcher Sasha Luccioni says it's actually the carbon footprint of AI that needs a closer look.

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Israel bans Palestinian relief agency UNRWA from operating in the country

Tue, 2024-10-29 08:39

Israel passed a law on Monday banning UNRWA from operating in the country. The legislation could impact the UN Palestinian refugee agency's work in war-torn Gaza.

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Grate U.K. cheese heist of 2024 sees con artists make off with $540K in cheddar

Tue, 2024-10-29 07:24

A U.K.-based artisan cheese distributor, wholesaler, and retailer says it's been "the victim of a sophisticated fraud" after con artists posing as a French wholesale distributor made off with more than £300,000, or more than $540,000 Cdn, in clothbound, award-winning cheddar.

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Comedic actor Jay Johnston sentenced to 1 year in prison in Capitol riot case

Tue, 2024-10-29 03:27

Jay Johnston, who appeared on Mr. Show, Arrested Development and voiced Jimmy Pesto on Bob's Burgers, was sentenced on Monday to one year in prison for his part in a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago.

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Member of Modi's inner circle behind Canadian criminal plot, official says

Tue, 2024-10-29 00:00

A senior official in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is alleged to have authorized a campaign to intimidate or kill Canadians, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Morrison told MPs Tuesday.

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Georgia's disputed election results raise red flag that Russia will win tug of war with the EU

Tue, 2024-10-29 00:00

Voters in Georgia went to the polls on Saturday in the most important election since the country's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. But two days later, tens of thousands rallied in front of the country's parliament building, alleging the election was rigged.

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Soldiers, police fence off El Salvador neighbourhood, in search for gang members

Mon, 2024-10-28 16:01

More than 2,000 soldiers and 500 police officers surrounded a populous neighborhood on the outskirts of El Salvador's capital on Monday in an effort to quash the remnants of gangs the president said were trying to set up shop in the area.

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Former Washington Post editor accuses Jeff Bezos of 'yielding to Trump' by blocking Harris endorsement

Mon, 2024-10-28 14:24

The Washington Post has drawn the ire of readers and staff over its decision to not endorse a presidential candidate, reportedly at the behest of owner Jeff Bezos.

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FBI investigating after U.S. ballot boxes set on fire in Washington and Oregon

Mon, 2024-10-28 12:27

Authorities — including the FBI — are investigating after early morning fires were set in U.S. election ballot drop boxes in Portland, Ore., and in nearby Vancouver, Wash.

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In wartime Ukraine, soccer fans bury rivalries, find calm at Premier League matches

Mon, 2024-10-28 07:39

For the first time since the full-scale war began in 2022, the Ukrainian Premier League is holding a full season with fans present, as martial law bans on public gatherings have been eased. Many fans are keen to experience a rare moment of calm.

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Some 100,000 residents trapped in Israel's north Gaza assault, Palestinians say

Mon, 2024-10-28 07:05

Israeli tanks thrust deeper on Monday into two north Gaza towns and a historic refugee camp, trapping around 100,000 civilians, according to the Palestinian emergency service, in what the military said were operations to root out regrouping Hamas militants.

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Saoirse Ronan silences male stars with reaction to self-defence joke

Mon, 2024-10-28 06:55

American Irish actor Saoirse Ronan highlighted violence against women after a joke about using a phone during an attack was made on BBC's The Graham Norton Show.

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Puerto Rican artists, politicians angered by insults hurled at island at Trump rally

Mon, 2024-10-28 04:53

Bad Bunny threw his support behind Vice-President Kamala Harris on Sunday shortly after a comedian at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally made crude jokes about Latinos and called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage," angering Hispanic members of both major U.S. parties.

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Japan in rare post-election uncertainty after ruling coalition suffers heavy losses in snap vote

Mon, 2024-10-28 03:12

The makeup of Japan's future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's scandal-tainted coalition in a weekend snap election, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world's fourth-largest economy.

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McDonald's says testing rules out Quarter Pounder patties as source of E. coli outbreak in U.S.

Sun, 2024-10-27 15:17

Testing has ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, the company said Sunday. It will resume selling the Quarter Pounder in the coming week.

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'These are atrocious crimes': UN says dozens killed in paramilitary rampage amid Sudan civil war

Sun, 2024-10-27 12:29

Fighters from the notorious paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces ran riot in east-central Sudan in a multi-day attack that killed more than 120 people in one town, a doctors' group and the United Nations said.

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Georgia's president accuses Russia of 'special operation' to meddle in its election

Sun, 2024-10-27 10:43

Georgia's president, Salome Zourabichvili, claimed on Sunday the country was the victim of a Russian "special operation," as she stood alongside Georgia's opposition to say she did not recognize the results of the parliamentary election.

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Egypt proposes 2-day Gaza ceasefire and release of 4 hostages

Sun, 2024-10-27 04:56

Egypt's president says his country has proposed a two-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed.

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Why Gisèle Pelicot, at the heart of France's shocking mass rape trial, is being called a hero

Sun, 2024-10-27 00:00

In the midst of a horrifying mass rape trial against her husband and 50 other accused men, Gisèle Pelicot, 72, is being called a feminist hero, inspiring marches, rallies and a push for legal reform to France's rape law to include consent for the first time.

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