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The move to protect Hezbollah shows an appetite for risk that didn’t exist before the war.
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Progressive challenger to face incumbent mayor in November as former reality star Pratt trails behindNithya Raman, a progressive Los Angeles city council member, has advanced to the November runoff for LA mayor.She will face incumbent mayor Karen Bass, who is seeking a second term to lead America’s second largest city. Continue reading...
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Prediction market apps are doubling down on paid content creators denying election results, asking them to remove posts or lose sponsorshipPopular online prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket will prohibit paid creators and affiliates from denying election results, NPR reports, as online creators spread misinformation about California’s election.In a social media post, Bobby Allyn, NPR technology reporter, reports: “Kalshi now says it prohibits paid creators from calling into question the int
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The web of fractious alliances and dysfunctional ceasefires shows how destabilised the region remains.
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Kyiv has made it difficult for Moscow to provide military and civilian supplies to the territories it occupies.
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SpaceX is preparing for a stock market debut that could transform the company, the wider market and Elon Musk's fortune.
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Some well-known companies were added to the annually updated list, which designates them as a U.S. national-security risk.
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Exclusive: Analysis shows 72.5% of 91 judgments in England and Wales contained judicial victim-blaming, with mothers scrutinised more intenselyA report has found “widespread and concerning evidence” of bias and victim-blaming in the family courts – primarily disadvantaging women.The report, Scratching the Surface: Victim-Blaming and Bias in Family Court Judgments, by the nonprofit organisation Right to Equality, will be shared with MPs on Tuesday at an event in parliament. Continue reading...
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David Lammy to announce trial of AI assistants in crown courts in effort to cut backlog of casesA plan to roll out virtual legal assistants powered by artificial intelligence to crown courts has prompted warnings that the technology should not be used to “replace vital funding and additional court staff”.David Lammy, the deputy prime minister, will announce on Tuesday that AI assistants will be trialled in an effort to cut the backlog of court cases in England and Wales. Continue reading...
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Government-funded JobsPlus trial in 10 neighbourhoods could be scalable nationwide, evaluation showsWe would like to hear from young people in the UK about their job-hunting experiencesA government-funded pilot of “hyperlocal” job support in 10 neighbourhoods across England has shown “promising early signs of effectiveness”, including for young people, and could be scalable nationwide, a new evaluation has shown.The JobsPlus scheme, backed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Yo
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Echo project will help erase images as part of package of support to end ‘prolonged suffering of survivors’Victims of child sexual abuse in England and Wales will be given help to remove online images of their abuse as part of a wider package of support to end the “prolonged suffering of survivors”.The Echo project will help those who have reported their abuse to the police to identify and remove images of abuse online. They will also be given trauma support, the possibility of having a victim i
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Mamata Banerjee's once-dominant Trinamool Congress party is unravelling, weeks after losing power in West Bengal.
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In a call with the US president, the BBC’s Sarah Smith asked Trump about the war in Iran and his relationship with the Israeli leader.
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Thirty-nine people taken near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, north-west Zamfara state, police sayArmed bandits in north-west Nigeria abducted dozens of villagers whom they invited to a meeting about potential peace negotiations, authorities and residents said on Monday, highlighting the region’s worsening security.According to local police, 39 people were seized on Sunday during a meeting in the forest near Magamin Diddi village in the Maradun municipality of north-west Zamfara s
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The U.S. demands more restraint from an ally than it does from Iran.
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ChatGPT maker expected to be valued at more than $850bn, one of most highly valued listings in market historyOpenAI has filed confidentially to go public on the US stock market, according to a company blogpost published on Monday. The artificial intelligence giant’s debut on Wall Street is expected to be one of the most highly valued listings in market history with a valuation at more than $850bn.“We recently submitted a confidential S-1. We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it,” the co
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Omar Artan was one of 52 referees selected for the FIFA World Cup. But on Saturday he was denied entry because of “vetting concerns,” U.S. officials said.
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Political instability and economic chaos could ensue if the Havana regime falls.
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This loss is personal, but it should also be a warning to investors.
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He leveraged the war in Ukraine to become North Korea’s most powerful leader to date.