Nine killed in mass shooting in South Africa

Nine killed in mass shooting in South Africa

At least nine people have been killed and 10 injured in a shooting in the Bekkersdal township west of Johannesburg in South Africa. Armed men in two vehicles reportedly opened fire at a tavern in the township and continued shooting as they fled the scene. A manhunt for the suspects involved in the shooting has…

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Scientists make disturbing discovery on Arctic expedition — here’s what you need to know

Scientists make disturbing discovery on Arctic expedition — here’s what you need to know

Researchers have discovered a disturbing link between shrinking Arctic ice and a crucial biological system that helps sequester carbon, which could spell big trouble in the fight against our warming planet. What’s happening? A study published in the journal Nature Communications found a connection between Arctic sea ice and the biological pump, a crucial natural…

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A voice from apartheid: South Africa’s Regent Xami’s calls for indigenous support of Israel

A voice from apartheid: South Africa’s Regent Xami’s calls for indigenous support of Israel

Xami, who lived through South Africa’s apartheid, offered invaluable testimony on the misuse of that term against Israel and the deep sense of kinship many indigenous nations feel toward Jews. As the sun set over the Old City walls in Jerusalem, the Aish World Center in the Old City’s Jewish Quarter partnered with Jerusalem NGOIndigenous…

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What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?

What if Readers Like A.I.-Generated Fiction?

After feeding Han’s writing into GPT-4o, Chakrabarty fine-tuned fresh versions of the model on the work of twenty-nine other authors, including a close college friend of mine, Tony Tulathimutte. Jia Tolentino once praised Tony’s short stories, saying that his “deviant instincts crackle in nearly every line.” I’d been reading him since the early two-thousands—and yet…

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Putin says there are 700,000 soldiers in Ukraine war zone

Putin says there are 700,000 soldiers in Ukraine war zone

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia has some 700,000 soldiers deployed in the Ukraine war. He said during his annual press conference and public Q&A session in Moscow that these are predominantly quite young people, including the generations of the 1990s. When asked about the accusation that this age group constitutes a…

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Putin says loans for Ukraine will impact EU budgets

Putin says loans for Ukraine will impact EU budgets

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the European Union of the attempted “robbery” of Russian state reserves, which he claimed had failed for the time being. He said that Russia would continue to defend its interests and seek politically independent courts that would grant the claim for the return of the state billions frozen in the…

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