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Russia attacks Kyiv with fires, injuries, and ongoing strikes reported
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a massive combined attack on Kyiv early Friday, sparking fires and scattering debris across many districts of the capital, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. At least 11 people were injured as emergency crews responded to multiple strikes, he said in a statement. Five people were hospitalized, including one man in…
Read MoreRussia Creates New Military Branch Dedicated To Drone Warfare
Russia has created a new branch of its military to oversee the production, operation, and testing of uncrewed systems and the tactics and techniques for using them. Called the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), the new branch mirrors a similar one Ukraine created last year, even using the same name. Its work will encompass aerial, land…
Read MoreJapanese Woman Marries AI Partner After Real-Life Break Up
In one of the unusual love stories to surface on the internet, a 32-year-old woman from Japan has made headlines for marrying an AI partner she built using ChatGPT. The woman, who goes by Kano, turned to artificial intelligence for comfort after her real-life engagement fell apart. Japanese woman ties the knot with AI partner…
Read MoreCo-leaders of Germany’s far-right AfD tout unity amid Russia tensions
The co-leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) presented a united front on Thursday after public differences over the party’s controversial ties with Russia. “We will continue to work together on policies for Germany and its citizens,” Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla wrote in a joint letter. “To this end, we maintain good relations…
Read MoreSouth Sudan leader sacks powerful Vice-President Bol Mel
South Sudan’s leader Salva Kiir has dismissed one of his vice-presidents, Benjamin Bol Mel, who had been tipped as his possible successor. Kiir stripped Bol Mel of his military rank of general and dismissed him from the national security service. He also sacked the central bank governor and the head of the revenue authority, both…
Read MoreFrance wary of enemy that never went away, 10 years after Bataclan attacks
Just as France marks the 10th anniversary of the Bataclan massacres, another reminder has come of the permanence of the jihadist threat. A former girlfriend of the only jihadist to survive the November 2015 attacks has been arrested on suspicion of plotting her own violent act. The woman – a 27 year-old French convert to…
Read MoreKnesset advances first reading for tax benefits bills for Ashkelon, southern Israel, West Bank
The bills will now be brought to the Knesset’s committees for further discussion before being brought back to the plenum, where they will need to pass a second and third reading to become law. The Knesset approved in a first reading on Wednesday a bill to expand areas that receive tax benefits to include Ashkelon…
Read MoreThat New Hit Song on Spotify? It Was Made by A.I.
Nick Arter, a thirty-five-year-old in Washington, D.C., never quite managed to become a professional musician the old-fashioned way. He grew up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in a music-loving family. His father and stepfather were big into nineties hip-hop—Jay-Z, Biggie, Nas—and his uncles were working d.j.s spinning seventies R. & B. By his adolescence, he and his cousins were…
Read MoreNorway reluctant to secure EU loan to Ukraine on its own
Norway is not ruling out participating in plans to use frozen Russian assets to provide a billion-pound loan to Ukraine, but does not want to shoulder the burden of guaranteeing it alone. Whether Norway can contribute depends on what the EU proposes, Norwegian Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg told broadcaster NRK on Wednesday ahead of talks…
Read MoreAlgeria: Luca Zidane withdraws from the Fennecs camp due to injury
Luca Zidane It’s a real injury crisis this November for Algeria’s Fennecs. This time, Luca Zidane has been forced to withdraw due to injury. After making his debut in October, Luca Zidane was once again called up by Vladimir Petkovic for this November camp. However, the goalkeeper won’t be staying with the Fennecs any longer…
Read MoreBattling the Sea on the Outer Banks
Daniel Pullen offers beautifully composed and striking images of the destruction that climate change has brought to his lifelong home. Source link
Read MoreWife and son of Gabon’s ousted leader given 20-year jail terms in two-day corruption trial
A court in Gabon has sentenced the former first lady and the son of deposed President Ali Bongo to 20 years in jail following a two-day trial. On Tuesday night, Sylvia Bongo and Noureddin Bongo were found guilty of embezzlement and corruption after a trial that began a day earlier in their absence. They were…
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