The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand passed 1 000 on Saturday, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors.
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BEIRUT — Israel on Friday launched an attack on Lebanon’s capital for the first time since a ceasefire ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war in November. Associated Press reporters in Beirut heard a loud boom and witnessed smoke rising from an area in the city’s southern suburbs that Israel’s military had vowed to strike. It marked Israel’s first strike on Beirut …
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Brussels would do anything to avoid accountability for the billions of euros sent to Kiev, the Hungarian FM has said Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has accused Brussels bureaucrats of clinging to a “failed pro-war policy” in a desperate attempt to delay the moment when European taxpayers begin asking where the money spent on bankrolling Kiev has gone. The European …
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Opinion by Viorel Gutu (rome) Friday, March 28, 2025 Inter Press Service ROME, Mar 28 (IPS) – Degrading soil, air pollution, vanishing biodiversity, emerging plant and animal health issues and more are coming together in the current situation of multiple crisis. Ensuring water security is just one, among the many challenges individuals, countries, and the world faces. Yet, we shouldn’t forget …
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A federal judge has ordered a halt to attempts under President Donald Trump to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an independent government agency charged with investigating and preventing financial malpractice. On Friday, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a request from employees, advocates and union representatives to issue a preliminary injunction, preventing the bureau from being shuttered …
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Ana Faguy & Brandon Drennon BBC News, Washington DC Watch: US drivers react to Trump’s new auto tariff For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car dealership in Virginia on Thursday, …
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A Los Angeles woman is suing Andrew Tate, the online influencer known for promoting misogynistic views, accusing him of physically and sexually abusing her while they were in a relationship. The civil complaint, filed on Thursday in Superior Court in Los Angeles County by Brianna Stern, a model, claimed that Mr. Tate choked, beat and verbally degraded her while they …
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Too much duplication Some level of competition and parallel development is healthy for innovation, but the current situation appears increasingly wasteful. Multiple organizations are building similar capabilities, with each contributing a massive carbon footprint. This redundancy becomes particularly questionable when many models perform similarly on standard benchmarks and real-world tasks. The differences in capabilities between LLMs are often subtle; most …
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US vice president JD Vance claimed that Denmark has “under-invested” in Greenland’s security as Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the semi-autonomous territory. Mr Vance visited US troops at Pituffik Space Base on the mineral rich, strategically critical island. “Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland,” …
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Family and supporters of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte rallied to mark his 80th birthday and protest against his detention in The Hague on a charge of crimes against humanity.
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