Large-scale antigovernment protests are continuing across Israel as pressure grows for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure a ceasefire deal in Gaza. On Monday, Israel’s largest trade union called for a general strike after the military recovered the bodies of six Israeli captives in southern Gaza. This week’s demonstration marks some of the largest protests Israel has seen, with an …
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Getty Images Flights, trains and boats have been suspended for a second day as the super typhoon closes in China has evacuated some 400,000 people as one of the year’s most powerful storms is expected to make landfall in the popular tourist island of Hainan later Friday, state media report. Trains, boats and flights in the area have been suspended …
Read More »Beijing said the move was in line with international trends, as more countries have limited such adoptions. Many would-be adoptive families were left in limbo.
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Vue 3.5, an update to the popular “progressive” JavaScript framework, emphasizes improvements to the platform’s reactivity system, for better performance and improved memory usage. Vue 3.5, described as a minor release with no breaking changes, was announced September 1. However, the release includes a major refactor of the reactivity system that boosts performance and significantly improves memory usage (-56%) with …
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The father of the teenager accused of opening fire at a Georgia high school, killing four people and wounding nine, has been arrested on various charges including second-degree murder. Colin Gray, 54, the father of Colt Gray, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau of …
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German luxury carmaker BMW said it aimed to mass produce its first hydrogen-powered car in 2028, using fuel cell technology jointly developed with Japan’s Toyota.
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As Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, addressed his shareholders during a much-anticipated yearly address last Thursday, he also unveiled “JioBrain,” a suite of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and applications that he says will transform a spate of businesses in energy, textiles, telecommunications and more that form his multinational conglomerate, Reliance Industries. “By perfecting JioBrain within Reliance, we will create a …
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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has said that it is completely wrong to portray his encrypted messenger as a platform where criminals act with impunity. The Russian-French businessman defended Telegram after being charged by the French authorities with allowing the dissemination of illegal content. Durov released a lengthy statement on his Telegram channel on Thursday, saying that he had cooperated with …
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Opinion by Dennis Francis (united nations) Thursday, September 05, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Sep 05 (IPS) – Today, the General Assembly convenes – for the fifteenth consecutive occasion – to observe the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, which is commemorated annually on 29 August. On this day, 33 years ago, the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site in Kazakhstan – where …
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A tense hearing has unfolded in one of former United States President Donald Trump’s four criminal cases, as his defence team questioned the legitimacy of the proceedings. Thursday’s hearing took place before US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, DC, where Trump faces four felony counts for attempting to overturn the 2020 US presidential election. Trump himself was not …
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