Thu 16 May 2024: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early Thursday for a two-day official visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Kremlin released a video showing Putin’s arrival in the Chinese capital, where he was welcomed by a ceremonial guard and received a red-carpet reception. This visit marks Putin’s […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: New Zealand is experiencing a record exodus of citizens as a sluggish economy reduces job opportunities. Some 78,200 citizens departed in the year through March, Statistics New Zealand said Tuesday in Wellington. That’s up from 74,900 in the year through February. Adjusting for citizens returning home, net departures rose to a […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: Six suspects were shot and fatally wounded and five firearms were recovered during two separate shootouts with KwaZulu-Natal police on Thursday. KZN police spokesperson, Brigadier Jay Naicker, said four men, who were suspected to be behind a string of cash-in-transit (CIT) robberies in the province, were shot and fatally wounded in […]
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Slovak media reported that the alleged assailant, a 71-year-old writer, has been charged with attempted murder. Thu 16 May 2024: Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in stable but “very serious” condition following an assassination attempt that has shocked the nation and drawn international condemnation, his deputy has reported. The 59-year-old Fico was shot […]
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Thu 16 May 2024: OpenAI on Monday launched a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with an updated user interface, the company’s latest effort to expand use of its popular chatbot. The update brings GPT-4 to everyone, including OpenAI’s free users, technology chief Mira Murati said in a livestreamed event. She added that the […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Qatar Airways is set to invest in an unidentified airline based in southern Africa in the coming weeks as it looks to expand its footprint in the continent, Reuters reported. “We are at the final stage of an equity investment in an airline in the southern part of Africa,” Badr Mohammed […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been wounded in a shooting and taken to hospital. Fico was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova on Wednesday afternoon, Slovakian media reported. Police sealed off the scene, and Fico was taken […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Türkiye will “continue to stand by Hamas which is fighting for its own land’s independence and defending Anatolia.” Speaking at the parliamentary group meeting in Ankara, Erdogan said: “Israel will not stop in Gaza, and if not stopped, this rogue state will […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Cannes, France – The world’s most popular film festival opens on Tuesday with a French comedy, The Second Act, by prolific film director and musician Quentin Dupieux. It is among 58 films of the official selection in the next 12 days which are likely to set the agenda of the global cinema […]
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Wed 15 May 2024: Web and mobile services try to understand the desires and goals of users by analysing how they interact with their platforms. Smartphones, for instance, capture online data from users at a large scale and low cost. Policymakers have reacted by enforcing mechanisms to mitigate the risks inherent in tech companies storing and processing their citizens’ […]
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