Thu 16 July 2026: When the movie “Her” debuted in 2013, its plot felt like science fiction. The protagonist, Theodore, is a jaded man with no vigor for life. He comes alive after talking daily with his artificial intelligence chatbot, Samantha, with whom he eventually falls in love. But today people actually report being in relationships with […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: A 14-year-old boy arrested by British police has been charged with a crime related to “terrorism” over an alleged plot to target local mosques. London’s Metropolitan Police revealed the charge against the unnamed boy on Wednesday, saying he was suspected of preparing to carry out an “act of terrorism” in connection […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: An exceptional 1,305-carat diamond was discovered in the Karowe diamond mine in Botswana, according to the tenement’s Vancouver-based owner. “The recovery of our 10th diamond exceeding 1,000 carats is another extraordinary milestone for Karowe, ” William Lamb, Lucara Diamond president and chief executive officer, said Monday. “No diamond mine in history […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday froze the implementation of a newly passed law that bars the arrest of ultra-Orthodox Jews who evade mandatory military service, one day after the legislation was approved by the Knesset. The temporary order means the law will not take effect until the court issues a further […]
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Thu 16 July 2026: The Yemeni army said on Wednesday evening that it had repelled a Houthi attack on military positions in Al-Jawf province in northern Yemen. September Net, the official news outlet of the internationally recognized government’s Defense Ministry, said the Houthi attack targeted military positions on the Qanaw front in eastern Al-Jawf province. […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Israeli occupiers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, chanting provocative songs and slogans inside its courtyards, the Jerusalem Governorate said, Anadolu reports. The governorate published video footage showing occupiers inside the mosque compound during the incursion. Since 2003, Israeli police have allowed Israeli occupiers to enter the […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: The Presidency has dismissed what it describes as a sustained misinformation campaign aimed at portraying South Africa as isolated from the rest of the African continent, following recent anti-illegal migration protests. Addressing a media briefing at the Union Buildings on Wednesday, Presidential Spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said the campaign sought to paint […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Artificial intelligence (AI) companies are increasingly purchasing thousands of used books, digitizing them to train large language models and destroying the original copies, according to media reports, fueling debate over copyright protections. Since early this year, antiquarian booksellers across Europe have reported unusually large orders from the Canadian company Zoom Books, […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: Satluj, based on the life and murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, is still finding its audience despite the government ban. Indian authorities are investigating whether a film based on a separatist insurgency in India’s Punjab state in the 1980s and early 1990s is fit for viewers. Satluj, as […]
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Wed 15 July 2026: One of the largest fossilized Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found sold for a record $50.1 million, including fees, at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday. Nicknamed “Gus” after the owner of the land where it was found in the Hell Creek Formation in Harding County, South Dakota, the fossil measures approximately […]
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