Wed 06 May 2026: Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI have signed agreements with the US government to allow early testing of advanced artificial intelligence models for national security risks, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. The department’s Center for AI Standards and Innovation said the partnerships will allow pre-deployment testing and research to better assess advanced […]
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Wed 06 May 2026: A man accused of carrying out a deadly shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia is expected to face additional charges as legal proceedings continue, local media reported on Wednesday. Prosecutors allege that last Dec. 14, Naveed Akram, 24, opened fire on a crowd celebrating Hanukkah alongside his father, Sajid Akram, who […]
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Wed 06 May 2026: Authorities say the cell was planning ‘targeted assassinations against high-level government officials’. Syrian authorities say they have arrested a Hezbollah-linked cell accused of plotting to assassinate senior government figures, an allegation rejected as “false” by the Lebanese armed group. The Syrian Ministry of Interior said late on Tuesday it carried out […]
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Tue 05 May 2026: The incident in London comes after the UK’s national threat level was raised to severe last week. British counterterrorism police are investigating an arson attack at a former synagogue in London, the latest in a wave of attacks targeting the Jewish community in the United Kingdom’s capital. Officers said they responded to the […]
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Tue 05 May 2026: Israel is being pushed toward a dangerous debt path as the cost of its multi-front attacks and rising defence demands place heavy pressure on public finances, according to Israeli Ynetnews on Tuesday, the English-language news outlet of the Yedioth Ahronoth media group. Ynetnews, citing an analysis by Calcalist, said Prime Minister […]
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Tue 05 May 2026: If you go to the gym often, you might have been told you shouldn’t lift weights in runners. The common belief is it is bad for your performance and can lead to injuries. But is this really the case? Let’s unpack the science. What your feet are doing when you lift […]
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Tue 05 May 2026: The UN Development Program (UNDP) warned Monday that rising sovereign debt servicing could cost women the equivalent of 55 million jobs in the short term as governments cut social spending to meet repayment obligations. “Sovereign debt is not a math problem. It is a human one. This analysis sheds new light […]
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Tue 05 May 2026: Nepal complains after India and China agree to resume a religious pilgrimage through a contested Himalayan pass. A long-running border dispute between Nepal and India has flared up after New Delhi announced the resumption of a religious pilgrimage through a contested Himalayan pass. Kathmandu’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs lodged a protest against India […]
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Mon 04 May 2026: The Department of Health (DoH) has called for public calm following confirmation of a rare Hantavirus case in a critically ill British national in South Africa. The patient was a passenger aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius, which was travelling to the Canary Islands via Cape Verde from Argentina. The ship […]
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Mon 04 May 2026: An Israeli academic study involving more than 700 university students, most of whom have direct links to the war through military service, has found that more than one third have experienced suicidal thoughts. The newspaper Israel Hayom reported that long periods of reserve duty in the Israeli army have “shaken” students’ lives, due […]
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