Tue 08 October 2024: North Korean soldiers appear to be fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, according to Seoul’s defence minister. Kim Yong-hyun told South Korean politicians on Tuesday that it was “highly likely” that six North Korean officers were killed in a Ukrainian missile strike near Donetsk on October 3, as reported by Ukrainian […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have won the Nobel Prize in physics 2024 for their pioneering work in the field of machine learning. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday the scientists were honoured “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”. Hopfield, whose […]
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Tue 08 October 2024: As Instagram celebrates its 14th anniversary with over 2 billion active users, the platform faces criticism for alleged political censorship, particularly the removal of posts supporting the Palestinian cause. The platform’s reputation has been marred by controversies over restricting political content, leading to lawsuits and claims that it stifles free expression. […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Russia’s state-owned broadcaster, VGTRK, revealed that its online services were hit by a significant cyberattack overnight on October 7. According to a report by state news agency Tass, the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company faced an “unprecedented hacker attack,” though no substantial damage was inflicted. Specialists Investigating Cyberattack Origins […]
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Mon 07 October 2024: Condom use is down among sexually active teens and young adults in the United States due to a combination of medical advancements like long-term birth control options and drugs that prevent sexually transmitted infections, a fading fear of contracting HIV, and widely varying levels of sex education, reported The Associated Press […]
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Sun 06 October 2024: Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate in the UK has risen to the highest total in more than a decade, according to a charity monitoring such incidents. Tell Mama said it recorded 4,971 incidents of anti-Muslim hate and discrimination in the year since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. The incidents, to the end of […]
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Sun 06 October 2024: The Italian government Friday passed a decree toughening measures against people attacking health staff in hospitals across the country. The move is meant to address a surge in assaults on doctors, nurses, and other professionals in the public health system. Key countermeasures included allowing for arresting perpetrators on the scene of […]
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Sat 05 October 2024: Elon Musk has said he is going to join Donald Trump for an election rally at the site of a July assassination attempt on the former president’s life. Musk, 53, announced on Friday that he will appear at the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, the following day. Trump, who served as the United States president from 2017 to 2021, […]
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Sat 05 October 2024: Bosnia and Herzegovina will hold its eighth local elections since 1992 on Sunday. A total of 143 mayors and 3,200 council members will be elected in the two entities in the country — the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBIH) and the Republika Srpska (RS) and the Brcko District, which has […]
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Fri 04 October 2024: More than 700,000 people are currently internally displaced in Haiti, marking a 22% increase since June, according to the latest figures from the International Organization for Migration, shared by UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. Over half of the displaced population are children, highlighting the severe impact of escalating gang violence and the […]
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