Fri 11 October 2024: Over a dozen US states filed a lawsuit against TikTok on Tuesday, alleging that the platform is deliberately designed to be addictive for minors. The lawsuits were submitted independently in 13 states and the District of Columbia, claiming that TikTok has breached consumer protection laws and exacerbated a mental health crisis […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: Former US President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday declined a request from Fox News for another debate with Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris. On his Truth Social account, Trump, in all caps, claimed he had won the last two debates, one against President Joe Biden and […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: Religious hate crimes in England and Wales rose by 25 per cent in the year ending March 2024, primarily driven by an increase in anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim offences, official data showed today, according to Reuters. The Home Office said the number of offences recorded by police as motivated by a person’s religion […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: There has been a lot of research on the types of people who believe conspiracy theories, and their reasons for doing so. But there’s a wrinkle: My colleagues and I have found that there are a number of people sharing conspiracies online who don’t believe their own content. They are opportunists. These people […]
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Thu 10 October 2024: Hurricane Milton has weakened further and is now a Category 1 hurricane, according to the US National Hurricane Center’s (NHC) latest advisory. The storm struck Florida as a Category 3 storm late on Wednesday after weakening from a Category 5 storm, leaving more than three million people without power and causing an unknown […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: US President Joe Biden sought to emphasize the historic nature of Hurricane Milton as it closes in on Florida’s west coast, telling residents in the storm’s path that it looks to be the “storm of the century.” Biden urged everyone in Milton’s path to follow any evacuation orders that have been […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: More than nine million people in the UK are living in such severe poverty that they are increasingly dependent on charity food handouts, according to a new research from the Trussell Trust. The charity’s report warns that Labour’s manifesto pledge to end food bank dependency will fail unless urgent action is […]
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Wed 09 October 2024: Brazilian Supreme Court Chief Justice Alexandre de Moraes decided Tuesday to allow the social media platform X to resume operations in the country after it met its legal obligations, including the payment of fines. The legal battle between billionaire Elon Musk’s company and the Brazilian government officially came to an end […]
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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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