Wed 15 January 2025: Apple announced plans to update an AI feature to the iOS 18.2 software on its iPhones after incorrect news alerts were recently provided to users. The news included false claims that Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a US insurance executive, had died by suicide, and another stating that tennis […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Drones dropping drugs and weapons into high-security prisons in the UK are a threat to national security, the prisons watchdog warned on Tuesday. Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons, has called for urgent action to tackle drones after a surge in drugs and weapons flown to prisons holding some of the most dangerous […]
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Tue 14 January 2025: US President Joe Biden said Monday that rebuilding Los Angeles following devastating wildfires will cost tens of billions of dollars. “Although the federal government is going to cover 100% of the cost for the next 180 days for things like firefighter overtime pay, debris removal and temporary shelters, it’s going to […]
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Tue 14 January 2025: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday accused the US of planning to sabotage the TurkStream gas pipeline, which transports energy resources from Russia to Türkiye. Speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Lavrov alleged Washington is facilitating terrorist attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed there are plans to target TurkStream. […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: More than 500,000 patients in the UK experienced trolley waits of at least 12 hours at accident and emergency (A&E) services last year, a new research showed on Monday. Corridor care in hospitals is being “normalized” at hospitals, warned the research conducted by the Liberal Democrats, as it emerged there were […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: US President Joe Biden has awarded Pope Francis the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian honor granted by the president. The White House in a statement on Saturday said Biden bestowed the award to the pope during a phone call. It described the pontiff as “the People’s Pope […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: Images and videos purporting to show the historic Hollywood sign engulfed in flames are spreading across X and other social media platforms as wildfires rage through Los Angeles, California. But the visuals are fakes, some likely generated by artificial intelligence; the landmark had not been affected as of January 10, […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: The World Bank said that only six out of 26 countries classified as low-income are projected to reach middle-income status by 2050 if there is no sustained improvement in their growth rates. The findings come in a section published by the World Bank of the Global Economic Prospects Report, which will be released in […]
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Sun 12 January 2025: The US increased the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $25 million on Friday as he was sworn in for a third term in office. The Biden administration is also increasing the reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Diosdado […]
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Sun 12 January 2025: The death toll in the Los Angeles wildfires has climbed to 16 as the relentless blazes continue to rage for a fifth consecutive day, authorities said. Five of the deaths were attributed to the Palisades fire and 11 resulted from the Eaton fire, the LA County medical examiner’s office confirmed. At […]
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