Wed 05 Apr 2023: Artificial intelligence (AI) “could be” dangerous, according to US President Joe Biden, but it remains to be seen how the technology will affect society. Biden stated at the start of a meeting with science and technology advisers on Tuesday that technology companies have a responsibility to ensure the safety of their […]
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Wed 05 Apr 2023: Israeli police attacked dozens of worshippers in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, injuring several people. The raid occurred early Wednesday morning, with Israeli police claiming they were responding to “rioting.” Dozens of heavily armed officers stormed the site before firing tear gas and stun grenades into the Qibli prayer hall – the building […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: Former US President Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony counts in a New York City court. Indictment against Trump centres on allegations he falsified business records to conceal hush money payments, including one to adult film star Stormy Daniels, ahead of 2016 vote. New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: After Finland officially joined NATO as its 31st member, the blue-and-white flag of the Nordic nation was raised outside Nato’s headquarters in Brussels alongside those of its western allies. The ceremony on Tuesday marked a historic realignment of Europe’s security landscape, and attendees included the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: Pakistan’s Supreme Court has declared the country’s poll panel’s decision to delay the assembly elections in two provinces as “unconstitutional”. The top court on Tuesday ordered the government to hold snap polls in the country’s most populous province of Punjab on May 14. The court’s verdict followed a petition filed by […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: At least one person was killed and 30 people were injured, many of them seriously, when a passenger train carrying about 50 people, derailed in the Netherlands early Tuesday, after colliding with construction equipment on the track. The person who died had been working for construction company. A goods train also […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: Tuesday will see Finland become the 31st member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which will significantly alter the security situation in northeastern Europe and extend the alliance’s border with Russia by about 1,300 kilometers (830 miles). The Nordic nation’s accession will be completed during a formal ceremony at NATO headquarters […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: On Tuesday, the Australian government decided to forbid its employees from using TikTok, a Chinese video-sharing app, on their mobile devices. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced in a statement that he had approved the issuance of a mandatory directive for Commonwealth departments and agencies to forbid the Chinese app from being installed […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: On Monday, NASA released the names of the four astronauts who will be traveling on the Artemis II mission. The training for NASA’s lunar mission, which will launch in November 2024, will start this year. The astronauts are Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid […]
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Tue 04 Apr 2023: The United States says its forces have killed a senior leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group in Syria in a “unilateral strike”. US Central Command (CENTCOM), in a statement early on Tuesday, identified the man as Khalid Aydd Ahmad al-Jabouri. CENTCOM said al-Jabouri “was responsible for planning ISIS attacks into Europe […]
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