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OpenAI Blocks Iranian Group’s ChatGPT Accounts For Targeting US Election

August 16, 2024 admin

OpenAI said the operation did not appear to have achieved meaningful audience engagement. Washington: OpenAI said on Friday it had taken down accounts of an Iranian group for using its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content meant for influencing the U.S. presidential election and other issues. The operation, identified as Storm-2035, used ChatGPT to generate content…

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Antony Blinken Heading To Israel To Press Gaza Truce

August 16, 2024 admin

Blinken will leave Saturday and seek to “conclude the agreement for Gaza ceasefire. Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel this weekend to push forward a Gaza ceasefire deal as the United States tries to bridge the gaps in talks in the region, the State Department said. Blinken will leave Saturday…

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“Strong Indications” Bangladesh Security Forces Used “Unnecessary” Force: UN

August 16, 2024 admin

More than 450 people were killed in Bangladesh unrest (File) The United Nations said Friday there were strong indications that the Bangladeshi security forces used unnecessary force in tackling the student-led uprising that ousted premier Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina, 76, fled to neighbouring India by helicopter last week as demonstrators flooded Dhaka’s streets in a…

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Pilot Dies After Plane Crashes During Aerobatic Show In France

August 16, 2024 admin

A rescue operation quickly found the body of the 65-year-old pilot A small aerobatic plane crashed into the sea Friday during an airshow off the coast of southeast France with the pilot trapped inside, officials said. The Fouga Magister aircraft was performing at Le Lavandou just before a demonstration by the French air force’s elite…

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Croatia to reintroduce compulsory military draft as regional tensions soar

August 16, 2024 admin

Croatia will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting January 1. File | Photo Credit: AP Croatia will reintroduce a two-month compulsory military service starting January 1 next year, the country’s Defense Minister Ivan Anusic announced late Thursday (August 15, 2024). The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russian aggression against Ukraine…

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Gaza Undertakers Stacking “Graves On Top Of Graves”

August 16, 2024 admin

Gaza’s death count raised over 40,000 in more than 10 months of war (File) Undertakers are working like bricklayers in a Gaza cemetery, piling cinder blocks into tight rectangles, side by side, for freshly dug graves. More than 10 months into the Gaza war, so many bodies are arriving at the cemetery in Deir el-Balah…

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Atleast 80 killed in strike by Sudan paramilitary forces

August 16, 2024 admin

Sudanese paramilitary forces killed at least 80 people in a southeastern village. File | Photo Credit: AP Sudanese paramilitary forces killed at least 80 people in a southeastern village, a medical source and witnesses said on Friday (August 16, 2024), in an attack that followed U.S.-sponsored talks aimed at ending 16 months of devastating war….

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Ukrainian officials urge civilians to evacuate eastern city of Pokrovsk as Russian troops close in

August 16, 2024 admin

Ukraine servicemen walk among sunflowers, to their position outside the town of Pokrovsk, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine. | Photo Credit: Reuters Military authorities in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk on Friday (August 16, 2024) urged civilians to speed up their evacuation because the Russian army is quickly closing in…

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Brawl in Turkish parliament over ousted MP

August 16, 2024 admin

Workers’ Party of Turkey (TIP) lawmaker Ahmet Sik scuffles with lawmakers from the ruling AK Party (AKP) during an extraordinary meeting of the Turkish parliament to discuss jailed opposition lawmaker Can Atalay’s return to the assembly, in Ankara, Turkey. | Photo Credit: Reuters A brawl broke out in Turkey’s parliament Friday (August 16, 2024) after…

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Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks say the two-day talks have wrapped up

August 16, 2024 admin

Mediators to the Gaza Warcease-fire talks said on Friday (August 16, 2024) the two-day talks wrapped up and they aim to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal a deal to stop the fighting. In a statement on Friday, the United States, Egypt, and Qatar said talks were constructive and conducted in a positive atmosphere….

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