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U.K. PM Rishi Sunak appoints Grant Shapps as new Defence Minister

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Grant Shapps leaves Downing Street after being appointed Defense Secretary in Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle, which was prompted by Ben Wallace’s formal resignation, in London on August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on August 31 appointed Grant Shapps as his new Defence Minister in a mini reshuffle…

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Trains suspended; people warned away from coastline as Typhoon Saola churns toward south China

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A woman walks in heavy rain after Typhoon Saola moves away in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Chinese state media report that at least 121 passenger trains are suspending services in anticipation of the arrival of Typhoon Saola, while people in coastal areas of southern China were being warned to…

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Defence Secretary And UK’s Pick For NATO Chief Ben Wallace Resigns

August 31, 2023 admin

London: Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who last month announced he would step down in the next UK government cabinet reshuffle, has resigned, the prime minister’s office said Thursday.In a letter to Wallace, 53, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak praised the “dedication and skill” he brought to the role that saw him take a leading role…

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Anti-cancer jab taking 7 minutes to administer rolled out in England

August 31, 2023 admin

Currently, cancer patients receive the life-extending immunotherapy atezolizumab in hospital directly into their veins via a drug transfusion, which can take from 30 minutes to up to an hour to administer. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Zappys Technology Solutions/Flickr An anti-cancer jab that can cut down treatment time for some by…

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At least 52 dead in fire at a building in Johannesburg

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People walk past a building after a deadly blaze in the early hours of the morning, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday, August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS At least 52 people died when a fire ripped through a multi-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, emergency services said Thursday, August 31, 2023….

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China’s Baidu Launches ChatGPT Rival ERNIE Bot As AI Race Heats Up

August 31, 2023 admin

Beijing: China’s Baidu rolled out its ChatGPT rival ERNIE Bot to the public on Thursday, in a major leap for the country’s tech sector as it aims to cash in on the artificial intelligence gold rush. The Chinese government introduced fresh regulations this month for AI developers, aiming to allow them to stay in the…

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63 Killed After Massive Fire At 5-Storey Building In S Africa’s Johannesburg

August 31, 2023 admin

It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which broke out overnight. Johannesburg: More than 60 people have died in a fire that engulfed a five-storey building in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city’s emergency services said. Another 43 were injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and were taken for treatment at local…

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Trump dismissive as New York attorney general accuses him of inflating his net worth by $2 billion

August 31, 2023 admin

Donald Trump defended his real estate empire and his presidency in a face-to-face clash with the New York attorney general suing him for fraud, testifying at a closed-door grilling in April that his company is flush with cash — and claiming he saved “millions of lives” by deterring nuclear war when he was president. Mr….

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Donald Trump Big Praise For Indian-American Rival Vivek Ramaswamy

August 31, 2023 admin

Vivek Ramaswamy led the largest biotech IPOs of 2015 and 2016. New York: Donald Trump, running to be US President again, heaped big praise on his Indian-American rival Vivek Ramaswamy saying that he would make a “very good” vice-president. During an interview, Trump said, “He (Vivek Ramaswamy) is a very, very, very intelligent person. He’s…

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In latest violence, Israeli police kill Palestinian teen assailant and West Bank bomb hurts Israelis

August 31, 2023 admin

Israeli police on Wednesday shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who stabbed a man in a Jerusalem light-rail station, officials said, while Palestinian militants detonated a bomb near a convoy of Israeli troops escorting Jewish worshippers to a holy site in the occupied West Bank, wounding four Israeli troops. The attacks came hours after…

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