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Australia Makes 1st Aircraft Deployment In India For ‘Tarang Shakti’- II

September 3, 2024 admin

This is the first time India has conducted Exercise Tarang Shakti, the statement said. Jodhpur: The Royal Australian Air Force has made its first deployment of combat aircraft in India for participation in exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’, Australia’s Defence department said in a statement. The second leg of India’s largest multilateral air exercise, ‘Exercise Tarang Shakti…

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Geologists Say Quartz And Few Earthquakes Can Make A Giant Gold Nugget

September 3, 2024 admin

Gold is only dissolved in natural fluids at around one part per million (representational). Humanity’s fascination with gold stretches back thousands of years. Gold mining is described in ancient Greek and Roman sources, and gold rushes – especially in the 19th century – played a powerful role in shaping the modern world. The dense, yellow…

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Brazil Top Court Reinstates Jail Terms For 2013 Fire That Killed 242

September 3, 2024 admin

While some burned to death, many of the mostly young victims died from asphyxiation (representational). Braslia, Brazil: A Brazilian supreme court judge ordered Monday the immediate imprisonment of four people convicted for their role in a nightclub fire that killed 242 people more than a decade ago. The ruling overturned decisions by two lower courts…

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Brazil X ban: Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide

September 3, 2024 admin

A Brazilian Supreme Court panel on Monday unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide, according to the court’s website. The broader support among justices undermines the effort by Musk and his supporters to cast Justice Alexandre de Moraes as an authoritarian renegade who…

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Venezuela’s newest news agency says AI anchors protect reporters amid government crackdown

September 3, 2024 admin

Venezuela’s communications ministry did not respond to a request for comment about the AI journalism initiative [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS One of Venezuela’s newest news anchors sits on a stool, dressed in a flannel shirt and chinos as he delivers the day’s headlines. He goes by “El Pana,” Venezuelan slang for “friend.” Only, he’s…

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Pope Francis arrives in Indonesia to begin ambitious Asia-Pacific tour

September 3, 2024 admin

Pope Francis on his wheelchair, is welcomed as Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, center left, walks during an official welcoming ceremony at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday (September 3, 2024) for…

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Is Hustle Culture Killing Us? The Physical And Mental Toll of Constant Work

September 3, 2024 admin

Many tech leaders have spoken about burnout due to the hustle culture. In today’s world, when many youngsters aim to create billion-dollar unicorns – and some become successful – mental health and physical well-being have taken a backseat. Psychiatrists and leading voices from the industry blame “hustle culture”, the mantra for ambition, as the reason…

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Congo says 129 people died during an attempted jailbreak, many of them in a stampede

September 3, 2024 admin

At least 129 people died during an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison in the capital, authorities said on Tuesday (September 3, 2024), most of them killed in a stampede. A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were shot dead by “warning” gunshots as they tried to escape from the overcrowded Makala prison in Kinshasa…

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AI Anchors Are Protecting Reporters Amid Political Unrest In Venezuela

September 3, 2024 admin

El Pana, and his colleague “La Chama,” are AI-generated, though they look, sound and move realistically. One of Venezuela’s newest news anchors sits on a stool, dressed in a flannel shirt and chinos as he delivers the day’s headlines. He goes by “El Pana,” Venezuelan slang for “friend.” Only, he’s not real. El Pana, and…

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Russian pipeline gas exports to Europe down 2% in August, calculations show

September 3, 2024 admin

Representative photo | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian energy giant Gazprom’s average daily natural gas supplies to Europe declined in August by 2% from July and 2.3% year on year, Reuters calculations showed on Monday (September 2, 2024). The calculations, based on data from the European gas transmission group Entsog and Gazprom’s daily reports on gas…

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