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French Man Arrested For Stealing 7,000 Wine Bottles Over 15 Years

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The 56-year-old has been freed on bail and will go on trial later. Dijon. France: A man has been arrested in the prestigious French wine region of Burgundy after allegedly stealing 7,000 bottles worth around 500,000 euros ($550,000) from a string of employers, prosecutors said on Thursday. Local newspaper Journal de Saone-et-Loire, which first reported…

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Australian Teenager Suspended From School For Spraying Milk On Tourists In Viral Stunt

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The Victoria Police had also warned the teenager. A school in Australia has suspended a teenager who threw milk on a group of tourists enjoying boat rides in the Yarra River. The “prank” offended social media users after several videos surfaced online. The 16-year-old unnamed boy was suspended after a thorough investigation by the police…

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Major US Cities Sinking Faster Than You Think, Warns NASA

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NASA images reveal the extent to which the coast is collapsing. The US East Coast faces a double whammy from water, according to NASA. Rising sea levels are already a concern, but new research reveals the land itself is sinking, adding another layer of vulnerability to major cities like New York, Baltimore, and Norfolk. Using…

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ChatGPT Gives “Meaningless Words” For Hours, User Calls It “Haunted”

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ChatGPT was giving “peculiar” responses, developers using the tool said (Representational) San Francisco: ChatGPT spewed nonsensical answers to users’ queries for hours Tuesday into Wednesday before eventually returning to its senses. OpenAI, which makes the world-leading generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool, said a software tweak had “introduced a bug with how the model processes language”….

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Mauritius Grounds Flights As Tropical Storm Approaches Indian Ocean

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About a dozen storms occur each year in the southwest Indian Ocean during the November-April season. Port Louis, Mauritius: Mauritius grounded flights and shut schools as a strong tropical storm approached the Indian Ocean island on Thursday, the meteorological services said. Storm Eleanor was about 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of the nation at 4:00…

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Business Matters | What can India learn from countries like Vietnam to become an export giant?

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Like with the last episode of Business Matters, this one too was triggered by a headline I saw in an article: “India fears losing out to China in smartphone exports race”. This Reuters piece cited IT Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s letter dated January 3 to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman expressing fears that India’s high…

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Why Court Said No Case Against US Cop Who Killed Indian Student

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Jaahnavi Kandula wa a Master’s student in Seattle from Andhra Pradesh. New Delhi: Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old Indian student, was killed after being hit by a speeding police vehicle in the US state of Washington on January 23 last year. After a year of legal battles, court proceedings, statements from both the Indian and US…

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Brazil calls for reform of United Nations as it starts its G-20 presidency

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British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, right, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, center, and Angola’s Economic Cooperation Minister Jose Massano, left, attend the G-20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Brazil’s foreign minister called for reforms of the United Nations and other multilateral institutions Wednesday…

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