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After days of heavy rain and flash flooding in New England, Hurricane Lee is up next

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Days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and a tornado in New England could be a prelude to something more dangerous lurking offshore — Hurricane Lee. As the Category 1 system swirled southwest of Bermuda, Maine Gov. Janet Mills declared a state of emergency on Thursday, and the state was under its…

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Saudi Arabia Executes Two Soldiers For “Military Treason”

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According to the report, the two were executed in the western city of Taif. (Representational) Riyadh: Saudi Arabia executed two soldiers, including a pilot, on Thursday after they were convicted of “military treason”, the defence ministry said, without providing further detail on the charges. The defence ministry, quoted by the state news agency SPA, named…

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Ukraine Orders Civilian Evacuation In Russia-Controlled Kherson Region

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Ukraine urged its people to leave Kherson follwoing Russian offensive in the city. Kyiv: Ukrainian officials Thursday ordered the evacuation of civilians from the southern Kherson region, partly controlled by Russian forces and regularly hit by shelling. “The Regional Defence Counsel of Kherson decided to compulsorily evacuate families with children from areas subject to constant…

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Indian-Origin Singapore Man Jailed For Obtaining Colleagues’ Salary Info

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Another 14 charges of a similar nature were considered for his sentencing. (Representational) Singapore: A 35-year-old Indian origin officer with Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower was jailed for five weeks on Thursday for having asked an ex-colleague from DBS Bank to access the salary information of his colleagues, according to a media report. Dinath Silvamany Muthaliyar,…

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AI Models Struggle To Distinguish Nonsense, Natural Language: Study

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The researchers highlighted that all the models made mistakes. (Representational) Paris, France: The AI models that power chatbots and other applications still have difficulty distinguishing between nonsense and natural language, according to a study released on Thursday. The researchers at Columbia University in the United States said their work revealed the limitations of current AI…

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US Alleges Google Got Rich Because People Stick With Default Search Engines

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Google illegally took steps to protect communications about the payments, said US. (Representational) Washington, United States: The Justice Department pressed its argument on Thursday that Google sought to strike agreements with mobile carriers to win powerful default positions on smartphones to dominate search in an antitrust trial that could change the future of the internet….

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Maldives frontrunner eyes closer ties with China

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Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People’s National Congress, casts his vote at a polling station during the Maldives presidential election day in Male, Maldives, on September 09, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Maldives stands at a geopolitical crossroads ahead of its presidential runoff vote with the frontrunner, a former construction…

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Suu Kyi party says Myanmar junta depriving her of medical care

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A protester holds a poster with an image of detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a candlelight vigil to honour those who have died during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon on March 13, 2021. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s junta is endangering the life of jailed democracy figurehead Aung San Suu…

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