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Young people in China have a new alterna...

Young people in China have a new alternative to marriage and babies: AI pet...

Young people in China have a new alternative to marriage and babies: AI pets ## Digital Companionship: AI-Powered Pets Offer Solace Amidst Shifting Societal Norms in China **Beijing, China** – A novel form of companionship is emerging in China, offering a comforting presence to a growing... read more »

Epstein built ties to Russians and sough...

Epstein built ties to Russians and sought to meet Putin, files show

Epstein built ties to Russians and sought to meet Putin, files show ### Unsealed Documents Reveal Epstein’s Russian Connections and Pursuit of High-Level Meeting New details emerging from recently unsealed Justice Department documents suggest that the late financier Jeffrey Epstein cultivated... read more »

M23 rebels: UN sees progress in talks bu...

M23 rebels: UN sees progress in talks but warns violence persists

M23 rebels: UN sees progress in talks but warns violence persists ### UN Acknowledges Diplomatic Strides Amidst Lingering Eastern Congo Conflict **Kinshasa, DRC –** The United Nations has expressed cautious optimism regarding recent diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the persistent violence... read more »

Jeffrey Epstein's twisted 'tor...

Jeffrey Epstein's twisted 'torture video' as he asks shadowy...

Jeffrey Epstein's twisted 'torture video' as he asks shadowy contact 'are you ok?' Convicted paedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein took his secrets to his grave when he killed himself in jail. But thanks to a new tranch of documents, the true, horrifying nature of... read more »

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Why hurry in announcing poll dates, asks Bangladeshi daily

Why hurry in announcing poll dates, asks Bangladeshi daily

Dhaka – The Bangladesh poll schedule “cannot be said to have been properly thought through”, said a leading daily which observed that the announcement was made in “undue... read more »

End 'sharp words' over Ukraine, Putin tells EU leaders

End ‘sharp words’ over Ukraine, Putin ...

Kiev – Russia’s President on Tuesday called for European leaders to end their criticism over Ukraine’s decision to delay a key EU... read more »

US bombers defy China’s air-defence zone

US bombers defy China's air-defence zone

Washington – Two US B-52 bombers defied China’s new air-defence zone over the East China Sea, flying directly into the demarcated zone without... read more »

Philippines typhoon death toll soars to 5,500

Philippines typhoon death toll soars to 5,500

Manila – The de! ath toll from typhoon Haiyann in central Philippines soared to 5,500 by Wednesday with 1,757 missing and 26,136 injured, the state media... read more »

Iran ‘cautiously optimistic’ about future o...

Iran rejects Saudi Arabia, Qatar's call to join n-talks

Tehran – Iranian government said Tuesday that it was cautiously optimistic about future of the nuclear talks. “Ir! anians proved that the nuclear... read more »

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