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Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are O...

Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start

Google DeepMind Unionization Talks Are Off to a Rocky Start ### Google DeepMind Faces Strained Labor Negotiations Amidst Employee Concerns **Mountain View, CA –** Initial discussions between Google DeepMind employees and company leadership regarding unionization have encountered significant... read more »

NASA sends spacecraft the size of a frid...

NASA sends spacecraft the size of a fridge to catch its falling Swift teles...

NASA sends spacecraft the size of a fridge to catch its falling Swift telescope in daring mission **NASA Embarks on Unprecedented Mission to Intercept Falling Observatory** In a groundbreaking maneuver designed to safeguard valuable scientific assets, NASA has initiated a mission of unparalleled... read more »

Huge wildfire rips through Costa Brava a...

Huge wildfire rips through Costa Brava as 12,000 people warned to 'sta...

Huge wildfire rips through Costa Brava as 12,000 people warned to 'stay indoors' **Devastating Wildfire Engulfs Costa Brava Region, Prompting Evacuation Warnings** A significant wildfire has erupted in the picturesque Costa Brava region, rapidly consuming approximately 750 hectares of... read more »

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Mum and toddler stranded in Spainafter 'quietly introduced' passp...

Mum and toddler stranded in Spainafter 'quietly introduced' passport rule stops them flying home to UK **Travel Disruption: Mother and Child Stranded Abroad Amidst Unforeseen Passport Regulation Change** A UK mother and her young daughter are facing an unexpected and distressing period of... read more »

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Slower growth, more poverty feared in Philippines after super-typhoon

Slower growth, more poverty feared in Philippines after super-typ...

MANILA – Due to the vast devastation and huge loss of lives wrought by super-typhoon Haiyan (locally named Yolanda) that slammed the Central Philippines a week ago, the country’ economic... read more »

Easing one-child policy no big deal: Chinese official

Easing one-child policy no big deal: Chinese offic...

Beijing – A senior official from China’s family planning authority said Saturday that easing the one-child policy will n! ot put much... read more »

Geneva II conference on Dec 12

'Syria committed to Iran's participation in Geneva II meet'

Damascus – The Geneva II conference on the Syrian crisis will take place Dec 12, Syria’s semi-official al- Watan newspaper said Saturday, quoting... read more »

US-Afghan security pact draft ready for Loya Jirga: Kar...

US hopes India will persuade 'friend' Karzai on troops stay post-2014

Afghan and U.S. negotiators have finished a draft of a contentious security pact to be presented to a traditional council next week, President Hamid Karzai... read more »

20 held for showing ballot slip in Maldives

20 held for showing ballot slip in Maldives

Male – More than 20 people were arrested Saturday in the Maldives for showing their ballot slips after casting their vote in the presidential run-off, a... read more »

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