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Who Cares if AI Is ConsciousIts Basicall...

Who Cares if AI Is ConsciousIts Basically Alive

Who Cares if AI Is ConsciousIts Basically Alive ## The Emergent Mind: Beyond the Philosophical Debate on Artificial Consciousness The question of whether artificial intelligence can achieve genuine consciousness remains a central, often abstract, debate within philosophical and academic circles.... read more »

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HMRC's new 300 tax for vapers to be in force within days

HMRC's new 300 tax for vapers to be in force within days **New Vaping Tax Set to Take Effect, Raising Concerns Over Public Awareness** **London, UK** – A significant shift in the taxation of vaping products is imminent, with new regulations poised to be implemented within days. The proposed... read more »

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Recruits banned from leaving Russia with fears of mass draft after Ukraine ...

Recruits banned from leaving Russia with fears of mass draft after Ukraine death toll soars **Border Restrictions Tighten Amidst Unconfirmed Mobilization Rumors** **Moscow, Russia –** Reports indicate a significant increase in border control measures at Russia’s western frontiers, with... read more »

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Remarkable moment survivor is rescued from Nepal tunnel nine days after dea...

Remarkable moment survivor is rescued from Nepal tunnel nine days after deadly floods **Dramatic Rescue Emerges from Nepal Flood Disaster as Two Workers Freed from Submerged Tunnel** **KATHMANDU, NEPAL** – In a remarkable feat of resilience and a beacon of hope amidst widespread devastation, two... read more »

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Dangerous operation to remove fuel rods about to begin at Fukushima nuke plant

Dangerous operation to remove fuel rods about to begin at Fukushi...

London – Engineers are preparing to extract the first of more than 1,000 nuclear fuel rods from one of the wrecked reactor buildings at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power station. The fuel... read more »

Pakistan claims nuclear facilities safe from cyber, other threats for 40 years

Pakistan claims nuclear facilities safe from cyber...

Islamabad – Pakistan has given ‘highest importance’ to ensuring that the country’s nuclear programme is safe and secure, Ambassador... read more »

Tehran confirms India still part of Iran-Pak gas pipeli...

Pak admits Iran gas pipeline project cannot go ahead unless US sanctions issue resolved

Islamabad – India is still part of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline officially as the modalities between Iran and India for the supply of gas, including... read more »

Chinese foreign minister to attend trilateral meeting

Chinese foreign minister to attend trilateral meeting

Beijing – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend the 12th meeting of the foreign ministers of China, Russia and India and also the 11th Asia-Europe... read more »

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Inspectors say Syria chemical site abandoned

Chemical weapons inspectors say Syria has provided video and photographic evidence that shows a chemical weapons site near war-torn Aleppo has been dismantled... read more »

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