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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System Fro...

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED...

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report **Meta Removes Facial Recognition Code from Smart Glasses Application** **[City, State] – [Date]** – Meta Platforms has reportedly removed code associated with facial recognition technology from the latest... read more »

The UK Is Betting on a Billion-Dollar AI...

The UK Is Betting on a Billion-Dollar AI Supercomputer to Kick Its Addictio...

The UK Is Betting on a Billion-Dollar AI Supercomputer to Kick Its Addiction to US Tech ## Britain Invests Heavily in National AI Computing Power to Foster Domestic Semiconductor Innovation **London, UK** – The United Kingdom is embarking on an ambitious, multi-billion-pound initiative to... read more »

Philippines earthquake live: At least 32...

Philippines earthquake live: At least 32 dead as cities rocked by powerful ...

Philippines earthquake live: At least 32 dead as cities rocked by powerful quake ## Devastating Quake Strikes Southern Philippines, Claims Dozens of Lives **DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES** – A powerful earthquake, estimated to be of magnitude 7.8, has struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern... read more »

Missing Brit toddler Cheryl Grimmer'...

Missing Brit toddler Cheryl Grimmer's brother 'just wants justice...

Missing Brit toddler Cheryl Grimmer's brother 'just wants justice for sister' after disappearing 56 years ago **Decades On, Family’s Quest for Justice Continues in Unsolved Disappearance** Fifty-six years after a three-year-old British girl vanished without a trace from a... read more »

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Eight killed, 24 missing after rainstorms, landslides hit China

Eight people were killed and 24 others went missing after rainstorms and landslides hit China’s southwestern Chongqing Municipality. More than 500 professional rescuers, including fire-fighters and... read more »

I will neither resign nor go on leave: Nawaz Shari...

Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he will neither resign nor go on leave, even as anti-government protesters led by Imran Khan and... read more »

Americans held by North Korea implore U.S. to send an e...

In a rare opportunity to speak with foreign media, the three Americans being detained by North Korea implored the United States to send someone to negotiate... read more »

23 people killed in Afghanistan crash

KABUL: An Afghan spokesman says 23 people were killed when a passenger van and a fuel tanker collided in western Afghanistan. Raouf Ahmadi, a spokesman for... read more »

Israel claims nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land near...

JERUSALEM: Israel laid claim on Sunday to nearly 1,000 acres of West Bank land in a Jewish settlement bloc near Bethlehem — a step that could herald... read more »

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

Attend Geneva-II conference: Arab League urges Syrian opposition

Cairo – Arab League foreign ministers meeting here have called on the Syrian opposition to attend the Geneva-II conference on restoring peace in the troubled country and form a delegation as... read more »

Syrian Army captures strategic town at approaches to Aleppo

Syrian Army captures strategic town at approaches ...

Beirut – Syria’s armed forces said on Friday they had captured a strategic northern town at the eastern gates of Aleppo, the former... read more »

Foreign powers must end rebel support: Bashar Al Assad

Foreign powers must end rebel support: Bashar Al Assad

The Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, has said he is open to peace talks but insisted that they would not go ahead unless foreign nations stopped supporting... read more »

Syria’s future must be determined by Syrians: Ass...

Syria's future must be determined by Syrians: Assad

Damascus – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that the future of Syria must be determined by the Syrian people only, noting that any... read more »

Syrian president grants general amnesty

Syrian president grants general amnesty

Damascus – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad granted a general amnesty, covering crimes committed before Oct 29, a media report said The new presidential... read more »

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Maldives presidential candidates want election Nov 2

Maldives presidential candidates want election Nov 2

Male – All three presidential candidates in the Maldives have agreed to hold presidential election a week early on Nov 2 to avoid a constitutional crisis, media reports said here Monday. The... read more »

12 dead in Bangladesh violence

12 dead in Bangladesh violence

Dhaka – Anxieties mounted across Bangladesh over deadly political violence which has left 12 people dead and hundreds injured since... read more »

Nepal poll panel to monitor election code of conduct

Nepal poll panel to monitor election code of conduct

Kathmandu – Nepal’s Election Commission has formed a high level committee to effectively monitor the election code of conduct, an official said... read more »

Pakistan supports Saudi Arabia rejection of UN seat

Pakistan supports Saudi Arabia rejection of UN seat

Islamabad – Pakistan has supported Saudi Arabia’s rejection of its non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, praising its call for reform, the... read more »

Pak court extends Musharraf’s custody in 2007 Lal...

Pak court extends Musharraf's custody in 2007 Lal Masjid case

Islamabad – A Pakistani court has extended the custody of former President retired General Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 Lal Masjid raid case, banning him... read more »

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