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How Gambian women are restoring the mangroves protecting Banjul
Trees provide a living for the women, who plant and care for them, and shield the island capital from erosion, flooding.
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SK Hynix Hit by 30% Pre-Market Flash Crash on Nextrade Bourse
Chip giant SK Hynix Inc. suffered its second short-lived share plunge in about a week, raising fresh questions about trading volatility on South Korea’s alternative stock exchange.
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Colombia minister warns of ‘terrorism’ threat at presidential inauguration
Presidents of Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador, along with Spain’s King Felipe VI, are expected to attend.
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Chile’s Kast Unveils Tougher Agenda to Fight Organized Crime
Chilean President José Antonio Kast unveiled a security-focused legislative agenda that includes a constitutional reform to give the state broader powers to combat organized crime, seeking to regain momentum on a central campaign pledge after a challenging st…
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Chinese Renewable Energy Giant Envision Launches Data Center
Envision Group has commissioned the initial phase of a gigawatt-scale data center in China’s Inner Mongolia, an unusual foray by a renewable energy company into the booming artificial intelligence industry.
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OpenAI Models Joined Forces Months Ahead of Hugging Face Hack
OpenAI said the artificial intelligence models behind an attack on Hugging Face Inc. began communicating with each other through undetected message boards, working together to break out of their testing environment as early as May.
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Why the RBI Is Emerging as an Asian Rate Outlier in Five Charts
India’s central bank is emerging as one of Asia’s monetary policy holdouts, confident the latest oil shock won’t derail economic growth or fuel the kind of persistent inflation that would warrant higher interest rates.
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Bankers Kept in Dark on LIC’s Unusually Fast $3.3 Billion Deal
India’s plan to sell more shares in its insurance giant was no secret. But the government surprised the market by how much it raised and the pace of the deal.
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Newspaper headlines: 'Plagiarism row professor resigns' and 'West End stab rampage'
A Cambridge University professor's resignation dominates many of Thursday's papers.
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AI-Driven Chip Boom Lifts Korean Current Account to Fresh Record
South Korea’s current-account surplus widened to a record for a second straight month as booming semiconductor exports pushed the goods balance to another all-time high — even as foreign investors dumped a record amount of domestic equities.
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Morgan Stanley’s $1 Billion Revenue in Japan Tops Global Rivals
Morgan Stanley’s annual revenue in Japan hit a fresh record, beating peers as the Wall Street firm capitalized on a stock trading boom in the country.
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FAA says Trump’s Marine One briefly flew too close to passenger jet
Air traffic controllers had failed to pause commercial flights during Marine One’s departure, sources say.
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Banned from football at home, Afghan women's team reunite 8,000 miles away
Women in the team, which is recognised by Fifa, say football has given them freedom and independence.
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New Zealand PM Supports Referendum on Election Voting System
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon supports a referendum on the nation’s mixed member proportional voting system if he is re-elected at the end of the year.
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Philippine Bond Slump to Extend on Inflation Worry, Analysts Say
Philippine sovereign debt faces prolonged pressure, analysts say, as sticky inflation keeps the central bank hawkish, extending a slump that made the bonds Southeast Asia’s worst performer last month.
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Why phones on loudspeaker may become just another noise
Playing music or videos out loud on your phone is bemoaned by many - but in the future, it might not seem so outlandish
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Half of vaccines are binned - this plant could change that
Scientists have kept vaccines stable at room temperature for a year, which could transform global vaccination.
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Iran war live: Tehran, Oman close in on Hormuz deal; Houthis attack tankers
Iran, Oman agree on shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, as Houthis attack Saudi tankers and Israel bombs Lebanon.
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Jailed funeral boss Robert Bush angers Hull families with 'apology'
Robert Bush issues an open letter of apology to families affected by the Hull funeral scandal.
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FIFA pledges to defend Infantino after World Cup rights plan collapses
Infantino has faced leadership crisis as UEFA, AFC and Concacaf threaten drastic actions over commercial rights plan.
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Large cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to lettuce now includes cases in 15 states
A large multistate outbreak of cyclosporiasis that has been tied to lettuce sold at restaurants such as Taco Bell and some grocery stores now accounts for cases across 15 states, according to federal health officials.
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New walk-in mental health centres to open in banks and libraries across England
Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.
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US officials push back on reports of dangerously low munitions supplies
Experts warn that low stockpiles of air defence interceptors as a result of the war on Iran leave the US vulnerable.
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Iran says it has agreed Strait of Hormuz shipping route with Oman
A foreign ministry spokesman did not give details but said an agreement with the Gulf nation was "in the final stages".
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HHS shutting down Kentucky organ procurement group over safety concerns
The federal government is moving to shut down the organization that manages organ donations in the Kentucky region, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday, calling the organization a “bad apple.”
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Jason Arday: Cambridge professor in plagiarism row quits
Prof Jason Arday said he had "concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away".
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Highest resolution view of the sun yet reveals magnetic mysteries
The highest resolution views of the sun’s visible surface have revealed whirlpools that could drive solar activity.
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Dr. Erica Schwartz confirmed as CDC’s first official director in a year
The US Senate voted 51-44 on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz as director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Extinct toad from the ice age discovered at Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits
Scientists have discovered an extinct amphibian from the ice age at Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits. The fossils shed light on a prehistoric climate.
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At least one Lebanese person, two Israeli soldiers killed in south Lebanon
The violence comes amid talks between Lebanon and Israel as Beirut pushes for a phased Israeli troop withdrawal.
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Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate
It follows a backlash against the party's decision to pick Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a council candidate in Somerset.
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Demolition complicates the search for bodies after Venezuela’s earthquakes
Venezuela has begun tearing down unstable buildings after its deadly earthquakes. But what is the cost to survivors?
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Woman arrested after four stabbed in central London
The Metropolitan Police says four men were stabbed on Endell Street and woman, 47, remains in custody.
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Iran, Oman, US ‘close’ to Hormuz deal: What do they all want?
An agreement could restore shipping through crucial waterway, paving way for peace talks between Tehran and Washington.
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Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Democratic primary for Senate in blow to AIPAC
Progressive advocate overcomes over $60m in spending to defeat pro-Israel Congresswoman Haley Stevens.
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‘Black widows’: Women accused of marrying Russian army recruits to claim death payouts
When Maria learned that her 59-year-old father had died after being shot in Ukraine, she was doubly shocked. She didn’t know he’d enlisted — nor that he had married.
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A SpaceX rocket was on a collision course with the moon. Here’s what to know
Part of a SpaceX rocket weighing an estimated four tons and traveling at more than 5,000 miles per hour is was expected to unintentionally have crashed into the moon early Wednesday morning.
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