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Woman, 78, arrested after robbing bank in third attempt
A 78-year-old woman has been arrested and charged with theft after police caught her fleeing from a Missouri bank with cash scattered on her car’s floorboard last week Wednesday. Gooch allegedly walk…
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Kuwait news outlet launched own AI presenter Fedha
A Kuwaiti media outlet says it has created a virtual news presenter using artificial intelligence (AI). “Fedha” made her debut on the Twitter account of Kuwait News, an affiliate of the Kuwait Times.…
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Bank worker shoots to death 5 colleagues, injure several others while livestreaming on social media
A 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle shot dead five colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace in Louisville on Monday while livestreaming the attack on social media, police …
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Patients hang on tipping point as thousands of UK doctors strike
Junior doctors in Britain began a four-day strike over pay on Tuesday that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the state-funded National Health Service (NHS), prompting the government to w…
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Kenyan govt says won’t default on debt payment, salaries delay due to cash crunch
Kenya will not default on its debt repayment obligations, the president’s chief economic adviser said, as the government delayed payment of civil service salaries due to a cash squeeze caused by mass…
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Justice Isa tells parliamentarians to criticise him if he doesnt defend constitution
Justice Qazi Faez Isa has said that he is a “defender” of the Constitution and that if he failed to defend the charter, people have a right to critique him. Addressing a special session at the Nation…
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Philippines tells China sites for U.S. military pact not for ‘offensive action’
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr assured China on Monday that military bases accessible to the United States would not be used in any offensive action, stressing the arrangement with Washingt…
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Russian says China has every right to conduct drill around Taiwan, France cannot mediate in Ukraine
The Kremlin said on Monday that China had every right to respond to what it called repeated “provocations” against it and carry out military exercises around Taiwan. Beijing on Monday carried out the…
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Russia looks to reform air defence reform in bid to tackle Finland’s NATO alliance
Russia plans to overhaul its air defence forces after gaining new experience in the war in Ukraine and will also bolster its air defences to counter Finland’s accession to the NATO military alliance,…
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Gunmen storm Nigeria’s Zamfara state, kidnap 80, including children
Gunmen abducted at least 80 people, mostly women and children, in Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a hotspot for kidnappings for ransom by armed gangs targeting remote villages, residents said on Saturday. G…