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Amid the  escalation of tensions, Israeli forces launched widespread airstrikes across Lebanon on Monday, marking the most extensive attack since October 7, 2023. The strikes, which targeted Hezbollah positions, resulted in a significant loss of life and raised fears of a potential all-out war between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group.

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In the world of artificial intelligence, Ilya Sutskever, the former co-founder and chief scientist of OpenAI, has raised $1 billion for his new AI company, Safe Superintelligence (SSI). The funding round, which included investments from prominent venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, DST Global, and SV Angel, as well as NFDG, an investment partnership co-run by SSI executive Daniel Gross, underscores the continued interest in exceptional talent focused on foundational AI research.

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Meta, Spotify, and several other tech companies and industry bodies have launched a critique of the European Union's approach to data privacy and artificial intelligence (AI), accusing the bloc of creating a fragmented and inconsistent regulatory environment. The firms along with several researchers and industry bodies signed an open letter claiming that Europe was already becoming less competitive and risked
falling further behind in the age of AI. The signatories called for harmonized, consistent, quick and clear decisions" from data privacy regulators to "enable European data to be used in AI training for the benefit of Europeans. The letter takes issue with recent decisions under the 2018 general data protection regulation (GDPR).

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The central Ukrainian town of Poltava witnessed one of the deadliest single strikes since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war.Two Russian ballistic missiles targeted the Military Institute of Communications, resulting in a catastrophic loss of life and widespread destruction.

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While attending the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks   Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump set aside their political differences to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The two rivals, who had clashed on the debate stage just hours earlier, came together at Ground Zero in New York City to honor the victims and heroes of that fateful day.

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Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise and her American partner, self-styled shaman Durek Verrett are set to Wed as festivities begin. Hundreds of guests arrived in the town of Alesund, in western Norway, on Thursday for a “meet and greet” in a historic hotel.

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Russia is increasingly ramping up its influence in African nations like Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger through a mix of cultural, media, and military activities. This outreach is primarily driven by the ‘African Initiative’, a media organization founded in September 2023 after the collapse of the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization. These efforts include football matches, graffiti festivals featuring portraits of President Vladimir Putin, and media initiatives designed to spread pro-Kremlin narratives.

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In her first television interview since securing the Democratic nomination for the 2024 presidential race, Vice President Kamala Harris shared that she was spending time with her nieces when President Joe Biden called to inform her of his decision not to seek re-election. Harris, 59, alongside her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, recounted to CNN's Dana Bash that her family was visiting, and she had just finished breakfast and was about to start a puzzle when she received the call.