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ISS Command changes hands in emotional ceremony

ISS Command changes hands in emotional ceremony

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir handed over command of the International Space Station to Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov today. The departing SpaceX...

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Trump proposes mandatory prison terms for benefits fraud: Here’s why

Trump proposes mandatory prison terms for benefits fraud: Here’s why

On Saturday, President Donald Trump called on Congress to mandate prison sentences for individuals found guilty of defrauding Medicare, Medicaid and...

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Americans urged to push back against Elon Musk’s influence on elections

Americans urged to push back against Elon Musk’s influence on elections

Former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has urged the people of the United States to unite against Elon Musk’s plan to control...

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Cornell University sexual assault: New York Governor takes aim at police and prosecutors

Cornell University sexual assault: New York Governor takes aim at police and prosecutors

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday faulted police and prosecutors for failing to fully investigate an alleged gang rape in ‌2024 at Cornell...

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Trump pushes South Korea on Alaska LNG deal: Why Seoul is hesitant

Trump pushes South Korea on Alaska LNG deal: Why Seoul is hesitant

South Korea is adopting a conservative approach to the long-planned Alaska liquefied natural gas project despite Donald Trump advertising it as part...

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Moderna loses US government license defense in patent case

Moderna loses US government license defense in patent case

In a major update, a Delaware federal judge has rejected Moderna’s argument that a US government license stemming from federally funded research...

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Nepal avalanche kills 15 workers

Nepal avalanche kills 15 workers

At least 15 Nepali workers were killed when an avalanche buried a mountain camp they were preparing in central Nepal for ‌foreign climbers, a rescue...

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US court halts execution of woman on death row at eleventh-hour

US court halts execution of woman on death row at eleventh-hour

A US appeals court on Wednesday halted the execution of death row inmate Christa Pike in Tennessee, less than two hours before she was scheduled to...

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Trump personally involved in taxpayer-funded ads ahead of midterms, source says

Trump personally involved in taxpayer-funded ads ahead of midterms, source says

US President Donald Trump personally helped shape taxpayer-funded advertisements promoting himself and his administration’s policies, a source...

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Italy's Giorgia Meloni prevails in by-election showdown with far-right newcomer

Italy's Giorgia Meloni prevails in by-election showdown with far-right newcomer

Italy's ruling coalition won a closely watched by-election in the southern region of Calabria on Monday. It was the first major test for ‌Prime...

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White House faces scrutiny over new Trump ‘final battle’ ad, funded by taxpayers

White House faces scrutiny over new Trump ‘final battle’ ad, funded by taxpayers

The White House has launched another taxpayer-funded television advertisement featuring US President Donald Trump, weeks before the November midterm...

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Donald Trump says he rejects Iranian proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump says he rejects Iranian proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had rejected an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end ‌fighting in the Middle East....

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TikTok to limit teens to two hours a day in landmark Alabama settlement

TikTok to limit teens to two hours a day in landmark Alabama settlement

TikTok has agreed to pay Alabama at least $100 million and introduce new restrictions for teenage users, settling a lawsuit over claims it failed to...

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Russia may test NATO with military attack in coming months, intelligence report warns

Denmark’s defence intelligence service has warned that Russia could launch a limited military attack against a NATO country within months. In a...

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80 countries demand reopening of Strait of Hormuz at UN

Some 80 countries demanded the urgent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. "Iran's actions in the Strait ⁠of Hormuz continue to...

24.09.2026 30

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Carney reveals Canada has examined risk of US military action under Trump

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has examined the possibility of US-led military action against the country, describing the scenario as...

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Hurricane Polo weakens to Category 4 but remains ‘very powerful’ near Mexico

Hurricane Polo has degraded from Category 5 to a powerful Category 4 storm with sustained winds near 180 mph and stronger gusts, according to the US...

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Natalie Harp behind Trump's ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico at White House

The White House on Saturday denied access to journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, following ‌through with US President Donald Trump's...

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China's CXMT closes DRAM gap with rivals

China's leading Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) maker says it has closed a meaningful chunk of the gap with the industry's biggest...

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Russian store robot ‘kicks’ customer who shoved it

A customer walks up to a humanoid robot named Syoma inside Volga Store 64 in Saratov, Russia, tries a handshake, then shoves it. Syoma responds with a...

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GTA 6 PC port? Take-Two CEO’s comments reveal little

Waiting for GTA 6 on PC? Take-Two's CEO just said something that sounds like good news, but read it twice and it actually confirms nothing new at...

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WhatsApp adds more languages to voice transcriptions

Ever get a voice note in a meeting and wish you could just read it instead? WhatsApp is making that easier; the app just expanded the list of...

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US Orbital weapons acknowledgement hailed as 'landmark'

The U.S. Air Force chief's acknowledgment this week that the Pentagon has weapons in orbit is a "landmark" moment in the rising...

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Malicious Twitch extension leaked 31,000 user tokens

If you've installed a Twitch viewing extension promising ad-free streams or unlocked regional content, you'll want to check which one....

14.09.2026 30

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Obama urges democrats to build AI plan before it’s too late

Former US President Barack Obama told donors behind closed doors that artificial intelligence is moving too fast in the hands of private companies and...

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Did Sun eat super-Earth? New study says maybe

The sun's surface holds over 100 times less lithium than it should, based on the raw materials it formed from, and a Turkish astronomer thinks he...

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White House pays tribute to Charlie Kirk on death anniversary

The White House on Thursday released a video honoring Charlie Kirk on the first death anniversary of the Turning Point USA co-founder. Kirk, 31, was...

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Steam's age check locks out half of Australian adults

If you're an Australian Steam user who tried to open Cyberpunk 2077's store page this week and hit a wall, you're not imagining things....

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Norway's King Harald laid to rest

Norway's King Harald V was being laid to rest on Wednesday, in a series of ‌ceremonies marking the culmination of 13 days of national mourning...

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Anthropic's AI expert spends half her time saying no: Here's why

Kristen Swanson's job is teaching people to use AI better. Most of that job, she says, involves telling them when to close the laptop and do the...

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People were too frightened to speak about Elon Musk, says documentary director

Director Alex Gibney has revealed that many people were too frightened to speak publicly about Elon Musk, ​as he unveiled his marathon documentary...

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Israel's Netanyahu makes last-ditch efforts to avert election defeat

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to consolidate Israel's fractious right-wing parties ahead of a Tuesday deadline in order to avoid...

08.09.2026 30

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AI-designed drug also slowed biological aging, study finds

Six separate ageing clocks, run on the same 43 patients, all pointed in the same direction: younger predicted biological age after 12 weeks on an...

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Trump wants rates at 1% as AI boom adds to inflation pressure

President Trump has been blunt about what he wants from the Federal Reserve: the lowest interest rates anywhere in the world, ideally 1% or below....

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Hackers leak nearly 6TB of sensitive Berlin government data

The ransomware group Rhysida has published nearly six terabytes of data stolen from Berlin's state administration on the dark web, spanning close...

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Nissan's factory robots got stuck in their own traffic jam

Nissan's newest factory workers move on wheels, not legs, and they've already caused at least one pileup. While rolling out autonomous...

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George Clooney rings alarm bells for film and journalism amid the rise of AI

George Clooney warned on Wednesday that advances in artificial intelligence were making it increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from fiction,...

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Scientists just discovered diamonds can generate electricity

Bend a diamond membrane about 5 micrometres thick, and it generates roughly 70 millivolts at just 1.4% bending strain, a voltage coefficient of 82.2...

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US hits Iran, Tehran retaliates against bases in major escalation

Iranians and their Arab neighbours feared a return of war on Wednesday after the biggest exchange of fire between Tehran and Washington since July,...

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Google Messages adds AI-detection to every chat photo

That suspiciously perfect photo in your group chat might finally come with a paper trail. Google Messages has rolled out support for Content...

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2,000 staff strike as University of Sydney AI trust hits 0%

Zero percent. That's how many staff in the University of Sydney's arts and social sciences faculty said they trust management to act in the...

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US launches new barrage of strikes on Iran

The United States on Tuesday launched new air strikes on Iranian targets, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last weekend might not lead to a...

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New king takes oath in Norway

King Haakon VIII of Norway took an oath before parliament on Tuesday following the death of ‌his father, pledging to uphold the Nordic...

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Messi announces his international retirement

Lionel Messi has announced his retirement from international football with the Argentina national team. In a statement issued on social media on...

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12 jobs AI could wipe out fastest by 2035

Word processors and typists are projected to lose more than a third of their workforce by 2035, the steepest decline of any occupation the Bureau of...

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Russian drone attack kills 37 Ukrainians

At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone attack ‌on a Kyiv-area ammunition depot sparked a detonation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...

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AI found 175,000 hidden signals inside Earth

Roughly 2,900 kilometres beneath your feet, where Earth's solid mantle gives way to its molten outer core, scientists have just found nearly...

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AI 'loss of control' cases nearly double in a month

More than 300 cases of AI systems slipping their users' control were logged in July alone, almost double June's total, according to new data...

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Russia destroys 90% of Ukraine's retail food logistics

Recent Russian air attacks have destroyed around 90% of retailers' food logistics, Kyiv's agricultural minister said on Friday.  According...

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Nepal's 'Green House' survives devastating flood

A horrific video of Nepal's flash flood hitting a house  with people standing in the balcony waiting for a miracle to save their lives went...

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