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New Delhi's "America Plus" approach sees India deepening its ties with China and Russia, while also trying to keep BRICS from turning into an anti-Western platform.

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‘Don’t wait’: New Yorkers born on Sept. 11, 2001, have learned extra special life lessons

#Don #judge #New York #New York City

“I knew that the day was bigger than a birthday party, bigger than me," said Luke Judge, who was born Sept. 11, 2001, in New York City.

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GOP congressman picks up 20 union nods as labor holds key in election battle for NY swing seat

#Democrats #election #GOP #leader #union

Many unions lean toward Democrats, but union leaders backing Republican Rep. Mike Lawler said he's been pro-labor.

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Dolly Parton’s sister puts country stars on blast for not sending condolences after singer’s death

#blast #politics #Social Media

Stella Parton speculated during a "CBS Mornings" interview that politics may be at play, citing her "activism on social media."

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LAPD, LASD increase patrols as Jewish holidays begin

#Jewish #Los Angeles #Police #school

Los Angeles police and sheriff’s deputies are ramping up patrols around Jewish houses of worship, schools and cultural centers as the High Holy Days get underway. “The Los Angeles Police Department stands with our Jewish community as we enter the High Holy Days,” the agency said in a statement Wednesday. “We will have extra patrols...

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Acting Navy secretary admits Iran ‘blew the hell’ out of Bahrain logistics hub

#attack #Bahrain #Iran #logistics #Military #navy

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao confirmed this week that a major American military hub in Bahrain was badly damaged by Iranian attacks.

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nypost.com | 1 min. ago NEW

Iran-backed Houthis seize Yemen’s strategic port city — threatening second global shipping chokepoint

#Force #Houthi #Iran #Yemen

Iran-backed Houthi forces seized Yemen’s strategic port city of Mocha on Thursday and pushed toward positions overlooking the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

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foxnews.com | 1 min. ago NEW

I witnessed the horror of 9/11 firsthand. Here's what I learned about God, courage and life

#agent #attack #FBI #god #world trade

A 9/11 survivor who witnessed the World Trade Center attack from an adjacent building shares how that day led her to become an FBI special agent.

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kyivindependent.com | 1 min. ago NEW

Communications Manager

#Kyiv #Main #Ukraine

The Kyiv Independent, Ukraine’s main English-language publication, is looking for a Communications Manager.

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today.com | 2 min. ago NEW

Anthropic Says it Blocked Efforts to Use AI for Biological Weapons

#AI #Anthropic #biological weapons #Claude #government #research #weapon #weapons

AI company Anthropic says it uncovered multiple attempts by researchers linked to foreign governments to use Claude and other tools for work that could lead to deadly bioweapons. That research was detected and blocked by Anthropic but experts say this kind of example is just the tip of the iceberg. NBC’s Christine Romans reports for TODAY.

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nbcnews.com | 3 min. ago NEW

Emma Bonino, leader of abortion and divorce battles that changed Italy, dies at 78

#campaign #Italy #leader

Emma Bonino, who rose to political prominence as a leader of campaigns by the Radical Party that legalized abortion and divorce in the 1970s in heavily Roman Catholic Italy, against the objections of the Vatican, has died.

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businessinsider.com | 3 min. ago NEW

AI might take us all down, just not the way you think

#AI #humanity #research

There's a lot of debate about AI ending humanity. We asked senior AI researchers how likely that is and then quizzed AI on how it would take us down.

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businessinsider.com | 3 min. ago NEW

Vintage photos show what airport security was like before 9/11

#aftermath #airport #security

Flying used to be far more relaxed. In the aftermath of September 11, airport security transformed almost overnight.

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businessinsider.com | 3 min. ago NEW

Lovable's CEO weighed in on warnings that AI could wipe out humanity

#AI #control #humanity

Lovable CEO Anton Osika said AI companies should prove they can control powerful systems before pushing ahead with development.

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time.com | 4 min. ago NEW

25 Years After 9/11, Americans Must Remember What Binds Us

#President #victim #victims

The victims of 9/11 “represented the American experiment itself,” writes Joe Daniels, founding president and CEO of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

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thenextweb.com | 4 min. ago NEW

HelmGuard raises $7.3m to replace compliance paperwork with AI agents

#agent #agents #AI #AI agents #Executive #FinTech #frontline #fund #London #security #startup

London startup HelmGuard has raised $7.3m in seed funding. It uses AI agents to check how companies manage security and compliance. Infinity Ventures and Frontline co-led the round, the company said in its funding announcement on 9 September. FinTech Collective, Stage 2 Capital and Entrepreneurs First also invested. John Daley, the chief executive, and Jack […] This story continues at The Next Web

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thenextweb.com | 4 min. ago NEW

Burnham won’t pause UK data centres as a report says jobs are overstated

#Andy Burnham #Bloomberg #Jobs #moratorium #UK

“At this point, I won’t go as far as a moratorium,” Prime Minister Andy Burnham told the House of Commons on 9 September, when a Labour MP asked him to back a pause on new data centres. Jacob Reid reported the exchange for Bloomberg. On the same day, the think tank Verdant published a policy […] This story continues at The Next Web

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thenextweb.com | 4 min. ago NEW

Anthropic maps three AI economies, from a mild boost to mass job loss

#AI #Anthropic #job loss #Lin #Mass

Anthropic has built a model of how AI might reshape the US economy by 2030. Its most extreme case describes an economy roughly a third larger than it would otherwise be. That same case carries knowledge-work unemployment near 18 percent. The company published the model on 10 September as an interactive scenario explorer, based on […] This story continues at The Next Web

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thenextweb.com | 4 min. ago NEW

The UAE is splitting up its $30bn AI data centre after Iran named it as a target

#Abu Dhabi #AI #Arab #Gulf #Iran #target #UAE #United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates has gone back to the drawing board on the biggest AI construction project in the Gulf, according to an exclusive report by Reuters. The original idea was a single campus covering ten square miles of desert outside Abu Dhabi, roughly 26 square kilometres of computing in one place. What is being drawn […] This story continues at The Next Web

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thenextweb.com | 4 min. ago NEW

Florida sues Netflix, alleging it built its ad business on families’ data

#deal #Florida #General #Netflix #Page #Tiktok #YouTube

Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, has sued Netflix. He alleges that the company collected detailed data on subscribers and their children, then used it to build the advertising business it had said it would never run. The 66-page complaint was filed on 9 September in the circuit court for St. Johns County. “Netflix told Florida […] This story continues at The Next Web

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thenextweb.com | 4 min. ago NEW

Amazon lets its advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT in a pilot with OpenAI

#Amazon #campaign #ChatGPT #OpenAI

Amazon will let advertisers buy ads in ChatGPT through its own advertising platform. Amazon Ads announced the partnership with OpenAI in a blog post on 10 September. Select US advertisers are already testing it in a pilot. Advertisers who plan and run campaigns with Amazon Ads can now extend them to ChatGPT, the company said. […] This story continues at The Next Web

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marketwatch.com | 4 min. ago NEW

How Oracle shook off fears about AI spending, sending its stock higher

#AI #Oracle #stock

“Several of Oracle’s bear cases were addressed head on” in the latest earnings report, according to an analyst.

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abcnews.com | 5 min. ago NEW

WATCH: Last survivor rescued from rubble of WTC speaks out

#aftermath #attack #rubble

Genelle Guzman-McMillan and her daughter speak with ABC News’ Robin Roberts about what they experienced in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

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euromaidanpress.com | 6 min. ago NEW

“Sometimes I forget I don’t have a leg”: how two Ukrainian infantrymen returned to war behind screens

#Don #drone #Min #National Guard #soldiers #Ukrainian #war

Two Ukrainian soldiers who lost limbs to mines have returned to Khartiia, their National Guard unit, working the drone screens—instead of walking into positions on the ground.

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thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

What was the Sarkaria Commission report that shook Tamil Nadu politics?

#commission #history #politics

Why is the 1970s Sarkaria Commission back in news? We explain the history, allegations, and political impact of this report.

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thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

Border tensions in Arunachal, economic issues set to dominate Modi-Xi bilateral

#bilateral #border #Chinese #Indian #leader #Modi #Xi

Indian and Chinese leaders to meet for third time in three years since standoff, but no reset in ties yet

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thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

Trade curbs on Israeli settlements in West Bank unlikely to have much bite

#bank #Canada #France #illegal #Israeli settlements #restrictions #two-state solution #West Bank

As many as 12 countries, including the U.K., France, and Canada, have issued a joint statement on introducing new restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank; while it reinforces their commitment to the two-state solution, it appears largely symbolic and barely consequential

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thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

SNDP Yogam microfinance scam: Kerala HC records ‘extreme displeasure’ at delay by Home dept. in complying with orders

#Prosecution #sanction #scam #welfare

Court criticises Home dept. delay in forwarding the file on sanctioning prosecution in the SNDP Yogam microfinance scam to the Additional Chief Secretary, Backward Classes Welfare department

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thehindu.com | 24 min. ago NEW

Initiative to improve confidence of govt. school students launched in Perambalur

#government #launch #school #students #target

The six-month ‘Manathil Urudhi Vendum’ programme targets over 700 students of Classes IX to XII studying in three government schools; the structured sessions are to be conducted in batches

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theguardian.com | 24 min. ago NEW

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

#Apple #Congress #government #Ohio #Oregon #Politician #politicians #power #Ron Wyden #UK

Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relationsA bipartisan pair of American politicians is telling Britain’s most secretive court to stop hiding its handling of Apple’s legal fight against a government demand to break into its customers’ encrypted data, warning that Whitehall’s taste for secrecy is “needlessly” straining relations between the two allies.The letter, shared with the Guardian ahead of being sent to the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) on Friday, is signed by the Democratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and the Republican congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 25 min. ago NEW

Digested week: royal hairlines – Prince George’s hair has such brio as he starts at Eton

#AI #explosion #Floods #Gen Z #London #Norovirus #Social Media #UK #Van

Emma Brockes | Plus, your toilet flush can give you norovirus, AI doom-mongering and a drag Ann DroidIn a news cycle to make everyone older than gen Z feel ancient, we start the week anticipating the 25th anniversary of 9/11 at the end. Social media floods with poignant interviews and images from lower Manhattan that day, triggering memories for the rest of us of where, who and how young we were. Ridiculously, I was having my eyebrows done in Hendon, north London, and came out to find a white van pulled over at a crazy angle to the curb, doors flung open, radio cranked up, and people stopped in the street to listen. I remember looking over the city and wondering if I’d seen jets, or explosions. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 27 min. ago NEW

They drive toward tornadoes. We went with them to see how their work could save lives

#Iowa #research #shelter #Storm

Tornadoes kill hundreds each decade in the US. These researchers are investigating why some storms produce twisters – despite the fatal risksOn a narrow road in southern Iowa, my phone shrieked.Tornado warning. Take shelter now in a basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building. Continue reading...

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theguardian.com | 27 min. ago NEW

Sweden’s PM channels Trump saying he wants to ‘make Sweden great again’ ahead of election – Europe live

#asset #Brussels #commission #election #Europe #European Commission #Frozen assets #fund #Kyiv #NATO #PM #Poland #primary #Russia #strike #Sweden #Trump #Ukraine #Ulf Kristersson

Ulf Kristersson’s comments come ahead of the parliamentary election taking place this Sundayin BrusselsThe European Commission has said it is assessing whether Ukraine has a funding shortfall, amid renewed pressure to use Russia’s frozen assets to aid Kyiv.“That [frozen assets] is not a primary focus. We have worked extensively on this and now the focus is somewhere else.”“So we’ve got to carry out that work first. We need to establish the needs before we can potentially discuss ways of addressing it.” Continue reading...

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scmp.com | 29 min. ago NEW

Beijing can rewrite China’s property rules, but it can’t undo the damage

#Beijing #China #Chinese #credit #crisis #housing #long-term impact #transformation

Financial markets are notoriously prone to mistaking a fundamental institutional shift for a temporary liquidity crisis. The futurist Roy Amara is often credited with the observation that people tend to overestimate the short-term effect of a transformation while underestimating its long-term impact. China’s real-estate sector is furnishing a textbook case of an analogous dynamic. On August 28, Chinese housing authorities and financial regulators announced a package to overhaul the commercial...

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mirror.co.uk | 30 min. ago NEW

Families say government must fully implement findings of inquiry into killer nurse Lucy Letby

#crime #government #hospital #killer

The final report from the Thirlwall Inquiry, which examined how serial killer Letby was able to commit her crimes on a hospital neonatal unit, is set to be released next week

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mirror.co.uk | 30 min. ago NEW

Brit couple facing new criminal charge in Australia over 107kg ketamine seizure in Sydney

#arrested #Australia #charge

Demi McDaid, 23, and her partner, Jack Farrelly, 30, were arrested in Sydney at the end of June and now face a number of drug related charges

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ft.com | 33 min. ago NEW

Reader callout: What is the outlook for buy-to-let investors?

#buy-to-let #investor #Legislation

Tell us your experiences following the change in legislation

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ft.com | 33 min. ago NEW

Claude thinks I’m an investment dunce

#Claude #Don #investment

Fair enough, but I don’t need the chatbot’s patronising tone as well

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euronews.com | 34 min. ago NEW

European Commission pushes for all-English trade deals despite French opposition

#commission #deal #EU #European Commission #France #India #opposition #trade deal

France's umbrage at the anglophone-only presentation might complicate the ratification of the EU-India trade deal, even though it supports the deal itself and considers India a strategic partner.

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dailymail.com | 36 min. ago NEW

Moment Ryanair passengers scream as Boeing jet's wing clips runway during aborted landing in Ireland

#airport #Boeing #Dublin #Ireland #Ryanair

Dramatic footage shows passengers screaming as the Boeing 737 jolts and tips to one side while touching down at Dublin Airport.

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