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Israel steps up attacks after Hamas shifts position on cease-fire
New York Times, Published on 07/05/2024
» JERUSALEM — Israel stepped up attacks Monday in the southern city of Rafah hours after Hamas said it would accept the terms of a cease-fire plan drawn from a proposal by Egyptian and Qatari mediators.
8 officers shot, 4 fatally, while serving warrant in US
New York Times, Published on 30/04/2024
» CHARLOTTE - Eight law officers were shot Monday, four fatally, as a United States Marshals fugitive task force tried to serve a warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, police said, in one of the deadliest days for law enforcement in recent years.
Google stops AI from creating human images
New York Times, Published on 29/02/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — Images showing people of colour in German military uniforms from World War II that were created with Google’s Gemini chatbot have amplified concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) could add to the internet's already vast pools of misinformation as the technology struggles with issues around race.
Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy
New York Times, Published on 27/02/2024
» WASHINGTON — An airman who had set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in protest of civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip died of his injuries Sunday night, a spokesperson for the United States Air Force, Rose M. Riley, said Monday.
So what do we call Twitter now anyway?
New York Times, Published on 03/08/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO: With a simple name change, Elon Musk has created confusion in social media.
N. Korea detains US soldier after unauthorised border crossing
New York Times, Published on 19/07/2023
» SEOUL: An American soldier who crossed into North Korea without authorisation Tuesday has been taken into custody by North Korean authorities, according to United States officials.
Binance halts trading in US dollars
New York Times, Published on 09/06/2023
» NEW YORK: The American branch of Binance, the giant cryptocurrency exchange, said late Thursday that it would no longer allow customers to trade on its platform using United States dollars, after its banking partners cut the firm off in response to a crackdown by federal regulators.
BBC Arabic Radio airs final broadcast after 85 years
New York Times, Published on 31/01/2023
» The BBC’s Arabic Radio aired its last broadcast Friday, ending 85 years of programming on the network’s first foreign-language service — one depended on by millions of listeners.
Welcome to Tumblr. Now go away.
New York Times, Published on 25/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Michele Catalano had mostly positive memories of Tumblr. When she joined the platform in 2009, two years after it started, it was a fledgling microblogging site with a friendly feel, she said, and a sense of community.
Panic, bribes, ditched cars and a dash on foot: Portraits of flight from Russia
New York Times, Published on 01/10/2022
» DARIALI, Georgia: They are bus drivers, programmers, photographers, bankers. They have driven for hours, bribed their way through many police checkpoints — spending a month’s wages in some cases — and then waited at the border, most of them for days, in a traffic jam that stretched for miles.