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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into Meta and AI start-up Character.ai over concerns that their artificial intelligence chatbots are being marketed as therapists and mental health support tools
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Hamas has reportedly agreed to a new ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip involving the release of hostages, as Israel continues planning a large-scale military operation in the territory. According to sources
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A new study reveals that West Germany’s early postwar civil service relied heavily on former Nazi officials, raising questions about the foundations of the young democracy. According to research published in The
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Marius Borg Hoiby, 28, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been formally charged with raping four women and committing 28 additional offences, including property damage, issuing death threats, and secretly
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President Trump has offered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky security guarantees which Mr. Trump describes as “like Article V” of the NATO Treaty. Zelensky has apparently signed onto the Trump offer and potentially
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U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly interrupted a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders on Monday to call Russian President Vladimir Putin. The initial report came from Paul
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On August 13, 2025, a senior Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, Arun aka Varun aka Nilesh Madkam, a CPI-Maoist ‘area commander’ hailing from Ka Enta village under Konta Police Station limits in the Sukma District
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The US State Department’s latest Human Rights Report condemns Venezuela for serious abuses. Weaponizing human rights, accusations are selectively applied to serve a destabilization campaign. In this article, a mirror is held up to
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Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei continues to benefit from a fragmented opposition, with fewer than a third of voters able to identify a viable rival nearly two years into his presidency, according
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A New Zealand soldier with links to white supremacist groups has become the first person in the nation’s history to be convicted of espionage. The soldier, understood to be in his early
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Dubai police have arrested three men accused of orchestrating a sophisticated scheme to steal a rare pink diamond worth $25 million, in what officials described as one of the most audacious jewel
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