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Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran deal
Trump's threat on Oman, which has been holding its own talks with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, comes as a 60-day window for peace negotiations expires.
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Russia and Ukraine trade more deadly strikes
Moscow says nine people have been killed in the past 24 hours, while Kyiv reports four deaths.
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Russia's prominent anti-war politician jailed for 11 years
Lev Schlosberg is found guilty of "discrediting" Russia's army - a verdict he condemns as punishment for his political position.
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Trump says US to reduce military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war
Trump cites his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader in deciding to downsize the exercises.
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Kushner hails 'very good' meeting with Netanyahu after Hamas talks on Gaza peace plan
Donald Trump's Middle East envoy and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is seeking to gain Israeli backing for the US-backed Gaza peace plan.
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Smotrich: Israel should target, kill Hamas leaders, not negotiate with them
Smotrich further asserted that Netanyahu's stated goals for Gaza were only "halfway there," with the missing half being full Israeli control of Gaza, including Israeli settlement there.
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Palestinian American reunites with family under siege in West Bank
Videos show the first moments Palestinian-American Loui Ridi arrived at his home in Qusra.
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Civilians paying price as Israeli military raises stakes in Lebanon: UNIFIL
UN peacekeeping force recorded an average of 137 projectiles fired daily in the region over the last two weeks.
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Trump says Iran will not make the deal he believes is necessary
Trump says Iran will not make the deal he believes is necessary
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Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, authorities say
Israel's military said it had struck "Hezbollah terror infrastructure" in response to what it described as earlier action against its soldiers.
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Qatar denies capturing three Iranian pilots after downing fighter jets
Iran claims they have been held since Qatar downed two fighter jets at the start of the US-Iran war.
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Iraq, Iran discuss drone attack on Kurdish PM's office
Iraq, Iran discuss drone attack on Kurdish PM's office Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi to discuss the drone strikes on the Kurdistan prime minister's office in Erbil. According to a...
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UAE, Omani leaders discuss regional, global affairs in Abu Dhabi
UAE, Omani leaders discuss regional, global affairs in Abu Dhabi The president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, hosted a meeting with Oman’s Sultan, Haitham bin Tariq, in Abu Dhabi to discuss “developments in regional and...
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Iran demands global tribunals after Ben-Gvir urges daily slaughter quota in Gaza
TEHRAN — The horrifying proposal to institutionalize the slaughter of Palestinians has ripped away any remaining diplomatic veneer shielding Israel.
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Yemeni-Saudi escalation: The core problem and key solution
TEHRAN – The Yemeni equation is based on escalation in response to escalation and pressure in response to pressure, to compel Saudi Arabia to fulfill the obligations of peace and end the aggression and blockade.
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Turkish, Iranian foreign ministers discuss talks on reopening Strait of Hormuz, ceasefire
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke Monday by phone with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, according to Turkish Foreign Ministry sources, Anadolu reports. The two discussed the latest developments in negotiations over reopening the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining the...
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Extremist Israeli minister says “30 to 40” Gazans should be killed every day
Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for stepped-up airstrikes on the Gaza Strip and for Israel to kill “30 to 40” Palestinians a day, while also renewing calls to resettle Israelis in the Palestinian enclave at the...
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Latest developments in US-Iran war
US President Donald Trump threatened on Monday to bomb Oman, as a 60-day deadline to end the war with Iran expired. Here are the latest developments in the Middle East conflict: - 'Positive' US-Iran talks - Trump's envoy and son-in-law...
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President Pezeshkian: Solidarity, hope and patience key to Iran's resilience against foreign threats
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has recalled powerful lessons from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War , saying that patience, solidarity and hope remain the foundations of the Islamic Republic’s unbreakable resilience in the face of escalating external pressures and...
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Iraq’s oil pipeline to Syria’s Baniyas to take four years to complete
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Sources told Reuters that the oil pipeline Iraq plans to construct to the Syrian port of Baniyas will take four years to complete at a cost of […] The post Iraq’s oil pipeline to Syria’s Baniyas to...
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Iran-US war latest: Trump casts doubt over peace deal as Tehran threatens ‘precise’ attack to break Hormuz blockade
Iran said it reached an agreement with Oman over a plan for ships to transit the Strait of Hormuz
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Netanyahu puts NYC mayor Mamdani alongside Iran’s Ayatollah on enemies poster
‘Don’t let them win’ read the campaign message, showing the New York mayor alongside Hezbollah and Iranian leaders
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U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.
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As Iran Truce Expires and Options Shrivel, Trump Lashes Out
President Trump took aim at Oman, a U.S. ally that has been mediating the talks, as efforts to end a war he started have faltered.
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Russian forces attack Odesa Oblast: fires break out, children among those injured – photos
Five people, including two children, were injured in Russian strikes on Odesa Oblast on the afternoon of 17 August.
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Two people killed in Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Two people were killed and one person was injured in Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 17 August.
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Greek-run tanker carrying Russian oil attacked in Black Sea -- Bloomberg
The Greek-operated oil tanker Skiros was attacked in the Black Sea after loading a Russian-origin cargo.
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Trump threatens Oman, Iran war in stalemate as 60-day talks window ends
The 60-day deadline for the U.S. and Iran to negotiate a peace deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is expiring, with no agreement in sight.
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Erdogan urges Trump to pursue talks with Iran, offers support
ANKARA, Aug 18 - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call to pursue talks with Iran to de-escalate tensions between the two countries, and offered Ankara's support for peace efforts, the Turkish presidency said...
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Tupac Shakur: What to know as long-awaited trial begins over rapper’s 1996 killing
Opening statements are set to begin in the trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who is charged with murder in the killing of rapper Tupac Shakur
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Trump’s South Korea move rattles foreign policy world
President Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea is being met with derision from Democrats and fears from other allies who are already worried over the president’s past willingness to toss aside longtime defense commitments. Trump said...
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Russia summons Japan ambassador over disputed Kuril Islands row after Putin visit
Moscow said on Monday it had summoned the Japanese ambassador after Tokyo condemned President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Russia’s far-eastern Kuril Islands, which are also claimed by Japan. Russian-Japanese relations have long been dogged by the contested islands, known...
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Trump Admin Halts Border Wall Construction Amid Concerns Over Big Bend
Border construction in Big Bend National Park was paused as environmental, legal and local concerns grow.
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Hayden Panettiere passes away: Hollywood pays tribute
Actress Hayden Panettiere, known for 'Heroes' and 'Nashville', has tragically passed away. She was found unresponsive in South Carolina and pronounced deceased at the scene. Investigations into her death are ongoing, with no foul play indicated at this time. Panettiere...
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Russia fires top economist after he compares Putin’s economy to 1917 revolution
The economist’s claims come as Ukraine has repeatedly attacked Russia’s oil refineries and largest retailer Wildberries this summer
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Jason Arday's family 'still coming to terms' with his death as vigil held
Jason Arday's family spoke of the "public cruelty" the academic faced before his death last week.
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Kushner Meets Netanyahu in Israel in Effort to Break Logjam Over Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has refused to pull back the country’s military until Hamas fully disarms. But the Trump administration is under pressure to show progress.
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Trump’s approval rating sinks to new low at 33 percent
New poll found a majority of US citizens concerned about the US war on Iran.
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Trump defends his move to cut back U.S.-South Korea military exercises
A day after attributing the decision to a good relationship with North Korea, President Donald Trump also tied the move to South Korea’s refusal to help with the Strait of Hormuz.
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Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump's chief of staff
Downing Street has declined to comment on the security breach, first reported by Politico.
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'We Became Unemployed In An Instant': Aspirants Who Cleared JSSC-CGL Oppose Exam Cancellation
One of the protesters said they had been appointed after a High Court division bench ruling and that the Supreme Court had also upheld the process.
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French PM heckled over wildfire response as blazes continue across Europe
The prime minister announced on Monday €12m worth of aid to French regions that had been worst affected by the fires.
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Russia: Prison for opposition leader over war criticism
Lev Shlosberg of the Yabloko party has been sentenced to over 11 years in a penal colony for criticizing the war in Ukraine. "A single person is imprisoned, yet fear seeps into the hearts of millions," he said in court.
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U.S. tourist killed by lightning strike on Italy's Mount Etna
An American man hiking up Italy's active Mount Etna volcano was killed by a lightning strike, apparently while walking in a closed off area.
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Thousands in Indonesia await aid after quake kills 68, overshadowing Independence Day
Thousands of people on Indonesia’s Flores Island are still waiting for aid after a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured more than 200 and damaged more than 1,300 homes
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Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo now deadliest in country’s history
At least 2,325 people have died from the virus, according to official data, with outbreak on track to be biggest in history The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history,...
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Hotel blaze, stampede kill 15 Hindu devotees in India
Victims were paying homage to Hindu deity Shiva during the holy month of Shravan.
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Nvidia to provide up to $105 billion backstop for OpenAI data center
Nvidia reached a deal on Monday to provide up to $105 billion to backstop a new OpenAI data center in Ohio, as Big Tech ramped up its debt-fueled AI splurge.
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Ebola outbreak in DR Congo becomes deadliest in country's history
The current outbreak is spreading five times faster than previous ones.
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Higgsfield raised $400mn at $5.4bn, four times its January valuation
Higgsfield has raised $400mn at a $5.4bn valuation. DST Global led the round. Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, and Liberty Global Tech Ventures all took part, alongside Tribe Capital, Smash Capital, Fifth Wall, Valor Capital, Mirae Asset Capital, and NTT DOCOMO...
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Stripe’s $7 Billion OpenRouter Deal Turns AI Spend Into a New Treasury Lever
The next corporate spender may not carry a company card, submit an expense report or even be a person. It may be software. Technology markets can create value at abstraction layers. Stripe could be making that growth bet across payments....
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France’s tax agency lost data on 678,000 people to a stolen login
The French tax agency says an attacker took data belonging to 678,000 individuals and businesses. The intrusions happened in June and July. The agency did not establish that anything had left its systems until the attacker said so in August....
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YouTube public view counts will likely get higher starting next week
The platform will start tracking views the same way across video formats.
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Google is buying Spirit Airlines' old data for $10 million to improve its AI
Google bid $10 million for Spirit Airlines' data, beating Mercor's bid. Tech companies are racing to grab as much AI training data as they can.
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Hacker claims 3.6 million Azure account records stolen from major companies
A threat actor is selling employee databases allegedly stolen from the Microsoft Azure infrastructure of multiple Fortune 500 companies after gaining access using compromised credentials. [...]
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Reddit is experimenting with video and audio versions of posts
The company wants users to be able to watch and listen to conversations.
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Sonos put speaker controls on your iPhone's lock screen (again)
Sonos released an app update that takes advantage of Apple's Live Activities system.
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GitHub outage disrupts developers worldwide in latest setback for Microsoft coding platform
GitHub was down for more than three hours Monday morning, breaking the website, code review tools, automated build systems and Copilot. It's the latest reliability problem for a platform whose capacity planning has been outrun by AI coding tools. Read...
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Amazon, which started off selling books, is destroying rare texts to train AI
Rare books are incredibly valuable for training LLMs, since these models have already trained on whatever's available online.
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Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project
Nvidia's investment in SoftBank's data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.
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Wispr raises $280M at $2B valuation as it looks beyond dictation
The funds will allow Wispr to increase its footprint as it ventures into new areas, such as meetings, with its newly released note-taker tool.
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Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+
OpenRouter's CEO recently described the startup as Stripe for AI.
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Anthropic CEO says AI backlash is ‘fundamentally a crisis of trust’
Dario Amodei is pushing back against the idea that he's been painting an overly pessimistic picture of AI.
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Anthropic shares more details about how Claude’s new watermarks will work
How will the watermarking actually work? Can it be hidden with editing? And how does this affect code?
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How kids feel about AI, in their own words
When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear. We expected some to tell us they were using it to cheat a little, the way Millennials and Gen Xers opened up...
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Scaling AI agents with trustworthy data
Business and technology leaders need no convincing that the time of agentic AI is here. Organizations are rapidly adopting agents, and few executives doubt the technology’s potential to transform work. But many organizations find that realizing the desired return on...
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These startups are chasing the next big thing in LLMs
MIT Technology Review’s What’s Next series looks across industries, trends, and technologies to give you a first look at the future. You can read the rest of them here. Way back in the summer of 2017, AI researchers at Google...
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Google Pixel 11 Discount: Eligible Buyers Could Save Up to $175
Google Play Points members may find Pixel 11 discounts worth more than $100. Here’s how to check your account and what to know before buying. The post Google Pixel 11 Discount: Eligible Buyers Could Save Up to $175 appeared first...
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Turn an Android Phone Into a Desktop PC: What Actually Works
Android phones can now power real desktop-style setups, but supported desktop modes and extreme hardware mods are very different beasts. The post Turn an Android Phone Into a Desktop PC: What Actually Works appeared first on TechRepublic .
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AMIE, our research medical AI system, demonstrates real-time clinical video consultation capabilities in a first-of-its-kind study.
AMIE promotional video
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Evolve your marketing with new AI tools
Advisor UI in Google Ads and Google Analytics
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OpenAI-backed Thrive Holdings raises $2B to bring AI to the enterprise
Thrive Holdings has raised $2 billion in new funding at a $12 billion valuation from investors like SoftBank, D1 Capital Partners, and Altimeter Capital.
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AI is revealing the hidden flaws in the labor market
Some of the first credible evidence of artificial intelligence ’s impact on the labor market has just been published and, at first glance, it appears to tell a concerning story for women. Researchers at Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab, analyzing...
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Gravis Robotics gets $200M from SoftBank to retrofit excavators with self-driving AI systems
Gravis Robotics AG said today it has bagged $200 million in funding from SoftBank Group Corp. in what is the largest-ever Series A round for a construction robotics startup. The startup was founded in 2022 after being spun out of...
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AI Safety Regulations in the U.S. Could Give Hackers an Edge
On 11 July, Hugging Face was subjected to an intense cyberattack from a then-unknown actor. The speed and coordination of the attack on the company that hosts and supports popular AI developer resources led Hugging Face’s security team to conclude...
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Agentic AI in the enterprise: How to balance autonomy with constraints
Enterprise teams are moving from chat-based assistants to systems that can take actions. I see the shift in how people describe the work. They ask for an assistant that can write code, file tickets, update CRM records, run a compliance...
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Google cuts Gemini 3.7 Flash prices as enterprise AI economics diverge and Pro cadence slows
Google has launched Gemini 3.7 Flash, with updates focused on coding, automation, and agent workflows, alongside lower pricing for production deployments. The release, just three weeks after Gemini 3.6 Flash, reflects what the company described as rapid iteration driven by...
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The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Data, Neolab, AI Infrastructure, Defense And AI Coding Lead
Databricks is back raising another $5 billion, after it raised that amount just eight months ago. The largest fundings this week also went to an AI neolab, data center and electricity storage, defense, coding and biotech. Let’s take a look.
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