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Trump and Putin set to meet in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump revealed Wednesday he expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saudi Arabia for Ukraine peace talks, in an extraordinary thaw in relations after a surprise phone call between the two leaders.
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US judge allows Trump's employee buyout program

In a setback to labor unions, a US district judge ruled that the Trump administration can continue to carry out a federal worker buyout program, part of the White House plan to overhaul the US federal government, Deutsche Welle reported.  
22 hours ago
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Scammers using AI to dupe the lonely looking for love

"This is a new tool in the toolkit of scammers," Meta global threat disruption policy director David Agranovich told journalists during a briefing.
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124 journalists killed, most by Israel, in deadliest year fo...

A total of 85 journalists died in the Israeli-Hamas war, "all at the hands of the Israeli military," the CPJ said, adding that 82 of them were Palestinians.
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Macron courts Modi in quest for geopolitical 'independence'

Macron took Modi for dinner in the picturesque southern town of Cassis on Tuesday, before Wednesday's visit to the Mediterranean coast and France's second-biggest city, Marseille.
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Trump fires USAID inspector general: reports

Paul Martin's dismissal came a day after his office issued a report critical of the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the agency, the Washington Post, CNN and others reported.
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Singapore sees rise in young drug abusers, ministry warns

The number of new drug abusers arrested in Singapore increased in 2024, with young offenders remaining a key concern, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in a report on Tuesday.
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Thousands of new files on JFK assassination: FBI

The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) has announced the discovery of thousands of records related to the assassination of John F Kennedy following searches undertaken to comply with an executive order by United States President Donald Trump, Al Jazeera reported.  
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Suicide bomber kills five outside bank in Afghanistan: polic...

Seven people were also wounded in the attack which targeted a queue of people waiting to collect their salaries from a bank in the city of Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province.
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World leaders fail to reach AI common ground at Paris summit

French President Macron said that there was a "need for rules" to govern artificial intelligence, in an apparent rebuff to US Vice President Vance who had criticised excessive regulation.
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