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UK government worried by the popularity of far-right Reform UK party
Nigel Farage, a British MP and the leader of the Reform UK party, attends the cocktail hour of the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City, USA, December 15, 2024. DAVID DEE DELGADO / REUTERS The mood was lighter than usual in the… Read Details ⇢
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Trump says Canadians ‘want’ to become the 51st US state. Is this even possible?
US President-elect Donald Trump has been repeatedly taunting counterpart Justin Trudeau about Canada becoming the ‘51st state’ of the US. He’s publicly referring to Trudeau as a “governor”, and claimed Canadians are keen. This comes amidst a tariff dispute and a political crisis in Canada, and whilst unlikely, it raises… Read Details ⇢
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10 things you should never tell an AI chatbot
This is a heartbreaking story out of Florida. Megan Garcia thought her 14-year-old son was spending all his time playing video games. She had no idea he was having abusive, in-depth and sexual conversations with a chatbot powered by the app Character AI. Sewell Setzer III stopped sleeping and his… Read Details ⇢
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US says it has 2,000 troops in Syria, not 900 as previously declared | Syria’s War News
Pentagon says the additional forces have been in Syria for ‘a while’, before fall of President Bashar al-Assad, though they were not publicly disclosed. After years of telling the public that the United States has about 900 troops in Syria, the Pentagon has revealed there are approximately 2,000 soldiers there… Read Details ⇢
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Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk abused to deploy dangerous malware, so be on your guard
Criminals are reaching out to victims, offering to help with a “problem” To fix the issue, they request AnyDesk access If they get it, they drop the DarkGate malware and steal sensitive data Cybercriminals are combining Microsoft Teams and AnyDesk to try and install a dangerous piece of malware on… Read Details ⇢
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Nicolas Sarkozy implicated or cited in five legal cases
Nicolas Sarkozy, at the Paris courthouse, February 14, 2024. BERTRAND GUAY/AFP On Wednesday, December 18, the Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court of appeals, upheld the sentence to which former president Nicolas Sarkozy had been condemned – a three-year jail term, two of which would be suspended and one that… Read Details ⇢
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United Arab Emirates’ pledges not to arm paramilitaries ‘are very thin’, campaigner says
The United Arab Emirates has promised the United States not to arm paramilitaries in Sudan’s brutal civil war, US lawmakers said Thursday. The assurance came as the US announced $200 million in new aid for Sudan, one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters where tens of thousands have died in… Read Details ⇢
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Celtics head coach admits he’d ‘rather watch something else’ as NBA ratings decline
Fewer people are watching the NBA than in previous years, including some of the sport’s top names. Ratings for NBA games on ABC, ESPN, TNT and NBA TV are down 25% through Saturday, according to Sports Media Watch, and there are many ideas floating about why. Three-pointer propensity and lack… Read Details ⇢
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Trump intervened to sink US debt ceiling bill. What happens next? | Donald Trump News
The United States Congress has until Friday at midnight to pass a bill raising the country’s borrowing limit, also known as the debt ceiling, without which large sections of the government could stop operating. A bill that would have extended the deadline until March 14, prepared by both Democrats and… Read Details ⇢