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How a credit lifeline for India’s farmers has turned into a debt trap | Debt News
Meerut, India – The last of the paint had begun to peel off Mohammad Mohsin’s house two years ago. The faded green, white and yellow paints on the walls still bore stains from last year’s monsoons. A narrow, 3-foot-tall (0.9 metres) passage only possible to enter by crouching, led from… Read Details ⇢
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OpenAI’s high-minded approach to AI-human relationships ignores reality
OpenAI’s Head of Model and Behavior Policy, Joanne Jang, has penned a blog post on X about human-AI relationships, offering some well-considered ideas about the subject and how OpenAI approaches the issues surrounding it. Essentially, as AI models get better at imitating life and engaging in conversation, people are starting… Read Details ⇢
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An 18-year-old became a contract killer after being recruited on Telegram
A young man, dressed in black tracksuit bottoms and a red Lacoste t-shirt, appeared frozen in terror on a camping chair, arms outstretched, head thrown back. The close-up video was recorded moments after a burst of gunfire at 1:10 pm on April 7 and shared on social media platform Snapchat.… Read Details ⇢
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Ocean warriors: The race to save seahorses, seagrass and flat oysters
As the UN Ocean Conference kicks off in Nice, we’re focusing on seagrass meadows: vital climate allies that are among the least protected ecosystems on Earth. They store more CO2 per hectare than land forests and are home to vulnerable species such as seahorses. Yet nearly 30 percent of these underwater… Read Details ⇢
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Florida A&M athletic director arrested for allegedly stealing more than $24,000
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida A&M’s athletic director has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $24,000 from her former employer. Angela Suggs turned herself in at the Leon County Jail on Monday and faces several charges, including felony grand theft and felony scheme to defraud.… Read Details ⇢
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Seized Gaza aid boat Madleen carrying Greta Thunberg taken to Israeli port | Israel-Palestine conflict News
A Gaza-bound aid boat illegally seized in international waters by Israeli forces has been towed into Ashdod Port, with the dozen international activists who were on board now facing detention and deportation. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which launched the ship to draw international attention to the looming famine in… Read Details ⇢
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I’ve covered EOFY sales for eight years – these are the 50+ tech deals I’d recommend right now
Refresh It’s time to jostle for the best EOFY deals in June! Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Australia’s EOFY 2025 sale. Most Aussie retailers will have discounts of some flavour or the other, and chances are they’ll be trying to outmatch each other in a bid to… Read Details ⇢
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‘It’s hard to part with these objects, but I’m glad they’ll be in a museum’
Muharrem Koç, director of the Association de solidarité avec les travailleurs turcs (an organization dedicated to solidarity with Turkish workers) for the past 31 years, displayed objects that are to be added to the institution’s collections in Strasbourg on May 12, 2025. GUILLAUME CHAUVIN/HANS LUCAS POUR M LE MAGAZINE DU… Read Details ⇢
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‘Netanyahu very cynically exploiting the situation: Israeli PM staying in power by sowing division’
Israeli left-wing opposition leader Yair Golan called for an immediate end to the Gaza war and said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government no longer represented most Israelis. This after former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered scathing criticism in Haaretz for Netanyahu and Israel’s ever-expanding war in Gaza. For in-depth… Read Details ⇢