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Transportation Sec. Sean Duffy to ‘streamline’ FAA hiring process amid air traffic control shortage
Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday his plan to “supercharge” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s air traffic controllers after numerous fatal plane crashes over the last two months. The FAA will be “streamlining” its eight-step hiring process into a five-step process, with hopes it will accelerate the… Read Details ⇢
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Putin ‘hopeful’ as Russia and US press on with diplomatic reset | Politics News
Bilateral talks on embassy issues in Istanbul come as Trump positions himself as main broker in Ukraine peace deal. President Vladimir Putin has expressed “hope” over the prospect of Russia restoring relations with the United States as the two countries sent diplomats to Istanbul for talks on normalising the functioning… Read Details ⇢
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Your new favorite teacher might be this AI educator that never loses their patience
StudyFetch’s new Tutor Me is an interactive AI that can converse with students as it teaches Tutor Me builds its lessons from textbooks, notes, and assignments uploaded by the student The AI personalizes lectures and quizzes to the students and can track their progress AI can impart a lot of… Read Details ⇢
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In Austria, the formation of a fragile anti-far-right coalition takes shape
Austrian Social Democratic Party president Andreas Babler, Austrian People’s Party president Christian Stocker and liberal NEOS party president Beate Meinl-Reisinger present the coalition program to the Vienna parliament on February 27, 2025. ALEX HALADA / AFP Five months after the September 2024 parliamentary elections and “perhaps the most difficult negotiations… Read Details ⇢
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Paris’s La Défense business district reels from working-from-home trend
For many years, the La Défense business district on the edge of Paris was the beating heart of France’s corporate and financial sectors. La Défense emerged in the late 1960s as a modernist hub of skyscrapers and commercial infrastructure, with hundreds of thousands of people working there every day. But… Read Details ⇢
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Anti-Israel protest erupts outside Hochul press conference
A press conference for Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y., was suddenly shut down after a group of anti-Israel protesters disrupted the event. The governor planned a press event at the City University of New York (CUNY) on Thursday, but it was canceled due to a planned protest outside the governor’s event,… Read Details ⇢
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Nakba survivors see echoes of the past in Trump’s calls for Gaza expulsion | Gaza News
United States President Donald Trump set off alarm bells this month when, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House, he said the US would “take control” of the Gaza Strip and resettle Palestinians in other countries. Trump framed the expulsion of the Palestinian population from the… Read Details ⇢
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang teases Blackwell Ultra reveal, along with “the one click after that”
Nvidia CEO confirms Blackwell Ultra and Vera Rubin names Both set to be revealed at GTC 2025 in March 2025 Nvidia sees overall revenues grow 114% year-on-year as AI demand booms Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has teased that the company’s next flagship chip will be shown off within the next… Read Details ⇢
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Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 other prisoners to the US as officials meet with Trump team
This handout picture released by the Mexican Federal Preventive Police (PFP) shows members of the Federal Preventive Police guarding drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero (C) after an operation at the Puente Grande prison in Guadalajara, Jalisco, 450 km west of Mexico City, on January 29, 2005. HANDOUT / AFP Mexico… Read Details ⇢