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Washington PostCongress and E.U. Diverge on AI Policy as Brussels Races to Reach Deal
Policymakers in Brussels remain locked in late-night negotiations Wednesday to reach a deal on the w...
December 7, 2023
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Washington PostSenate Republicans Block Procedural Vote for Ukraine Aid Package
Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked a procedural vote to advance a national security bill that i...
December 7, 2023
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Washington PostPrince George’s County Officer Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Handcuffed Man
Michael Owen Jr., the first Prince George's County police officer to be charged with murder for acti...
December 7, 2023
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ReutersJapan’s Nikkei Tracks Wall Street Lower; US Jobs in Focus (Update 1)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell sharply on Thursday following Wall Street declin...
December 7, 2023
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ReutersChina Starts Up World’s First Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor
BEIJING, Dec 6 (Reuters) - China has started commercial operations at a new generation nuclear react...
December 7, 2023
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ReutersTaylor Swift Named Time’s ‘Person of the Year,’ Capping Her Record-Breaking 2023
Dec 6 (Reuters) - After launching a record-shattering global tour and becoming the world's most-stre...
December 7, 2023
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Books & LiteratureAcclaimed Writer Shogo Imamura Opens Bookstore in Saga, Repaying Prefecture that Got Him Started
Award-winning novelist Shogo Imamura has opened a bookstore at JR Saga Station, as he tries to rever...
December 7, 2023
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Associated PressGoogle Launches Gemini, Upping the Stakes in the Global AI Race
Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an...
December 7, 2023
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ReutersUN Chief Rings Alarm Bell on Global Security Threat from Gaza War
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a rare move...
December 7, 2023
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ReutersAbbVie to Buy Drug Developer Cerevel for $8.7 Billion
Dec 6 (Reuters) - AbbVie ABBV.N said on Wednesday it would buy Cerevel Therapeutics CERE.O, a develo...
December 7, 2023
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Crime & CourtsProsecutors Request Death Sentence for KyoAni Arson Suspect Shinji Aoba; 2019 Attack in Kyoto Left 36 Dead, 32 Injured
KYOTO — At a trial for the deadly 2019 arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio held at the Kyot...
December 7, 2023
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ReutersSaudi Arabia Urges US Restraint as Houthis Attack Ships in Red Sea
RIYADH/DUBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has asked the United States to show restraint in respon...
December 7, 2023
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Associated PressFighting between Israel and Hamas Rages in Gaza’s Second-Largest City, Blocking Aid from Population
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants Wednesday in the center of the Gaza ...
December 7, 2023
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Associated PressUS Announces New Weapons Aid for Ukraine as Congress Is Stalled on More Funding
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending a $175 million package of military aid to Ukraine, including g...
December 7, 2023
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Associated PressA Narrowing Republican Presidential Field Is Debating Just Six Weeks before the Iowa Caucuses
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nikki Haley was targeted Wednesday from the opening moments of the fourth de...
December 7, 2023