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Venezuela holds referendum over Essequibo land dispute with Guyana
Venezuelans began voting Sunday in a referendum that the government hopes will strengthen its century-old claim to the oil-rich Essequibo territory controlled by neighboring Guyana.- Five questions - The referendum Sunday covers five questions, including proposals for the creation of a Venezuelan province to be called "Guyana Essequibo," giving the inhabitants Venezuelan citizenship, as well as a call to reject the ICJ's jurisdiction.
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AstraZeneca, AI biologics firm Absci tie up on cancer drug - FT
The collaboration aims to harness Absci's AI technology for large-scale protein analysis to find a viable oncology therapy, a leading focus of AstraZeneca, the report said. It did not say what kind of cancer they plan to target.
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German tourist stabbed to death in Paris 'terror' attack
A person known to the French authorities as a radical Islamist with mental health troubles stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two people in central Paris on Saturday before being arrested, officials said.The attacker was known to authorities as a radical Islamist and was being treated for mental illness, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said at the scene by the River Seine,adding that the man had shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") before being arrested.
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Greasy Yet Adorable Mole Resurfaces After Hiding Out For 8 Decades
Guess who's back, back again? The De Winton's golden mole.
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Parents Who Killed Son They Adopted From China Are Sentenced
John and Katherine Snyder were sentenced in the death of 8-year-old Adam, one of five Chinese children the Ohio couple had adopted.
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Spaniard accused of helping N.Korea evade US sanctions arrested
Spanish police on Friday said they had arrested a man wanted by Washington for allegedly conspiring with cryptocurrency experts to help North Korea evade US sanctions over its nuclear programme.?US federal prosecutors last year charged Cao de Benos and a British businessman, Christopher Emms, of conspiring to violate and evade US sanctions.
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Argentina's Milei: From rabble-rouser to realist?
Libertarian Javier Milei stormed to election victory with wild promises of uprooting Argentina's political establishment and dramatically overhauling its ailing economy.?He has since made a political alliance with market-friendly ex-president Mauricio Macri, choosing the former leader's finance minister Luis Caputo Milei for the economy portfolio in his cabinet.
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Jan. 6 Defendant Who Fired Gun At Law Enforcement Sentenced To Prison
Nathan Pelham repeatedly shot at officers outside his Texas home despite initially agreeing to surrender after the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack, prosecutors said.
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Tantric yoga sect guru goes before France judge
The leader of a controversial tantric yoga sect went before a French judge on Friday, sources close to the case said, after he and others were arrested in a probe into alleged kidnapping, rape and people trafficking.The arrests follow a probe into the sect launched by Paris prosecutors in July, on suspicion of kidnapping, rape and people trafficking among others.
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George Santos Accused Of Stealing House Member’s Personal Credit Card Info
GOP Rep. Max Miller of Ohio made the allegation not long before Santos was expelled from Congress.
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Israel Knew About Hamas Attack Plan Way Earlier Than Was Thought: New York Times
The report indicates that Israeli commanders ignored long-ago warnings of the militants' plot.
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India's Adani Group plans $84 billion infra spend over next decade
MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's Adani Group plans to spend 7 trillion rupees ($84.00 billion) over the next decade on infrastructure projects, Chief Financial Officer Jugeshinder Singh said on Friday. "Our capex will go up to run and develop infrastructure," Singh said, without elaborating on the type of projects the company would undertake. The billionaire Gautam Adani-led group will also decide on divesting its stake in Adani Wilmar, its joint venture (JV) with Singapore's Wilmar International, in
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Fisker scales back production to divert cash for working capital
Shares of the EV maker, which has been struggling with a cash crunch, rose 7% in premarket. "Fisker has made a strategic decision to reduce December production to prioritize liquidity to unlock over $300 million of working capital," the company said. Fisker cut its production target for the year - at least a second time - to just over 10,000 units, compared with its earlier forecast of 13,000 to 17,000.
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India's Modi offers to host UN climate talks in 2028
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered Friday to host the UN's COP33 climate conference in 2028."From this platform today, I propose that India will host COP33 in 2028."
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New Zealand to ban cellphones in schools
Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Friday, as his fledgling government looks to turn around the country's plummeting literacy rates.?"We are going to ban phones across New Zealand in schools.
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Kissinger transformed Middle East, where turmoil reigns again
It was the original shuttle diplomacy.Kissinger, the titan of US diplomacy who died Wednesday at 100, left a deeply controversial legacy in much of the world but, at least inside the United States, he won wide praise for transforming Middle East politics.
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Former UK finance minister Alistair Darling dies aged 70: family
Alistair Darling, the UK finance minister when the 2008 financial crisis hit, has died at the age of 70 following a "short spell" in hospital, his family said on Thursday.Darling died "after a short spell in Western General Hospital under the wonderful care of the cancer team", it added.
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Red and blue America square off in clash of the governors
They are ambitious and relatively young leaders whose passionate views about running their large, powerful states offer contrasting ideals on how the deeply-polarized United States should be run.This guy is running a shadow campaign.
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Russia ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces were ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, as they vie to secure elusive territorial gains before the end of the year.Poland also reiterated support for Kyiv by announcing it was boycotting an international security meeting due Thursday over the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.?
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Breathless pope delegates reading as flu persists
Pope Francis presided over his weekly audience Wednesday despite the flu that caused him to abandon his attendance at UN climate talks in Dubai, but asked an aide to deliver his reading for him.Parolin said he himself would attend the first part of the UN talks, as he had all the COP meetings since Paris, while a Vatican team would remain the whole time.
