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US Treasury sanctions Iranian banker and exchange houses
The US Treasury on July 10 announced new Iran-related sanctions after Iran resumed attacks on international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The…
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Lionsgate launches global casting for live-action Naruto
Lionsgate and filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton have opened a worldwide casting search to find actors for Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura in a live-action…
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Study finds late Neanderthals were genetically healthy
A new analysis of DNA from 27 Neanderthals recovered in Belgium and France shows these late populations were more genetically healthy and connected…
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France activates Orsec extreme heat plan as wildfires spread
France activated an "Orsec extreme heat plan" for departments facing a severe heatwave, initially covering nine western departments on red alert and…
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EU to let Ukraine buy British weapons with €60 billion loan
After months of talks, the EU is close to an agreement with the UK that would let Ukraine use the €60 billion military portion of a €90 billion loan…
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China recovers orbital-class rocket booster
China on Friday recovered an orbital-class booster from a Long March 10B rocket for the first time, after a launch from the Hainan commercial space…
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Climate change drives deadlier wildfires across Europe
Wildfires across Europe have killed hundreds over the last decade, and a recent blaze in southern Spain killed at least 11 people, one of the…
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OpenAI launches GPT-5.6 family and consolidates desktop apps
OpenAI launched the GPT-5.6 family with three tiers — Sol (flagship), Terra (balanced) and Luna (lightweight) — plus two new reasoning modes, Max and…
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EU charges Meta over Instagram and Facebook features
The European Commission has charged Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagram with breaching the EU's Digital Services Act after a two-year probe…
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OpenAI and Google supplied AI services to Chinese tech affiliates
OpenAI and Alphabet's Google confirmed they supplied advanced artificial intelligence services to Singapore-based subsidiaries of Alibaba, Baidu and…
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Philippines marks anniversary of tribunal ruling against China
Philippine officials marked the anniversary of a July 12, 2016 arbitration ruling that invalidated China's expansive claims in the disputed South…
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Chinese geologists warn dam sits on active fault
Chinese state-backed researchers have reported that the Paizhen Fault runs through the site of the massive Yarlung Tsangpo hydropower project in…
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TCS reports widespread AI adoption and $2.6 billion AI revenues
Tata Consultancy Services reported strong AI adoption and first-quarter results showing $2.6 billion in AI revenue, overall revenue of ₹72,275 crore…
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Tencent in talks to buy Manus from Meta
Tencent is in talks to become Manus' largest shareholder as the Chinese gaming and internet company and Manus' original investors, including ZhenFund…
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Menon to fly to ISS aboard Soyuz MS-29
Prashanth Menon, a physician with frontline military, high-altitude rescue and SpaceX medical experience, is scheduled to travel to the International…
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Omar Yaghi leaves UC Berkeley to lead AI materials institute
Omar Yaghi, a Nobel Prize–winning chemist who shared last year's chemistry Nobel, has left his faculty post at the University of California, Berkeley…
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Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell and Jerome Flynn join Alien: Earth season 2
Three established actors—Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell and Jerome Flynn—have joined the cast of FX's Alien: Earth for its second season, Variety…
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U.N. reports thousands of civilian casualties in Ukraine war
A U.N. spokesperson said preliminary OHCHR figures show at least 16,402 civilians, including 802 children, killed and 48,428 injured, including 2,948…
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Lucas Museum offers free passes to 90037 residents
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open Sept. 22 in Exposition Park with a 300,000-square-foot, $1-billion facility that includes 11 acres of…
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Israel warns it can resume military strikes against Iran
Israel's defense minister warned the country is prepared to resume military strikes against Iran "with even greater force" as the army stands ready…
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NASA X-59 jet reaches supersonic speed
NASA's experimental X-59 research jet, built by Lockheed Martin, exceeded Mach 1 during a June 5 test flight, reaching about 713 mph at 43,400 feet…
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Newspapers ask court to sanction OpenAI over alleged lies
A coalition of newspapers led by the New York Times and New York Daily News asked a federal court in Manhattan to sanction OpenAI, accusing the…
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Bonnie Tyler dies after illness in Portugal
Bonnie Tyler, the singer best known for "Total Eclipse of the Heart," died in hospital in Portugal on the night of July 8, aged 75, her family and…
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States prepare antitrust suit to block Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery
State attorneys general are finalizing a multistate antitrust lawsuit to challenge Paramount’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, sources…
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