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ICC prosecutor drops charges against Darfur rebel leader

THE HAGUE: International Criminal Court prosecutors Tuesday recommended judges drop charges against a rebel leader in Sudan’s Darfur region over a deadly 2007 attack on African Union peacekeepers, saying there were “no longer substantial grounds” to prosecute him. Abdallah Banda had faced three counts of war crimes for his alleged role in an assault on the Haskanita military base in north Darfur, which claimed the lives of 12 AU peacekeepers.

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OpenAI’s first hardware device will be a speaker, Bloomberg News reports

OpenAI is planning to release a screenless ​speaker as its first hardware product, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The news comes just days ‌after Apple ‌sued OpenAI and ​two ‌former employees, ​alleging misappropriation of its trade secrets to benefit the ChatGPT owner’s foray into consumer hardware, a dramatic escalation of already simmering tension between the two companies. The ‌device ‌could open a ​new line ‌of revenue for IPO-bound OpenAI.

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Spain advances to World Cup final with 2-0 win over France

ARLINGTON, Texas: Mikel Oyarzabal scored from the penalty spot after a heady play by teenager Lamine Yamal, Pedro Porro added another goal and Spain advanced to its first World Cup final since winning in 2010 with a 2-0 victory over France on Tuesday. A day after his 19th birthday, Yamal was denied a goal on a close offside call that came soon after Porro’s give-and-go with Dani Olmo in the 58th minute had put Spain up 2-0. But it was Yamal’s smart play against a veteran defender that put Spain in the lead.

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Sudan risks deeper hunger crisis due to war, aid cuts and Hormuz disruption, says WFP 

GENEVA: Sudan risks sliding backwards into deeper hunger as conflict, aid funding cuts and rising agricultural costs driven by disruption linked to the Iran war threaten to reverse gains made after famine took hold in parts of the country, a senior World Food Programme official said on Tuesday. The war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, now in its fourth year, has displaced millions and devastated much of the country. Aid ‌agencies have ‌repeatedly warned of worsening food insecurity and limited humanitarian access.

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US to launch AI and cybersecurity coordination group, White House says

WASHINGTON: The US ​will formally bring together AI developers and essential services providers to share information on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by advanced AI systems and coordinate responses, according to a White House statement, fulfilling US President Donald Trump’s order from June.

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Fifty migrants feared lost in Mediterranean, 10 survive after boat capsizes,  security sources say

BENGHAZI: At least ‌50 migrants, including women and children, were feared lost at sea, while 10 survived, after their ​wooden boat capsized on Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Libya, two security sources told Reuters. The survivors were rescued near El-Bardaa Island, some 70 km (43 miles) west of Tobruk, which is near the ‌border with ‌Egypt.

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US judge blocks Trump administration’s visa limits for social media researchers

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing a policy that targets foreign nationals who study disinformation and hate speech on social media for visa denials and deportation. Chief US District Judge James Boasberg in Washington sided with the Coalition for Independent Technology Research in finding that the administration’s policy likely unlawfully burdens the speech of non-citizen researchers in the United States in violation of the US Constitution’s First ‌Amendment.

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UK right wing politician’s murder ‘targeted attack’: police

LONDON: UK police Tuesday said the murder of veteran right-wing politician Ann Widdecombe was a “targeted attack,” as a 28-year-old man remained under arrest on suspicion of “terrorism” and murder. “It is clear that this was a targeted attack,” head of Counter Terrorism Policing Laurence Taylor told reporters about the killing of the 78-year-old in her home last week, adding that officers were pursuing “multiple lines of inquiry.”

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US representatives held talks with Iran on Tuesday, Trump says

WASHINGHTON: President ​Donald Trump said ‌US representatives ‌held ​talks ‌with Iran ​on Tuesday. Trump made the ‌comments ‌in ​an ‌interview aired ‌on ‌Fox News’ “Special Report” show.

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Canadian PM Carney departs Saudi Arabia after visit

RIYADH: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney departed from Jeddah on Friday, after a two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia. On his visit to the Kingdom, the first by a Canadian prime minister in 26 years, Carney said that the two nations were well-placed to deepen mining and energy ties. Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman received the prime minister met at Al-Salam Palace where they witnessed the exchange of several memoranda of understanding.

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