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Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write Caine Prize-winning story
Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has denied using artificial intelligence (AI) to write his short story, which won this year's Caine Prize for African Writing.His statement comes a week after he scooped the £10,000 ($13,000) award and a recent article...
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Russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says
A key energy facility supplying Kyiv with heating and electricity has been hit in a Russian ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.Darnytska CHP-4, or CHPP-4, and a residential building were hit in a strike the president...
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Pakistan has locked down Imran Khan’s stronghold – but it could backfire
But Pakistan has plenty to contend with. Militancy is rising. The country was ranked number one in the Global Terrorism Index 2026 as the country which had been affected most.The country is at loggerheads with two neighbours; it has...
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Paid companionship grows as loneliness rises in China
He gave an example of a young woman he once accompanied who felt ostracised at work. "She felt useless and wanted to prove something to herself," he said."We started climbing but it was a tough trek as the weather...
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Saudi employee charged with planting recording device at OpenAI office
A Saudi national has been charged with secretly planting a recording device in one of OpenAI's offices in California, federal prosecutors announced. Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked at the AI firm as an engineer, was charged federally with using or...
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Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer after undergoing surgery, Vatican says
Pope Leo XIV's surgery confirmed that he has lung cancer and he had the lower lobe of...
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Pope Leo’s lung nodule surgery was completed successfully, Vatican says
Update: The Vatican said Pope Leo was diagnosed with lung cancer during the surgery. Read the latest here. Our earlier coverage is below.Pope Leo XIV underwent a successful surgery Tuesday to remove a lung nodule,...
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Duane “Keffe D” Davis sentenced to 40 years for rapper Tupac Shakur’s murder
The key evidence in the case were Davis' own words, in which he repeatedly and publicly acknowledged being inside the white Cadillac from where the deadly shots were fired.In exchange for being shielded from criminal prosecution, he told authorities...
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Trump ousts Kimberly Guilfoyle as US ambassador to Greece after corruption allegations
President Donald Trump's administration has asked Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign from her position as US ambassador to Greece, White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has announced. Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host, had been facing mounting scrutiny after reports...
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Saudi coalition strikes fuel depot near Yemen’s capital
A correspondent for AFP news agency reported that queues formed at petrol stations in Sanaa on Tuesday afternoon following the coalition's warning of an impending operation against the al-Sabaha oil facility, with many residents worried about shortages. The Yemen...
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Pope Leo says he voted in U.S. election because he’s “proud to be an American”
Pope Leo XIV, who became the first sitting pontiff to vote in a U.S. election,...