California Lottery Player Wins $1.73 Billion Powerball Jackpot
Before this, a lucky man had won the record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot in November 2022 in California.
Day: October 12, 2023
Cash-strapped Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline abruptly suspends operations, stranding passengers
Malaysian budget carrier MyAirline has abruptly suspended operations, citing financial pressures less than 11 months after it took to the skies.
Sources: the US Department of Commerce is considering new export controls for general-purpose AI programs, a move that experts say could weaken US AI innovation (Karen Hao/The Atlantic)
Karen Hao / The Atlantic:
Sources: the US Department of Commerce is considering new export controls for general-purpose AI programs, a move that experts say could weaken US AI innovation — Washington and Beijing have been locked in …
White House clarifies Biden’s ‘beheaded babies’ claim
The White House backtracked after President Joe Biden claimed to have seen “confirmed pictures” of Palestinian fighters “beheading children”
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‘Released all restraints’: What would a ground invasion of Gaza look like?
Previous incursions have caused thousands of civilian casualties. This time could be worse, Richard Hall writes
Sic Permission Slip on data brokers that use your data
Permission Slip, an iPhone and Android app developed by Consumer Reports, helps users ask companies and data brokers to stop sharing their personal data and/or delete it. The Permission Slip app (Source: Consumer Reports) US consumer data privacy laws …
Australian minister credits improved relations with China for the release of a detained journalist
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong is crediting improved relations with China for the return home this week of an Australian journalist whose three-year detention in China had strained ties.
Palestinian President Abbas to meet Blinken on Friday
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Food Shortage, Blackouts Paralyse Gaza As Israel Targets Hamas
Civilians in the Gaza Strip, a densely populated enclave of 2.3 million people, have been living in fear since Israel launched air strikes five days ago in retaliation to a rocket barrage by Hamas.
Cheng Lei: Australia’s foreign minister reveals the promise she made to jailed journalist’s children
The day after Cheng arrived back in Australia after three years’ detention in China, Penny Wong says she had vowed to ‘do everything I could to bring her home’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emai…