Death toll from India’s bridge collapse rises to 132
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STOCK PHOTO | Image by jorono from Pixabay AHMEDABAD — The death toll from a bridge collapse in Gujarat in India rose…
Thunberg says COP27 is just an opportunity for ‘greenwashing and lying’
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REUTERS/YVES HERMAN LONDON — Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday called out next month’s United Nations climate summit in Egypt for being…
Macau reimposes tough COVID curbs with casino lockdown as cases rise
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Brenden Brain/CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia Commons HONG KONG — Macau authorities reinstated tough coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) curbs including locking down a major…
Microsoft includes Filipino in reading literacy tool
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Microsoft Corp. has included the Filipino language in an artificial intelligence–powered tool that tracks the reading fluency of students. “Inclusive skills development…
Elon Musk says Twitter will revise how it verifies users
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REUTERS Twitter will revise its user verification process, Elon Musk said in a tweet on Sunday, just days after he took over one of the world’s most influential…
South Korea vows probe into deadly Halloween crush
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SEOUL – South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Monday promised a thorough investigation into the Halloween crush over the weekend that killed more than 150 people in the capital…
How Halloween parties turned deadly in Seoul’s popular Itaewon district
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SEOUL, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Young people flocking to Seoul’s popular Itaewon district on Saturday for the first virtually unrestricted Halloween festivities in three years instead found themselves caught up in…
US plans to deploy B-52 bombers to Australia’s north-ABC report
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SYDNEY – The United States is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to an air base in northern Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) reported on Monday,…
U.N., Turkey, Ukraine press ahead with Black Sea grain deal despite Russian pullout
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REUTERS KYIV/NEW YORK – The United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine pressed ahead to implement a Black Sea grain deal and agreed on a transit plan for Monday for 16 vessels to move forward, despite Russia’s withdrawal from…
Marcos to inspect storm damage as death toll hits 98
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Image via Philippine Coast Guard President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., is set on Monday to fly over flood-submerged districts to inspect the…