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Month: November 2023

Putin accuses the West of trying to ‘dismember and plunder’ Russia in a ranting speech

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as an existential battle against purported attempts by the West to destroy Russia, a ranting speech ahead of a presidential election campaign. Putin, who is the longest-serving Russian leader since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, is expected to soon declare his intention

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British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than 100 corpses

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years without being detected. David Fuller’s necrophilia was only discovered in 2020 after police used

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Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter horror: Bloodied, abandoned infants. Viewed millions of times online since the war began, these images are deepfakes created using artificial intelligence. If you look closely you can see clues:

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Verónica Abad, vicepresidenta de Ecuador, acepta designación del presidente para viajar a Tel Aviv como embajadora por la paz

urielblanco (CNN Español) — La vicepresidenta de Ecuador, Verónica Abad, aceptó la designación del presidente Daniel Noboa para ser colaboradora de la paz y viajar a Tel Aviv, pero pidió al presidente sentarse a conversar con ella pues acusó una campaña en su contra. El pronunciamiento de la vicepresidenta este martes surgió luego de que

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Ransomware attack prompts multistate hospital chain to divert some emergency room patients elsewhere

By JONATHAN MATTISE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A ransomware attack has prompted a health care chain with operations in six states to divert patients from at least some of its emergency rooms to other hospitals. Ardent Health Services said Monday it took its network offline after the Nov. 23 cyberattack

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