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• Google's 'secret weapon' in AI race against OpenAI is what has been giving nightmares to Nvidia

  12-12-2025 09:04 via article.wn.com
  Nvidia recently got so spooked by a report on Google that the company made a public post on X, formerly Twitter, to defend itself. As for the news: A report in Information claimed that one of Nvidia's biggest customers, Meta, is considering shifting part of its AI infrastructure to Google’s in-house chips, called TPUs or Tensor Processing Units. These TPUs are what analysts consider Google’s secret weapon in the artificial intelligence race against OpenAI. These are chips that have h
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Tusk says EU must choose between ‘money today or blood tomorrow’ as Brussels talks begin

  18-12-2025 09:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zelensky says Europe must show Russia that continuing its war is 'pointless'
  
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• Russia’s sabotage campaign seeks to overwhelm Europe

  18-12-2025 09:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The alleged Russian campaign seeks to undermine support for Kyiv, cause divisions, and expose security vulnerabilities
  
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• Lawyer slammed over 'council estate dinner' post

  18-12-2025 08:59 via article.wn.com
  A British lawyer is in hot water for throwing what she called a “council estate” themed dinner party and boastfully sharing the menu on social media. Sophie Murgatroyd has been branded “tone deaf” by other LinkedIn users after she shared details of a recent get-together she hosted for friends, Metro reported. “I love cooking for my friends... the theme of tonight’s meal was ‘council estate dinner’,” she said, listing...
  
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• China tells US to 'immediately' stop arming Taiwan

  18-12-2025 08:59 via article.wn.com
  China told the United States on Thursday to "immediately...
  
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• Trump vows economic boom, blames Biden in address to nation

  18-12-2025 08:58 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump promised Americans an economic boom in an address to the nation on Wednesday, while blaming Democratic predecessor Joe Biden for high prices that have hit the Republican's popularity. "Good evening, America. Eleven months ago, I inherited a mess, and I'm fixing it," the 79-year-old said in his live speech from the White House at...
  
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• Inter Miami extends Suarez contract

  18-12-2025 08:58 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Inter Miami has extended the contract of veteran Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for another season, the MLS club said on Wednesday....
  
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• 3 killed in drone attack in Russia's Rostov

  18-12-2025 08:58 via article.wn.com
  MOSCOW, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and nine others injured in a drone strike...
  
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• 2nd LD Writethru: 1 in cardiac arrest, 2 injured in S. Korea's subway construction site accident

  18-12-2025 08:58 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- One worker went into cardiac arrest and two others were injured on Thursday in South Korea's subway construction site accident, according to...
  
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• Tears At Levayos Of Youngest & Eldest Sydney Victims: 10-Year-Old & Ba’al Teshuva Holocaust Survivor

  18-12-2025 08:55 via article.wn.com
  Hundreds of people gathered on Thursday morning in...
  
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• Portraits of US Presidents at White House: Donald Trump adds plaques; mocks Biden, Obama

  18-12-2025 08:55 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump has installed bronze plaques underneath portraits of former presidents at the White House, using them to mock and make disputed claims about some of his predecessors, targeting the most recent ones including Joe Biden and Barack Obama.According to ABC News, the plaques, many of which the White House said were penned by Trump himself, form part of what the president has dubbed the “Presidential Walk of Fame”, a portrait gallery along the West Wing Colonnade.
  
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• PM Modi Interacts With Students In Muscat; Says, 'Indian Diaspora Example Of Co-Existence, Cooperation'

  18-12-2025 08:55 via article.wn.com
  PM Modi Interacts With Students In Muscat; Says, 'Indian Diaspora Example Of Co-Existence, Cooperation' ......
  
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• Japanese prosecutors seek life sentence for shooter of former PM Abe

  18-12-2025 08:55 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Japanese prosecutors demanded a life sentence for Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...
  
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• 1 in cardiac arrest, 2 injured in S. Korea's subway construction site accident

  18-12-2025 08:55 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- One worker went into cardiac arrest and two others were injured on Thursday in South Korea's subway construction site accident, according to Yonhap news agency. It was...
  
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• Indiana senator leads Congress to repeal OK for use of military force in Iraq

  18-12-2025 08:54 via article.wn.com
  "The 1991 and 2002 authorizations for use of military force are no longer necessary, and leaving them on the books carries risk of potential misuse," Sen. Todd Young said. ......
  
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• Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ calls Biden ‘Worst President,’ replaces portrait with Autopen

  18-12-2025 08:52 via article.wn.com
  The White House has installed new plaques beneath photos of former leaders on President Donald Trump’s “Presidential Walk of Fame” at the White House that sharply criticize his Democratic predecessors. The plaques are a striking addition because both Republicans and Democrats have traditionally viewed the historic building as a symbol of national unity. Trump, however, has not...
  
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• UK to transfer €2.8bn of Abramovich’s Chelsea cash to Ukraine fund, Starmer says

  18-12-2025 08:46 via article.wn.com
  LONDON — The UK has issued a licence allowing €2.8 billion from Roman Abramovich's sale of Chelsea Football Club to be transferred to humanitarian causes in Ukraine, warning the Russian oligarch ......
  
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• Trump announces 'warrior dividend' payments for troops

  18-12-2025 08:46 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has announced a $1,776 (£1,329) "warrior dividend" payment to 1.45m US servicemembers — paid for, in part, by his tariffs.In a televised address to the nation ......
  
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• New US strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific kills four as tensions with ...

  18-12-2025 08:46 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The US military said four people were killed after it attacked another boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.US Southern Command stated on social media that the vessel ......
  
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• Myanmar’s junta charges hundreds with breaking election law as voting date nears

  18-12-2025 08:46 via article.wn.com
  BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military government has charged more than 200 people with violating the Southeast Asian country’s voting law ahead of a general election at the end of the month, keeping up pressure ......
  
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• Heavy rains worsen conditions for displaced Gazans, UN warns

  18-12-2025 08:46 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM — Heavy rains over the past week have compounded the already dire living conditions of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, UN agencies say.Unicef spokesman ......
  
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• Ghislaine Maxwell asks court to vacate her 20-year prison sentence

  18-12-2025 08:46 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has asked a federal court to vacate or amend her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.Maxwell, a former British ......
  
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• French interior ministry targeted in massive cyberattack, minister confirms

  18-12-2025 08:46 via article.wn.com
  PARIS —France's Interior Ministry was targeted by a cyberattack several days ago that compromised email accounts and allowed hackers to access sensitive police files, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez ......
  
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• Mauritania Desert Firefighters

  18-12-2025 08:19 via article.wn.com
  Plants flower in the dry desert plains of the Sahel bloom in Mbera Refugee Camp, near Bassikounou, Hodh El Chargui Region, Mauritania, Saturday Nov. 8, 2025. ......
  
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• India accelerates free trade agreements to counter US tariffs and expand exports

  18-12-2025 08:19 via article.wn.com
  India is accelerating efforts to finalize several free trade agreements to counter U.S....
  
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• Europe Russia Sabotage

  18-12-2025 08:19 via article.wn.com
  FILE - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, visits the sabotaged rail line near Mika, Poland, Nov. 17, 2025. ......
  
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• Dominica Saving Iguanas

  18-12-2025 08:19 via article.wn.com
  This photo provided by the Anguilla National...
  
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• 167 released Afghan detainees return home from Pakistan

  18-12-2025 08:19 via article.wn.com
  KABUL, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- A total of 167 Afghan detainees released from Pakistani prisons over the past week have safely returned...
  
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• US approves largest ever weapons spending for Taiwan

  18-12-2025 08:18 via article.wn.com
  The United States has approved its largest ever weapons package for Taiwan which is under increasing military pressure from China. ......
  
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• No school should need armed security, but that's the backdrop to antisemitism review

  18-12-2025 08:18 via article.wn.com
  The focus will turn from the threats outside the gate to those some critics say are embedded within education from a lack of Holocaust education to the harassment of Jewish students at universities. ......
  
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