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‘AI slop’ floods Middle East war, blurring truth and fiction
WASHINGTON, April 3 — “Is Netanyahu real or AI?” an internet headline blared, pointing to a video that supposedly showed the Israeli prime minister with six fingers. But the clip was real. Speculation spiralled online that Netanyahu might be dead or
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Nepal charges 32 over fake helicopter rescues in US$19.7m trekking insurance scam
KATHMANDU, April 2 — Nepal has charged 32 people over a multi-million-dollar insurance scam involving fake helicopter rescues of trekkers, police said today, a long-running racket that has cast a shadow over the country’s vital tourism industry. The Himalayan nation
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UK to host talks with 35 countries on reopening Strait of Hormuz without US
LONDON, April 2 — Britain will host talks today aimed at forming a coalition of countries to explore ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after US President Donald Trump said securing the vital waterway was a problem for other
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Indonesia issues fresh summons to Google, Meta after under‑16s ban flouted
JAKARTA, April 2 — Indonesia issued a second round of summons letters today to Google and Meta for allegedly flouting a days-old ban on social media access for under-16s. The Communication and Digital Ministry said it had “issued a second
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Myanmar lawmakers to elect president in bicameral vote tomorrow amid international scrutiny
NAYPYIDAW, April 2 — Myanmar’s parliament will hold a bicameral vote to elect a president tomorrow, house speaker Aung Lin Dwe said today, with the country’s former military chief and junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in the running for the
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Iran fires missiles at Israel after Trump vows ‘Stone Ages’ strikes
JERUSALEM, April 2 — Israel said it came under Iranian missile fire today after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the Islamic republic into the “Stone Ages” with heavy strikes in the next two to three weeks. In a
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Tsunami alert lifted following 7.4 quake off Indonesia, says warning centre
JAKARTA, April 2 — A tsunami alert following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia today has now been lifted, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. “Based on all available data… the tsunami threat from this earthquake has now passed,” the agency
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Trump tells wary public in prime‑time address Iran war goals nearly accomplished, vows US will ‘finish the job’
WASHINGTON, April 2 — US President Donald Trump told the nation in a televised speech last night that the US military had nearly completed the goals it had set out to accomplish in its war with Iran and that the
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Iranians vow to ‘resist until the end’ at Guards naval chief’s funeral
TEHRAN, April 2 — Thousands of Iranians gathered yesterday in Tehran for the funeral of the Revolutionary Guards’ naval commander, killed in an Israeli strike, with mourners vowing to fight to the end despite tough talk from Washington. The procession
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In speech, Trump says Iran is ‘really no longer a threat’
WASHINGTON, April 2 — President Donald Trump said in a nationally televised address last night that after 32 days of US military operations, Iran is “really no longer a threat.”
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