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All news for 2024-07-30

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Two men die after helicopter crashes into building near Irish village
Police say crash happened at about 3.30pm on farmland near Killucan, County Westmeath
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Haiti prime minister escapes unharmed after shots fired by gangs
Haiti’s prime minister escaped unharmed Monday after gangs opened fire near a hospital he was visiting, a government source told AFP, as the troubled nation seeks to restore stability after months of gang related violence.
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AI startups trade independence for Big Tech’s deep pockets
It’s the case of the vanishing startup: some of Silicon Valley’s most promising names in the fast-developing generative AI space are being gobbled up by or tied to the hip of US tech giants.
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UK Labour govt launches ’urgent’ housebuilding plan
Britain’s new Labour government on Tuesday unveiled its plans to tackle the UK’s chronic housing shortage, a crisis that affects many European countries.
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King Charles’ €500K lobster dinner strains French presidency’s budget
A state dinner with the U.K.’s king cost the French nearly €500,000.
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New blood: How the Kremlin’s aggressive ambitions are garnering Ukraine more allies worldwide
At the outset of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv found it difficult to seek military assistance from third countries.
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Reuters: OnlyFans’ porn juggernaut fueled by a deception
Many top porn stars on OnlyFans hire ‘chatters’ to impersonate them online and entice subscribers into splurging on explicit content.
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Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary sentenced to at least 28 years for directing a terrorist propaganda organization
Police in Britain, the US and Canada ran separate investigations as they became concerned that Anjem Choudary was seeking to recruit a new generation of followers.
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’Number of casualties’ after helicopter crashes into building in Ireland
The Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit said it had deployed a team of inspectors to the site of the single-engine helicopter crash.
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Microsoft outage: Azure and 365 services go down hitting Minecraft and Xbox Live
Microsoft has said it is investigating outages of some Office applications and cloud services with thousands or reports of people experiencing technical problems today