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Russian missiles blast Ukrainian military academy and hospital, killing more than 50, officials say

Associated Press POLTAVA, Ukraine (AP) — Two ballistic missiles blasted a military academy and nearby hospital Tuesday in Ukraine, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others, Ukrainian officials said, in one of the deadliest Russian strikes since the war began. The missiles tore into the heart of the Poltava Military Institute

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Dozens killed in Russian strike on military educational facility in central Ukraine

By Ivana Kottasová, Svitlana Vlasova and Kosta Gak, CNN (CNN) — A Russian strike against a military educational facility in central Ukraine killed 51 people and injured more than 200 others, according to Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office, in one of the deadliest single attacks since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. President

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Former Volkswagen boss Winterkorn goes on trial over diesel cars rigged to cheat on emissions tests

AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Former Volkswagen Group CEO Martin Winterkorn has gone on trial on charges of fraud and market manipulation. It comes nine years after U.S. environmental authorities discovered Volkswagen’s use of rigged software that caused vehicles to cheat on emissions tests. Courts have allowed the trial delay due to his

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Iran’s Supreme Court backs death penalty for Guard volunteer over 2022 protest killing, lawyer says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence imposed on a member of the all-volunteer wing of the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who stormed a house during 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini and killed a 60-year-old man. That’s according to an Iranian lawyer. The sentence for

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Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces

Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch data protection watchdog has issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros or $33.7 million over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billion of photos of faces. The Netherlands’ Data Protection Agency also warned Dutch companies

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El Ejército israelí dice haber matado al comandante de Hamas que dirigió la masacre de la ciudad fronteriza

Julia Hernández (CNN) — Israel declaró este martes que había matado al comandante de Hamas responsable de la matanza perpetrada en la ciudad fronteriza de Netiv HaAsara, en el sur de Israel, el 7 de octubre. Ahmed Fozi Nazer Muhammad Wadia murió cuando las Fuerzas Aéreas israelíes atacaron un complejo en el que operaba Hamas

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