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Photos Show US and Chinese Aircraft Carriers in Pacific Waters

The U.S. military operates 11 aircraft carriers, while China, a major naval power, has three in service.
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Renaming Herzog Park would have been ‘shameful erasure’, Chief Rabbi says

Yoni Weider welcomed the expected withdrawal of a proposal at Dublin City Council to rename Herzog Park but said that questions needed to be asked about how the proposal came forward.
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Hugh Wallace, architect and TV presenter, dies aged 68

Mr Wallace has been a judge on RTÉ’s Home of the Year programme since it began in 2015, the only judge to appear in every series.
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Black Friday Spending Raises Eyebrows Over US Economy

While spending soared to almost $12 billion, per one estimate, the data shows a more complicated economic picture.
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Trump doubles down on calling Gov. Tim Walz ‘retarded’: ‘There’s something wrong with him’

President Trump doubled down just days after he hurled the insult at Gov. Tim Walz in a rage-filled social media rant about immigration.
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Rescue Dog Climbs Fence in Back Yard, Owner Forced To Prove It’s Not AI

“I get why—AI content is everywhere now, and even I’ve been fooled by realistic AI videos before,” Vanessa told Newsweek.
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Trump tells reporters he’ll release results of October MRI ‘if you want’

President Trump indicated late Sunday that he would allow the results of an MRI he underwent last month to be made public, adding that he didn’t know which part of his body was being imaged.
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Conservatives ahead of governing party in Honduras presidential vote, early results show

With votes from about 43% of polling places counted early Monday in Honduras’ presidential contest, preliminary and partial results showed two conservative challengers leading the race.
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Sri Lanka braced for more damage after torrential rain kills hundreds across Asia

Iran is meanwhile grappling with one of worst droughts on record and temperatures fall 10C below normal in US

More heavy rainfall is expected in Sri Lanka in the coming days, likely resulting in further damage across the country. It comes after torrential rainfall in south-east Asia, resulting in catastrophic flash flooding and landslides that have affected millions, resulting in the deaths of more than 300 people in Indonesia and 160 in Thailand, with hundreds more missing. Parts of North Sumatra, in Indonesia, were hit with rainfall totals of 800mm over four days, with other areas also experiencing heavy rainfall.

This extreme rainfall has been associated with a rare cluster of tropical cyclones affecting many parts of southern Asia. Cyclone Senyar, part of the cluster, hit Indonesia and Thailand. Cyclone Ditwah, also part of the same cluster, has resulted in extreme rainfall and severe flooding in Sri Lanka where death tolls neared 200 as of Sunday, with hundreds more missing.

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Labor rejects standalone AI legislation with plan that offers to help ‘unlock’ public and private data

Roadmap focuses on technology’s ‘economic benefits’ and says existing laws will cover the fast-growing new technology

The Albanese government has decided against legislation to manage artificial intelligence, with a new national roadmap emphasising Labor’s focus on the technology’s economic benefits and plans to “unlock” vast datasets held by private companies and the public service to help train AI models.

Supporting and reskilling workers affected by AI in their jobs, boosting investment in datacentres, and sharing the productivity benefits across the economy are key components of the Labor government’s National AI Plan, launched on Tuesday.

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