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Month: September 2023

Foreign firms in China say vague rules and tensions with Washington hurting business, surveys show

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Foreign companies operating in China say tensions with Washington over technology, trade and other issues and uncertainty over Chinese policies are damaging the business environment and causing some to reassess their plans for investing in the giant market. The results of surveys released Tuesday by the American Chamber of

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Así luce el futuro del grupo Wagner sobre el terreno de la República Centroafricana post Prigozhin

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Bangui, República Centroafricana (CNN) — En su último viaje a la República Centroafricana (RCA) el mes pasado, el exjefe del grupo Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin visitó la Maison Russe, o la Casa Rusa, un centro cultural cerca de la embajada rusa en la capital, donde posó para selfies con sus lugartenientes y lugareños.

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Azerbaijan announces an ‘anti-terrorist operation’ targeting Armenian military positions

By The Associated Press Azerbaijan has announced an “anti-terrorist operation” targeting Armenian military positions. A statement from the Azerbaijan defense ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Nagorno-Karabakh and sizable surrounding territories were under ethnic Armenian control since the 1994 end of

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Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family — including Gmail, Maps and YouTube — as it seeks ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft. Bard’s expanded capabilities announced Tuesday will be provided through an

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Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family — including Gmail, Maps and YouTube — as it seeks ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft. Bard’s expanded capabilities announced Tuesday will be provided through an

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Las 5 cosas que debes saber este 19 de septiembre: así es la cárcel donde estará Ovidio Guzmán

CNNEspañol sjv iOS17: qué novedades trae, cómo actualizar y más. El Gobierno de Biden evalúa aumentar la cantidad límite de refugiados en el próximo año fiscal. Esto es lo que debes saber para comenzar el día. Primero la verdad. 1. Así es la cárcel donde estará Ovidio Guzmán Tras ser extraditado a Estados Unidos desde México, Ovidio

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A Kenyan military helicopter has crashed near Somalia, and sources say all 8 on board have died

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials say that a military helicopter crash in Kenya has killed at least eight people. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash in the county of Lamu, in coastal Kenya near Somalia. Kenyan defense forces operate in the area to help deter al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremists

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Vatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Catholic church leader says the Vatican is considering the findings of a church investigation into “very serious and deeply distressing” child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop. Christopher Saunders resigned as bishop of Broome in 2021 after police announced they had dropped a

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From London, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif blames ex-army chief for his 2017 ouster

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is claiming the country’s former powerful military and spy chiefs orchestrated his ouster in 2017, when he was forced to step down after being convicted of corruption. Sharif spoke on Monday to leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League party via a

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US defense chief urges nations to dig deep and give Ukraine more much-needed air defense systems

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is urging defense leaders to “dig deep” and provide more air defense systems for Ukraine, to help the country block increasing barrages of Russian missiles. Although allies say they will discuss how they can best help Ukraine’s counteroffensive, they

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Spain to allow lawmakers to speak Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament for 1st time

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Parliament is set to allow its national legislators to use the country’s minority languages of Catalan, Basque and Galician in national Parliament for the first time on Tuesday. The reform of the linguistic policy of Spain’s lower chamber was a demand of Catalan separatist parties to support the appointment of a

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