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Lebanon files complaint against Israel at UN over deadly pager explosions

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A Lebanese government minister says his country is filing a complaint against Israel at the U.N.’s labor organization over the string of deadly attacks involving exploding pagers, saying workers were among those killed and injured
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South Korea fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting information on Facebook users

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South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta 21.6 billion won for illegally collecting Facebook users’ sensitive personal information, including data about their political views and sexual orientation, and sharing it with thousands of advertisers for ...
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You may have blocked someone on X but now they can see your public posts anyway

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Elon Musk’s X has been modified so that accounts you’ve blocked on the social media platform can still see your public posts
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Many retailers offer 'returnless refunds.' Just don't expect them to talk much about it

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It’s one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them keep unwanted items too
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Volcanic eruption burns houses in Indonesia, killing at least 10 people

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Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency says that at least ten people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores
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In Cyprus, officials from Algeria to Iraq train to keep WMD from crossing their borders

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A small facility in Cyprus is hosting senior government officials from as far as Algeria, Iraq and Georgia for training by top U.S. experts to prevent the kinds of materials used to build weapons of mass destruction from crossing their borders
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China space station crew returns to Earth after 6 months in space

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Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space station
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Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted 13 years after Fukushima disaster is shut down again

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A Japanese nuclear reactor that restarted last week for the first time in more than 13 years after it survived a massive earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant has been shut down again due to an equipment problem
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The Taurid meteor showers peak a week apart in November

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Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies β€” and will peak a week apart
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Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

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Conservationists and a Native American advocacy group are suing to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources
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A TV as big as a bed? With the holidays approaching, stores stock more supersize sets

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For some television viewers, size apparently does matter
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Nvidia replaces Intel on the Dow index in AI-driven shift for semiconductor industry

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Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as Nvidia cornered the market for chips that run artificial intelligence systems
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A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor

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A remote-controlled robot has safely returned with a tiny piece of melted fuel it collected from inside one of three damaged reactors at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time since the 2011 meltdown
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As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

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The English village of Abbots Langley has become a flashpoint in a British battle over data centers
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Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions

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Japan is planning an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka to make up for a shortage of truck drivers
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House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to clarify remarks he made at a New York campaign rally where he suggested that Republicans may try to repeal legislation that has spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips
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Lyft pays $2.1 million to settle case alleging the ride-hailing service deceived drivers

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Lyft is paying $2.1 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-hailing service of exaggerating how much money drivers could make while the company was trying to recover from a steep downturn in demand during the pandemic
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MrBeast probe ends with some employees fired but finds no proof of sexual misconduct allegations

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Online video production company MrBeast says it has fired somewhere between 5 to 10 employees following an investigation into the YouTube empire’s workplace culture
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New Jersey man pleads guilty in smuggling scheme intended to aid Russia's war effort

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A New Jersey man who was among seven people charged with smuggling electronic components to aid Russia’s war effort has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges
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