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Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza -

PARIS, Oct 03 (Agencies): Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 57 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, health officials said Thursday, as Hamas was still considering its response to US President Donald Trump's proposal for ending the nearly two-year war.The plan requires Hamas to return all 48 hostages - about...

UK on 'high alert' following synagogue terror attack

MANCHESTER, Oct 03 (AFP): Britain was on heightened alert Friday to ensure the Jewish community's safety following an attack outside a Manchester synagogue on a Jewish holiday that killed two people and seriously injured three.Police shot dead the attacker in Thursday's car ramming and stabbing spree in the northwest English...

Scores of Bollywood AI videos vanish from YouTube

NEW DELHI, Oct 03 (Reuters): Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views have been deleted from Google's YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge filed by a celebrity couple to protect their rights.Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and his wife...

AI tool helps researchers treat child epilepsy

TOKYO, Oct 03 (Arab News): An artificial intelligence tool that can detect tiny, hard-to-spot brain malformations in children with epilepsy could help patients access life-changing surgery quicker, Australian researchers said on Wednesday.It is the latest example of how AI, which can crunch vast amounts of data, is changing health care...

Church of England names Sarah Mullally as first female Archbishop

CANTERBURY, Oct 03 (Reuters): The Church of England named Sarah Mullally on Friday as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman to hold the 1,400-year-old office, prompting criticism from conservative Anglicans mainly based in Africa who oppose women bishops.Mullally, the 63-year-old former career nurse, will also become the ceremonial...

India, China to resume direct flights after 5 years

NEW DELHI, Oct 03 (AFP): India and China will resume direct flights between their two countries this month after a five-year suspension, officials said, with bookings opening on Friday.Direct flights between the world's two most populous countries were suspended during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and were not resumed as...

Frenchwoman who escaped Nazi massacre dies aged 100

BORDEAUX, Oct 03 (AFP): Camille Senon, a feminist and union activist who narrowly escaped the Nazi massacre in her French village of Oradour-sur-Glane died on Thursday aged 100, the mayor's office said.Senon was a young woman when the Third Reich's elite SS unit marched into Oradour on June 10, 1944,...

How 13-year-old Haikal survived Indonesia’s deadly boarding school collapse

East Java, Oct 03 (Al Jazeera): Dewi Ajeng was at home in Probolinggo – a city in Indonesia’s East Java – when she received a chilling message in the group chat of her son’s school in Sidoarjo, located some two hours away.Sidoarjo, East Java – Dewi Ajeng was at home...

Moroccans rally again day after protester deaths, PM urges 'dialogue'

RABAT, Oct 03 (AFP): Fresh demonstrations demanding reforms to the health and education sectors took place Thursday in Morocco for a sixth consecutive day, following the death of three people in clashes the night before.In Rabat, demonstrators carrying Moroccan flags demanded "health and not just stadiums", according to an AFP...

Russian strike kills 13,000 pigs in Ukraine

KYIV (Ukraine), Oct 03 (AFP): A Russian drone attack sparked a fire on a farm in Ukraine's northeast overnight, killing some 13,000 pigs, emergency services said on Friday.Animals have suffered along with people throughout the three-and-a-half-year war. Previous Russian strikes have hit stables and zoos."About 13,000 pigs died as a...