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Zelensky presses US for greenlight

KYIV, Sept 01 (Reuters/AFP/BBC): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky increased pressure on the United States to let Kyiv strike military targets deep inside Russian territory after his representatives met senior US officials in Washington on Saturday.Washington has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but...

Palestinians kill 3 Israeli police in West Bank

JERUSALEM, Sept 01 (AP/AFP): Palestinian fighters killed three Israeli police officers on Sunday when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids in recent days.The attack took place along a road in the southern West Bank. The raids have mainly...

AI could help identify heart patients in danger

LONDON, Sept 01 (BBC): Artificial intelligence (AI) could help GPs identify patients most at risk of developing conditions that could lead to fatal heart problems.The University of Leeds has helped train an AI system called Optimise, that looked at health records of more than two million people. Researchers found that...

Venezuela sends hundreds to maximum security jails after election

CARACAS, Sept 01 (AFP): More than 700 people arrested during protests that erupted after Venezuela's disputed presidential election have been transferred to maximum security prisons, a human rights group said Saturday.The detainees, who had been held at police stations around the country, were transferred over the past week to two...

17 bodies found after Russian copter crash

MOSCOW, Sept 01 (AFP): Rescuers on Sunday said they had found 17 bodies after a helicopter crashed with 22 people aboard in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula in the far east.The helicopter went missing shortly after takeoff Saturday carrying 19 tourists and 3 crew, regional authorities said.Kamchatka is a picturesque, wild region...

Philippines detains over 160 people

MANILA, Sept 01 (AP): Philippine authorities raided a suspected illegal online gaming and cyberscam complex in a central province and took into custody more than 160 people - mostly Chinese and Indonesians - who were committing internet-based crimes, officials said Sunday.The raid on Saturday by more than 100 government agents,...

Trump signals support for recreational marijuana

WASHINGTON, Sept 01 (AFP): Donald Trump on Saturday signaled his backing for a ballot initiative that would legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida, where he resides."Whether people like it or not," the Republican presidential candidate said on his Truth Social platform, "this will happen."The decriminalization of marijuana is widely supported...