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South Korea mourns 10th anniversary of ferry disaster
South Korea on Tuesday marked the 10th anniversary of the country's worst-ever maritime disaster, when hundreds of schoolchildren died after the overloaded Sewol ferry capsized and sank."South Korea had to change after the Sewol ferry disaster.
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China posts forecast-beating growth in first quarter
China's economy grew far more than expected in the first quarter of 2024, data showed Tuesday, even as it is buffeted by a property-sector crisis and flagging consumer activity.It reflects "the fundamental policy shift from a focus on (the) consumer market and service sector to... industrial growth", she added.
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Sydney church stabbing called 'terrorist' act, teen detained
Australian police on Tuesday said a brutal knife attack during a live-streamed church service was a religiously motivated "terrorist" act, as they urged calm from the angered local community.Webb said the attack was deemed an act of religiously motivated "extremism" that intimidated the public -- adding that the victims were "lucky to be alive".
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Baidu says AI chatbot 'Ernie Bot' has amassed 200 million users
HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's Baidu said on Tuesday its artificial intelligence chatbot “Ernie Bot” has garnered more than 200 million users as it seeks to remain China’s most popular ChatGPT-like chatbot amid increasingly fierce competition. Robin Li, CEO of the Chinese internet company, revealed the new milestone at a conference in Shenzhen on Tuesday. The chatbot was released to the public eight months ago.
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'Titanic' task of finding plundered African art in French museums
With tens of thousands of African artworks in French museums, curators face a huge task in trying to identify which of these were plundered during colonial rule in the 19th and 20th centuries and should be returned.During a visit to Burkina Faso in 2017, French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to return "African heritage to Africa" within five years, pushing other former colonial powers, including Belgium and Germany, to launch similar initiatives.
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Trump And His Allies Whine He’s Being Treated Like Every Other Defendant On Trial
The judge refused a request to appear at the U.S. Supreme Court next week and said it was too soon to decide if Trump could attend his son's graduation.
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Alexandre de Moraes: Brazil judge in feud with Elon Musk
With his stern gaze and shiny-bald head, Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes has emerged as one of the most powerful and polarizing people in Brazil by probing far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's alleged attacks on democracy.The immensely powerful judge, who also heads the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), is hated by the far right, which accuses him of censorship and abuse of office.
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