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(SeaPRwire) -By: Ethan Gallagher The core problem with AI data centers right now is not compute. It’s heat. GPU clusters are running hotter and hungrier, and traditional air cooling is hitting a hard wall. GCDT says they...
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Three injured in attacks on Najran and Jazan airports: Saudi aviation authority
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Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni arrives in Doha at the official invitation of Qatar’s Minister of Interior and Commander of the Internal Security Forces (Lekhwiya), Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al…
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This year's edition features an all-new premium stage line-up with 90 per cent new voices, headlined by Mo Gawdat and Stephen M R Covey, alongside the Future Workplace Awards
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The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the Makkah Defence Alliance and would be carried out under the national laws of the three countries
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Israel prepared to shoot down FlyDubai plane after cockpit attack: CBS
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The budget carrier is stepping up services from Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Kochi, Kozhikode and Hyderabad on some of the corridor’s busiest routes
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She said she 'gave everything' to Indian women's cricket and would continue to remain committed to the team despite stepping down as captain
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The World Bank said Tuesday that if the Middle East conflict subsides by the end of this year, regional growth excluding Iran is projected to rebound to 7.8% in 2027. In a report titled “From Divide to Opportunity: AI, Jobs, and Growth,” the Bank said that regional output is projected to contract by 2.1% on average in 2026, after expanding 3.3% in 2025.
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In rare access to Taiz, the BBC World Service speaks to children, teachers and families affected by the war.
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Pentagon confirms execution order for Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 in Fort Hood shooting in 2009.
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Move would improve access to formal employment and financial services
Culture
New programme to equip graduates from diverse backgrounds with strategic and creative problem-solving skills
Politics
At a campaign rally in Nebraska, US President Donald Trump joked about letting Iran bomb Los Angeles and San Diego.
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US and several allies say Iran committed 'terrorist actions' The US and nine other countries across the Americas in a joint statement condemned what they called Iran's "terrorist actions". The joint statement was released by the US and endorsed by Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Trinidad and Tobago. "On 5 October, the undersigned nations, condemn the terrorist actions and other malign influence operations in our hemisphere by Iran and i…
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Coco Gauff was targeted online after stopping play during a crucial point in the first set against China’s Sun Xinran.
Culture
For decades, the bestselling British novelist travelled world to meet the people who read his books – and found an enthusiastic audience in the Emirates
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ASEAN ministers to discuss energy security amid energy crunch caused by the war on Iran.
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Three years into Israel’s genocide, families of Palestinians who vanished during the war remain caught between hope, grief and the absence of answers
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JERUSALEM, Oct 6 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump’s year-old plan to end the Gaza war has stalled, with Israel mounting near daily attacks and occupying around two-thirds of the shattered enclave where Palestinians face dire conditions.The initial phase resulted in a ceasefire on October 10, 2025 and secured the release of the last remaining hostages seized in Hamas’ 2023 attacks on Israel, along with freedom for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel.
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Israel’s military has been placed on high alert ahead of the first anniversary of the October 7 attack, with the defence minister warning of a ‘heavy price’ for any harm to Israeli forces, citing intelligence on potential Hamas terror operations.
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Oil gains as traders weigh Gulf tensions against strong Mideast exports
Politics
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite "competitive sleepers" vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organized by a mattress company. The Tokyo competition, dubbed "Matt Race", saw dozens of participants fitted with sleep tracking devices sprawl on comfy mattresses to slumber for up to 90 minutes Monday, competing for the top prize of over two million yen ($14,000).
Politics
Parti Quebecois has won the provincial election, but fallen short of a majority. Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he will seek another referendum on independence, but not while US President Donald Trump is in office.
Sports
Batter strikes brilliant ton in Cricket World Cup League Two to edge further ahead of Virat Kohli, while UAE players face scheduling clash after latest defeat
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By Kate Holton and Steve HollandLONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Monday that a threat linked to Iran had prompted the removal of American B-1 bombers from a British airbase.The planes had been stationed at RAF Fairford, the preferred European base for US bombers, and had recently been used in US strikes on Iran. Last week, five British men were arrested near the base — which Iran's Revolutionary Guards previously said was a legitimate target — on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts.
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South Korea is considering measures to force an apology from North Korea over a recent landmine blast that injured three soldiers inside the Demilitarized Zone, its defense ministry said Tuesday. A joint South Korean-UN investigation concluded that two landmines that exploded in the DMZ last month were planted by North Korean forces about a year ago, prompting Seoul to demand an official apology, reported AFP.
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Saudi Aramco chief warns of 'scarily thin’ global oil stockpiles, amid war on Iran The chief executive of Saudi Aramco warned that the world's oil stockpiles are now "scarily thin". In his first public speech since the US-Israel war on Iran began, Amin Nasser said the conflict reduced oil supply from the region by "nearly 3bn barrels", with over 1bn barrels of oil released from reserves to cushion the depletion. Nasser estimated that "less than 6bn barrels of commercial inventories remain tod…
Technology
AI agents going rogue and ever-louder doomsday warnings have led many in Europe to wonder: are the EU's artificial intelligence rules enough to protect against the potential dangers? The European Union insists that, yes, its law known as the AI Act is powerful enough since it forces companies to assess and mitigate risks, under threat of massive fines or even bans, AFP said. EU lawmakers, officials and experts appear more skeptical, pointing to gaps in the rules and questioning whether Brussels has the stomach for a fight with AI labs.
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Iraq's controversial family law changes have revived questions over the legal age of marriage, while conflict and displacement elsewhere in the region are putting more girls at risk
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Its location along Al Khail Road will provide convenient access for residents of JVT, Jumeirah Islands, The Springs and neighbouring communities
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The Philippine ube has become a trend-setting sensation from Los Angeles to London to Seoul, with the humble yam's bright purple hue drawing lines outside coffee shops and bakeries and millions of views on social media. But keeping pace with the international boom has proven tricky for the archipelago nation's overwhelmingly smallholder farmers, with yields declining and some unable to commit to the plant's nine-month growing time.
Sports
Ronaldo sparked controversy last week when he walked out of the camp after learning that he would not start a game.
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Focus falls on Yemen as war expands, with the Yemeni government forces claiming to have recaptured territory recently taken by the Houthis.
Politics
For the first time since World War II, a far-right party has a house speaker in a German state parliament. And Germany's foreign minister has warned that the climate crisis could fuel extremism.
Politics
For the first time since World War II, a far-right party has a house speaker in a German state parliament. And Germany's foreign minister has warned that the climate crisis could fuel extremism.
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Coming on the back of a 10-match winning streak, Spain face Croatia with sights set on the Nations League quarterfinals.
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US Navy helicopter disappears after declaring emergency over Red Sea near Saudi Arabia A US Navy helicopter disappeared from publicly available flight-tracking data after it declared and emergency over the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia. The Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk declared an emergency at approximately 9.20 pm GMT on Monday while flying near Yanbu, located on Saudi Arabia's western coast.
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By Gwladys FoucheOSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) - The Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Friday. Here is a look at how the award works:WHO IS NOMINATED?Some 287 candidates have been nominated,including 208 individuals and 79 organisations. We don't know who because the list is kept secret for 50 years, inside a vault in the basement of the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo.Still, nominators, of whom there are thousands worldwide, can choose to reveal their choices.IS US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP NOMINATED AND CAN HE WIN?
Culture
‘The best way to experience Lecce is to walk around looking up.’ That is what a tourist is told shortly after arriving in the second-largest city in Italy’s Puglia region, often described as the “Florence of the South.” And not because it is a place filled with skyscrapers like New York. Rather, because so much of its beauty is built into its exquisite architecture, according to London’s Metro newspaper. The cobbled streets are steeped in history, and every Baroque-era building tells a story, much like its northern sister.
Technology
Wikimedia also said a May disruption seemed to have been triggered as the agents visited millions of pages and made hundreds of thousands of data queries
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Consumers accused Starbucks of trying to capitalize on the desire of 75 per cent of Americans to reduce or eliminate sugar consumption
Culture
A friendship shaped by support, culture and food
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Middle East crude exports have returned to pre-war levels despite attacks on shipping, raising hopes that higher supply could ease global oil prices
Culture
By Dexter Palmer* “The Eye of Goliath”, the Argentine writer Diego Muzzio’s dark-humored, macabre puzzle box of a novel, is set just after World War I, in an Edinburgh sanitarium that “harbored a select group of the many mentally ill people who had come back from the war.”
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has touched down in Islamabad for meetings with Pakistani senior government officials, expected to last for three days.
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A young mother has lost two husbands and two children during Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
