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Cruise’s robotaxi service will likely shut down as GM pulls its funding

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2 mn readGeneral Motors said it would no longer fund its Cruise robotaxi service as it seeks to focus its spending on autonomous vehicle development specifically for personally owned vehicles. Now Cruise employees will be combined with GM’s internal teams working on advanced driver assist systems, like Super Cruise, as well as its project to develop autonomous vehicles to sell […]

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Deadly virus samples went missing from lab in ‘major biosecurity breach,’ say authorities

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3 mn readHundreds of deadly virus samples are missing from a laboratory in Australia, the Queensland government announced on Monday. The government has instructed Queensland Health — Australia’s public health department — to launch an investigation into what’s being described as a “major historical breach of biosecurity protocols,” according to the online media statement. It was reported that 323 […]

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Assad’s downfall is a humbling blow to Russia. How will it affect Putin’s prestige?

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5 mn readAlmost exactly seven years ago, President Vladimir Putin stood with Russian troops at their air base in Syria and proudly declared victory over “terrorists” in that country as part of the Kremlin’s military intervention to prop up the government of Bashar Assad amid a civil war. This weekend, those hard-won gains seemed a distant memory. Assad hastily fled to […]

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Japan, Finland to negotiate defense equipment transfer pact

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< 1 mn readJapan and Finland agreed during their summit Tuesday to start negotiations on a pact to allow the transfer of defense equipment, citing the increasingly interconnected security environments of Europe and the Indo-Pacific region. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Finnish counterpart, Petteri Orpo, opposed any unilateral attempts to change the status quo, the government said, […]

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Volaris passenger arrested after attempting to hijack plane and divert it to US

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2 mn readA passenger aboard a domestic Volaris flight on Sunday morning attempted to hijack and forcibly divert the aircraft to the United States, prompting an emergency landing in Guadalajara and the man’s subsequent arrest. The individual — a 31-year-old Mexican national identified as Mario “N” — was traveling from Leon, Guanajuato, to Tijuana, Baja California, with […]

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PM Orbán: Hungary wants to connect to all of the world’s economic power centers

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2 mn readPrime Minister Viktor Orbán said Hungary, as “the westernmost Eastern people and the easternmost Western people”, wants to connect to all of the world’s economic power centers. “We’re making good progress on this, and this is something Hungarian universities will be big winners of,” the prime minister said at the inauguration of the renovated pavilion buildings […]

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