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Democrat Sarah McBride of Delaware to become first openly transgender person to serve in Congress
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride has been elected to the U.S. House and will become the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress. McBride easily defeated Republican John Whalen III on Tuesday in the race for Delaware’s lone House seat. Whalen is a retired construction company owner and former state trooper who…
Alibaba says it has an AI model even better than DeepSeek
Days after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek sparked a global tech stock sell-off, a homegrown rival said its new AI model performed even better. Alibaba Cloud (BABA) released an upgraded version of its flagship AI model, Qwen2.5-Max, that performed better than top open-source competitors, including DeepSeek’s V3 model and Meta’s (META) Llama 3.1 model on…
Tunisia says it will not be ‘reception centre’ for returning migrants
North African country, which agreed €1bn deal with EU to stem irregular migration, says it will take back only Tunisians Tunisia has said it will not be a “reception centre” for returns of sub-Saharan migrants from Italy or any other country in Europe despite a groundbreaking €1bn deal signed on Sunday. Authorities in the north…
Breaking News | Israel | NewsIDF launches largest airstrikes yet on Hezbollah; Trump: Iran truce doesn’t cover Lebanon
Dozens said killed in Beirut; Hezbollah renews rocket attacks on Israel; IDF announces Staff Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz, 20, killed Tuesday in southern Lebanon The Israeli Air Force on Wednesday carried out its largest wave of airstrikes yet against Hezbollah, the military said, after announcing that it would keep fighting the Iran-backed terror group in…
China test-launches ballistic missile from sub in South Pacific, drawing protests
Bangkok — China’s military test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific, drawing protest and concern from countries in the region. The missile was launched at 12:01 p.m. and carried a dummy warhead, according the official Xinhua News Agency. China last conducted a missile test in the…


