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  • Clean-up of Iran site likely to erase any evidence of nuclear work, research group says

    Clean-up of Iran site likely to erase any evidence of nuclear work, research group says

    By Jonathan Landay

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iran has launched a speedy clean-up operation at a nuclear-related site in northern Tehran hit by Israeli airstrikes that will likely remove evidence of any nuclear weapons development work, a research group said on Wednesday.

    Satellite imagery “shows a significant effort by Iran to rapidly demolish damaged or destroyed buildings, likely to sanitize any incriminating nuclear weapons research and development activities,” the Institute for Science and…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Israeli official accused of Nevada sex crime ordered to appear in court via Zoom

    Israeli official accused of Nevada sex crime ordered to appear in court via Zoom

    By Raphael Satter

    (Reuters) -An Israeli official accused of trying to meet a 15-year-old girl for sex outside Las Vegas has been ordered to appear via videolink next week after he missed his arraignment hearing on Wednesday, local media reported.

    Tom Alexandrovich, a senior cybersecurity official with the Israeli government, was one of eight people arrested as part of a multi-week operation by Nevada and federal authorities targeting “child sex predators,” according to an August 15 statement…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Israel launches new operations in Syria after strike kills soldiers | News

    Israel launches new operations in Syria after strike kills soldiers | News

    Local sources report an Israeli operation in Kiswa, where six soldiers were killed by Israeli drones strikes a day before.

    Israeli forces have conducted a series of strikes on a former army barracks in Kiswa, southwest of the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to Syria’s state-run al-Ekhbariya TV.

    Video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency showed Israeli aircraft attacking sites in the village on Wednesday.

    Meanwhile, a Syrian military…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • UN Security Council set to renew Lebanon peacekeepers for final time

    UN Security Council set to renew Lebanon peacekeepers for final time

    By Michelle Nichols

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council will vote on Thursday to extend a long-running peacekeeping mission in Lebanon until the end of 2026, when the operation will then begin a year-long “orderly and safe drawdown and withdrawal,” diplomats said.

    The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established in 1978, patrols Lebanon’s southern border with Israel. The mandate for the operation is renewed annually, and its current authorization expires on…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Court transfers Bolivian politician Luis Fernando Camacho to house arrest | Courts News

    Court transfers Bolivian politician Luis Fernando Camacho to house arrest | Courts News

    A court in Bolivia has transferred a high-profile opposition leader, Luis Fernando Camacho, to house arrest amid outcry over the length of his pretrial detention.

    On Wednesday, a court ruled that Camacho, the right-wing governor of the eastern department of Santa Cruz, could be returned to his home and released from preventative detention on bail, provided he submits to house arrest.

    He is expected to travel on Friday back to Santa Cruz, home to Bolivia’s most populous city, also called…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Joysticks and Genocide: Meet Gaza’s Roaming Explosive Robot Nightmare

    Joysticks and Genocide: Meet Gaza’s Roaming Explosive Robot Nightmare

    By Refaat Ibrahim 

    Nour, a mother of two from Gaza’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, does not need to see the new Israeli weapon to know when it strikes. She knows it by its terrifying sound.

    “It feels like dozens of rockets hitting at the same time,” she told QNN. “The sky turns orange, the windows collapse, and the doors burst open. My children scream and jump in terror. My little boy Khaled runs to me crying with every explosion. We put the windows back up each morning, and…

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  • Man Utd dumped out of League Cup by fourth-tier Grimsby Town | Football News

    Man Utd dumped out of League Cup by fourth-tier Grimsby Town | Football News

    Man Utd lost on penalties to Grimsby Town of the fourth tier of English football following a 2-2 draw in normal time.

    Manchester United sank to a new low under Ruben Amorim by getting eliminated by fourth-tier Grimsby Town after a marathon penalty shootout in the second round of the English League Cup.

    Grimsby won a dramatic shootout 12-11 at the 9,000-capacity Blundell Park on England’s east coast, with Bryan Mbeumo missing the decisive penalty on…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • New Medicare AI Leaves Neurotech In Denial

    New Medicare AI Leaves Neurotech In Denial

    Despite its growing “deeptech” bonafides, the US neurotechnology industry has wound up on the wrong side of AI.

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new pilot program to test whether AI-enabled claim denials will save money. How? By automatically reducing the use of implanted neurostimulation and other service categories “that may be fraudulent, and wasteful, or of low-value and medically unnecessary.”

    The Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (

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    News Source: www.forbes.com

  • Zelenskyy says aides to meet Trump team in New York on Friday | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Zelenskyy says aides to meet Trump team in New York on Friday | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his officials will meet representatives of United States President Donald Trump in New York as part of intensified mediation efforts to end the war with Russia.

    Speaking during his nightly address on Wednesday, Zelenskyy also announced the appointment of a new Ukrainian ambassador to the US, saying former Justice Minister Olha Stefanishyna would replace Oksana Markarova, who has served in the role since…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Indian workers begin to feel impact of Trump’s tariffs | Trade War

    Indian workers begin to feel impact of Trump’s tariffs | Trade War

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    A shoe factory in India says it is already feeling the impact of Trump’s tariffs on Indian exports, with US customers reportedly cancelling orders. Analysts warn that multiple industries across India could be hit as the dispute over Russian oil imports continues.

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com