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Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total number of terminated staff to more than 50, a group representing the workers said. It's the latest sign of internal turmoil at the tech giant centered on “Project Nimbus,” a $1.2 billion contract signed in 2021 for Google and Amazon to provide the Israeli government with cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. Wor
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Britain to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030, Rishi Sunak announces
Boris Johnson first promised in 2022 that Britain would spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by the end of this decade
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St George’s Day Rally in London turns violent as police clash with men wearing England flags
A St George’s Day rally in central London has turned violent with police in riot gear clashing with men draped in England flags. More than a dozen police and officers on horseback jostled with a crowd of men in Whitehall after they refused to turn around. There is an area allocated for this event in Richmond Terrace.
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Pictured: Siblings, aged five and eight, killed by ‘drunk driver’ who smashed into a children’s birthday party
Children’s mother and older brother were among more than a dozen others injured when a 66-year-old woman plowed her car 25-feet through a kids’ birthday party at the Swan Boat Club in Michigan
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Israel Gaza - live: UN ‘horror’ at mass grave at hospitals as US says Hamas ‘moved goalpost’ over ceasefire
Up to 283 bodies were found outside Nasser hospital and 30 at Al Shifa, Palestinian authorities said
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Armenia seeks to be Western ally in Putin’s backyard
Prime minister Nikol Pashinyan says his country needs support to avoid war with heavily armed neighbour Azerbaijan – and is clear about the importance of close ties with the EU and other Western nations
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Democratic state senator arrested for burglary after she’s found in victim’s home
Democratic Farmer Labour Party (DFL) state Senator Nicole Mitchell, 49, was arrested after she was found inside a home in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in the early hours of Monday morning
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