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Riyadh airport resumes flights following Houthi attacks

Riyadh airport resumes flights following Houthi attacks

Riyadh's international airport said flights would resume on Sunday after a two-week closure following strikes from Yemen's Houthis on the Saudi capital, though the Iran-backed group warned of more to come.

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No LeBron, no problem as Sixers roll on

No LeBron, no problem as Sixers roll on

The Philadelphia 76ers extended their perfect start to the NBA season with a 127-116 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday as the San Antonio Spurs bagged their first win of the campaign against the Dallas Mavericks.

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'Call of Duty' North Korea invasion edition tops sales charts in South

'Call of Duty' North Korea invasion edition tops sales charts in South

The latest instalment of the "Call of Duty" video game franchise, featuring a full-scale North Korean invasion of South Korea, has topped sales charts in the would-be target, even as real-life border tensions are ratcheting higher.

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Israel to close all land crossings with West Bank on election day

Israel to close all land crossings with West Bank on election day

Israel said Sunday all land crossings with the West Bank will be closed on the day of next week's election, as it pledged a harder line on militancy after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in the territory.

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Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink's terms of service

Musk accuses Ukraine of violating Starlink's terms of service

Tech tycoon Elon Musk accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating Starlink's terms of service by using it for "drone strikes to kill people", after tension between Washington and Kyiv over disruptions to the SpaceX-made network crucial to the Ukrainian army's operations.

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'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead

'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead

Companies and government agencies rushed this week to patch two critical flaws in PHP, the programming language that runs a large share of the world's websites.

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Fed expected to hold rates steady days ahead of US midterms

Fed expected to hold rates steady days ahead of US midterms

The US Federal Reserve appears set to hold interest rates steady at its meeting next week, analysts say, despite stubbornly high inflation and with markets pricing in at least one rate hike before year-end.

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Stop-motion 'Wildwood' showcases 'human creativity' in AI age

Stop-motion 'Wildwood' showcases 'human creativity' in AI age

After a murder of crows kidnaps her little brother, a young girl ventures into an enchanted forest filled with talking animals and other magical beings, where a looming war will decide everyone's fate.

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More Lula, or back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil votes in cliffhanger

More Lula, or back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil votes in cliffhanger

Brazilians head to the polls on Sunday facing a stark choice: another four years under veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, or a return to the right under Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.

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Fresh clashes rock France as protesters march on

Fresh clashes rock France as protesters march on

Clashes erupted across France on Saturday as protesters took to the streets, a week after marches that degenerated into violence and prompted a firm security backlash from President Emmanuel Macron, who is scrambling to restore order.

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