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From tracking moods to putting on a show, it's AI-everything at CES

From tracking moods to putting on a show, it's AI-everything at CES

Entrepreneur Antony Perzo introduces a small device called Emobot, which looks like a cross between a speaker and a piece of abstract art, and explains: "It's an emotional thermometer!"

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Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo'

Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin 'El Chapo'

Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits.

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Tensions at Turkey funerals of Kurds killed in Paris

Tensions at Turkey funerals of Kurds killed in Paris

Security forces fired teargas and rubber bullets in eastern Turkey on Thursday outside the funeral of a Kurdish singer killed in Paris in December, an AFP correspondent said, as fellow victims were laid to rest elsewhere.

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CES tech gala looks to shake off economic gloom

CES tech gala looks to shake off economic gloom

The annual CES consumer electronics extravaganza threw open its doors in Las Vegas on Thursday as the industry looks to the latest innovations to help cure the pain from an ailing global economy.

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Leaked Harry memoir details sex, drugs, fights and killing

Leaked Harry memoir details sex, drugs, fights and killing

Prince Harry's autobiography "Spare" is not due out until next week but it dominated headlines on Thursday after a Spanish-language version of the memoir mistakenly went on sale.

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'No future': Eritrean seeking UK asylum fears deportation to Rwanda

'No future': Eritrean seeking UK asylum fears deportation to Rwanda

At just 23, Hayat fears her long quest for a new life in Britain will come to nothing and she will be sent to Rwanda.

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US political crisis intensifies as McCarthy fails to woo right

US political crisis intensifies as McCarthy fails to woo right

The US House of Representatives was plunged deeper into crisis Thursday as Republican favorite Kevin McCarthy failed again to win the speakership -- entrenching a three-day standoff that has paralyzed the lower chamber of Congress.

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Ukraine dismisses Putin's Christmas ceasefire as 'hypocrisy'

Ukraine dismisses Putin's Christmas ceasefire as 'hypocrisy'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a 36-hour ceasefire in Ukraine to run during Orthodox Christmas, a move quickly dismissed by war-battered Kyiv and its allies.

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Biden tells illegal migrants to keep out -- but opens door to others

Biden tells illegal migrants to keep out -- but opens door to others

President Joe Biden on Thursday warned undocumented migrants to stay away from the US border while opening the door to limited legal arrivals from four impoverished countries, in a delicate balancing act on one of the country's most explosive political issues.

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'Gut punch': Meta bruised in EU data fight

'Gut punch': Meta bruised in EU data fight

European regulators have laid down one of the biggest challenges so far to the multibillion-dollar business model of Facebook owner Meta, analysts said on Thursday.

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