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'Everybody is vulnerable': Fake US school audio stokes AI alarm

'Everybody is vulnerable': Fake US school audio stokes AI alarm

A fabricated audio clip of a US high school principal prompted a torrent of outrage, leaving him battling allegations of racism and anti-Semitism in a case that has sparked new alarm about AI manipulation.

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Floor by floor search for flood victims in Brazil's Porto Alegre

Floor by floor search for flood victims in Brazil's Porto Alegre

From top to bottom, rescuers scour buildings in Porto Alegre for inhabitants stuck in apartments or on rooftops as unprecedented flooding turned the streets of the Brazilian metropolis into rivers.

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Exiled Russian historian rallies fellow emigrants in dark times

Exiled Russian historian rallies fellow emigrants in dark times

Russian dissident historian Tamara Eidelman was on vacation in Greece when Moscow's tanks rolled into Ukraine in February 2022 and she realized that she would not be going back to her home country.

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Trump tells Miami winner Norris he is his 'lucky charm'

Trump tells Miami winner Norris he is his 'lucky charm'

Miami Grand Prix winner Lando Norris said Donald Trump joked he was the British driver's 'lucky charm' after the former US President visited the McLaren team before Sunday's race.

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Brazil mounts frantic rescue effort as flooding kills at least 78

Brazil mounts frantic rescue effort as flooding kills at least 78

Authorities in southern Brazil scrambled Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides in what has become the region's largest ever climate catastrophe, with at least 78 dead and 115,000 forced from their homes.

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Closing birdie lifts Pendrith to first PGA Tour title at CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Closing birdie lifts Pendrith to first PGA Tour title at CJ Cup Byron Nelson

Taylor Pendrith birdied the final hole to seize his first US PGA Tour title at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson ahead of Ben Kohles, who bogeyed 18 for an agonizing runner-up finish.

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Sporting Lisbon win Portuguese league after Benfica stumble

Sporting Lisbon win Portuguese league after Benfica stumble

Sporting Lisbon were crowned champions of Portugal for only the second time in 21 years on Sunday after second-placed Benfica lost.

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McLaren's Norris wins Miami Grand Prix

McLaren's Norris wins Miami Grand Prix

McLaren's Lando Norris won the first Formula One race of his career with a shock victory over world champion Max Verstappen in the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday.

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Cesar Luis Menotti, architect of Argentina's 1978 World Cup triumph, dead at 85

Cesar Luis Menotti, architect of Argentina's 1978 World Cup triumph, dead at 85

Cesar Luis Menotti, who famously coached Argentina to their first World Cup triumph in 1978, an achievement described as one of the "country's greatest joys", has died at the age of 85, the country's football federation (AFA) announced Sunday.

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Polls close in Panama vote with eight presidential contenders

Polls close in Panama vote with eight presidential contenders

Polls closed in presidential elections in Panama Sunday that featured a crowded field of eight candidates, led by the protege of a graft-convicted former head of state.

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