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Detecting Russian ‘carrots’ and ‘tea bags’: Ukraine decodes enemy chatter to save lives

SEREBRYANSKY FOREST, Ukraine (AP) — As the radio crackles with enemy communications that are hard to decipher, one Russian command rings out clear: “Brew five Chinese tea bags on 38 orange.” A Ukrainian soldier known on the battlefield as Mikhass, who has spent months listening to and analyzing such chatter, is able to quickly decode the gibberish. It means: Prepare …

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Gaza cease-fire and hostage release talks appear to stall as Netanyahu and Hamas trade blame

JERUSALEM (AP) — International efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas suffered a setback on Wednesday as Israel reportedly recalled its negotiating team and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of hobbling the high-stakes negotiations by sticking to “delusional” demands. Netanyahu’s remarks came hours after local media reported that the Israeli leader had ordered an Israeli delegation not …

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Cruces ilegales en la frontera sur de EEUU se desploman en enero luego de un diciembre récord

WASHINGTON (AP) — Las detenciones por cruces ilegales en la frontera de Estados Unidos con México se redujeron en un 50% durante enero en comparación con los máximos históricos de diciembre, lo que representa el tercer mes con la menor cantidad de arrestos durante la presidencia de Joe Biden, informaron las autoridades el martes. Incluso si resulta temporal, el marcado …

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opens stone-built Hindu temple in UAE ahead of India’s elections

ABU MUREIKHA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Middle East’s first traditional stone-built Hindu temple on Wednesday, internationalizing both his reelection campaign and his effort to push secular India into a Hindu state. The trip to the BAPS Hindu Mandir just north of the city of Abu Dhabi capped Modi’s whistlestop tour of the …

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Ecuador decomisa millonaria carga de droga en acciones coordinadas con Colombia y EEUU

QUITO (AP) — Un millonario cargamento de drogas fue decomisado el miércoles en una zona marítima de Galápagos, lo que se suma a la reciente captura de un semisumergible en un área limítrofe con Colombia, informaron la autoridades ecuatorianas. En un operativo de control marítimo en colaboración con guardacostas de Estados Unidos, la Armada de Ecuador localizó, a 150 millas …

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La Scala concert features violins that inmates made from battered migrant boats

MILAN (AP) — The violins, violas and cellos played by the Orchestra of the Sea in its debut performance at Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala carry with them tales of desperation and redemption. The wood that was bent, chiseled and gouged to form the instruments was recovered from dilapidated smugglers’ boats that brought migrants to Italy’s shores; the luthiers who …

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Jefe de OpenAI advierte que un \”descuadre social\” podría hacer peligrosa la inteligencia artificial

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — El director general de Open AI, la firma creadora de ChatGPT, dijo el martes que el riesgo asociado a la inteligencia artificial que le quita el sueño es que un “descuadre social muy sutil” pueda hacer que los sistemas sean destructivos. En una intervención por videoconferencia en la Cumbre Mundial de Gobiernos en Dubái, …

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Poland’s PM says authorities in the previous government widely and illegally used Pegasus spyware

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s new prime minister said Tuesday he has documentation proving that state authorities under the previous government used the powerful Pegasus spyware illegally and targeted a “very long” list of hacking victims. Donald Tusk made the announcement during a news briefing alongside President Andrzej Duda, a political opponent aligned with the previous ruling party. The use …

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