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Apple rejects Musk claim of App Store bias

Apple rejects Musk claim of App Store bias

Apple on Thursday rejected Elon Musk's claim that its digital App Store favors OpenAI's ChatGPT over his company's Grok and other rival AI assistants.

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Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck

Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck

Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.

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Air Canada cancels flights over strike threat

Air Canada cancels flights over strike threat

Air Canada began cancelling flights on Thursday after receiving a strike notice from the flight attendants' union, warning all operations could be shut down by Saturday.

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Trump turns history on head with Putin invitation to key US base

Trump turns history on head with Putin invitation to key US base

Donald Trump is turning history on its head with his Alaska summit with Vladimir Putin -- inviting Russia's leader to land that once belonged to Moscow, and meeting him at a military base that monitored the Soviet Union.

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Gauff dominates Bronzetti to reach Cincinnati last eight

Gauff dominates Bronzetti to reach Cincinnati last eight

Coco Gauff claimed a 6-2, 6-4 win over Lucia Bronzetti to reach the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, with the second seed's game showing some minor rust after a bye in the previous round.

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UN warns Russia, Israel of conflict sex crimes listing risk

UN warns Russia, Israel of conflict sex crimes listing risk

The United Nations warned Israel and Russia on Thursday that their militaries faced being listed as parties suspected of committing sexual violence in conflict in light of credible evidence of violations.

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Flood kills 46 in Indian Kashmir mountain village

Flood kills 46 in Indian Kashmir mountain village

Powerful torrents driven by intense rain smashed into a Himalayan mountain village in Indian-administered Kashmir and killed at least 46 people on Thursday, a top disaster management official told AFP.

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Germany sacks rail chief with train network in crisis

Germany sacks rail chief with train network in crisis

The German government sacked the embattled head of Deutsche Bahn on Thursday as it seeks to overhaul the ailing public rail network after years of criticism about deteriorating services.

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Clock ticks down on global plastic pollution treaty

Clock ticks down on global plastic pollution treaty

Negotiators trying to secure a global agreement on tackling the scourge of plastic pollution were frantically trying to find common ground with just hours left on Thursday.

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Trump says Putin summit could fail, promises Ukraine say

Trump says Putin summit could fail, promises Ukraine say

US President Donald Trump on Thursday acknowledged his high-stakes summit with Vladimir Putin may fail, and said any Ukraine deal would come through a future three-way meeting with Kyiv to "divvy things up."

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