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1,300 dead, Hormuz still snarls

Heat kills Europeans as earthquakes batter Venezuela and Gulf rivals trade blows

The past 12 hours brought little mercy: heat, rubble and airspace all produced hard numbers. Governments that looked prepared on paper now face a sterner test, measured in hospital queues, rescue delays and nervous shipping lanes.

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Romania air traffic control crisis
Judicial Inspectorate opens inquiry into ROMATSA certificate suspension as CSAT prepares to discuss potential airspace closure
San Jose World Cup fan zone shooting
Police search for suspects after a shooting killed one person and critically injured another at a World Cup fan zone in San Jose.
US strikes Iran for second night
Agrees to halt attacks temporarily following Strait of Hormuz escalation, with talks scheduled for Tuesday in Qatar.

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AI: capabilities, regulation, labour

South Korea's announcement of a $590 billion investment in chip and AI infrastructure indicates a significant, albeit non-EU, development in global AI infrastructure, impacting the broader context of compute availability.

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San Jose World Cup fan zone shooting

Disasters·High·Reported 2h 27m ago·Updated 1h 18m ago

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San Jose World Cup fan zone shooting
Police search for suspects after a shooting killed one person and critically injured another at a World Cup fan zone in San Jose.

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