More than 70 countries put forward nominations aimed at safeguarding a wide variety of diverse and unique traditions at a meeting in Botswana this week.

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The settlement says migrant families cannot be separated at the border for the next eight years, a policy of the Trump administration. Around 1,000 children remain separated from their parents.

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The Oscar-nominated actor was known as a heartthrob from his roles on the 1960s soap opera and later hit movies. He died on Friday, according to his son.

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The United States was the only country to vote against a resolution calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

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An Israeli strike has badly damaged an iconic and historic mosque in Gaza. As conditions around Gaza worsen amid the offensive, Israel claims it was aiming at Hamas militants.

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A Michigan judge hands down a life without parole sentence for the teenager who shot and killed fellow students and wounded others at Oxford High School in 2021.

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Every election we're told that each vote counts. Ryan Roth, the newly-elected city council member for Rainier, Wash., is now proof that it does.

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The latest numbers show a strong picture for the U.S. economy. Yet many Americans have a pessimistic view. Here's how an adviser to Joe Biden says they're addressing that.

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The nation's most populous state ? with an economy that is the fifth largest in the world ? has been struggling with the rising prices of most goods and services.

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The appeals court ruling would allow Trump to make public statements about the special counsel in the case, Jack Smith, but not other prosecutors, court staffers or their family members.

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Israel rejects the UN chief's description of the war in Gaza as a "risk to international peace and security".

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Israel has told civilians to shelter in a "safe" zone, but people say it is not fit for people to stay in.

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Head teachers talk frankly about the mental health impact that Ofsted inspections have had on them.

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The heartthrob was also known for his roles in What's Up, Doc?, Paper Moon and A Bridge Too Far.

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Yasmin Finney stars as a trans character in the new series after her breakout role in Heartstopper.

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Those losing their seats at the next election will get taxpayer-funded advice with landing a new job.

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Remains of baby dinosaurs inside another dinosaur reveal what a young predator ate 75m years ago.

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The reptile, measuring 49cm (19.2 inches), is reportedly one of only seven leucistic alligators in the world.

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France's president is denounced by all sides after lighting a Hanukkah candle at the Elysée Palace.

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Omid Scobie says he included the names in an earlier version of the text of Endgame.

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'This is a brainstorming concept a team is at the early stages of exploring'

Google is reportedly toying with the idea of using its latest Gemini AI models to analyze and, like images from Google Photos and text from Google Search to put together  a life story for users.?

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End-of-year deadline looms on US surveillance

Two competing bills to reauthorize America's FISA Section 702 spying powers advanced in the House of Representatives committees this week, setting up Congress for a battle over warrantless surveillance before the law lapses in the New Year.?

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Same old argument about free speech ? let's see if it sticks this time

Elon Musk's lawyers are again trying to get the world's richest man out of his "Twitter sitter" consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission via an appeal to the US Supreme Court.?

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Latest Insider Build brings new features for Windows 365 Boot

Microsoft has begun rolling out fresh Windows 365 Boot features, starting with its Windows Insider program.?

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CTO Mark Papermaster lays out the plan for the next two years

Interview Semiconductors have been getting progressively hotter over the past few years as Moore's Law has slowed and more power is required to push higher performance gen over gen.?

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HashiCorp software faces challenge after licensing change

The rebellion against HashiCorp for adopting a competition-limiting license for its Terraform software expanded this week, with word that The Linux Foundation aims to help hatch an open source alternative to Vault, the company's secrets management project.?

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Experimerntal milestone needs work before it can be considered a candidate for power generation

The US Department of Energy has released $42 million in seed funding to help research the nuclear fusion techniques successfully demonstrated at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory last year.?

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It's tricky to pull off, but new rules may make reuse more common

Datacenters generate lots of heat and myraid providers are trying to put this resource to use, but there are geographic and various practical limitations on re-purposing it.?

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Interpol increasingly concerned as abject abuse of victims scales far beyond Asia origins

Human trafficking for the purposes of populating cyber scam call centers is expanding beyond southeast Asia, where the crime was previously isolated.?

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It looks like everything is coming up HP. Do you want some help with that?

The curious case of the HP Smart app and unexpected renaming of printers has taken another turn, after a Reg reader pointed to broken metadata pushed out in a November Windows Servicing Stack Update (SSU).?

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Legislation lays out restrictive regime for emerging technology.

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This midsize crossover EV has a lot more competition than when it debuted in 2021.

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The landmark treatment turns on another blood protein that prevents sickling.

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Co-founder: "All data indicates that" Apple has cut off Beeper Mini's reverse-engineering.

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Appears to be a Microsoft Store bug; MS says printers should mostly still work.

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Tang Tan is leaving the company, and multiple people will shift to take his place.

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Verizon tricked by fake cop, fake search warrant despite obvious warning signs.

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Krasue infects telecom firms in Thailand using techniques for staying under the radar.

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The butt even grows its own eyes, antennae, and brain.

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Add to a charity haul that's already raised over $14,000 in less than two weeks.

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