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    Trump May Have Successfully Avoided Facing Chris Christie On A Debate Stage

    Wednesday’s RNC debate may be the last, meaning the former New Jersey governor might not get the chance to confront the former president in person.

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  • TechnologyReuters

    UK watchdog warns companies over AI use and privacy

    Britain's data protection watchdog warned companies to consider people's privacy rights whenever they use artificial intelligence (AI), or face not just fines but losing the public's trust in the technology. The country's Information Commissioner, John Edwards, said at a speech on Wednesday that companies must protect their customer's personal information in all circumstances when they are using AI.

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    Arizona Man Charged Over Online Posts That Allegedly Incited Terror Attack In Australia

    Six people died in what police described as a “religiously-motivated terrorist attack” in the rural community of Wieambilla last year.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Bank of England to look closer at rise of AI in finance

    LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England will study more closely the growing use of artificial intelligence by financial firms, but specific regulations that target AI may not be the best way forward, Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Wednesday. Machine learning and some types of AI were already being widely used for fraud and money laundering detection, but applications for other forms were only at an exploratory stage, Woods said. "We want to be technology-agnostic in all of our regulation," Wo

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    Ukrainian truckers stranded in Poland battle cold

    In a Polish car park near the Ukrainian border, truck drivers stranded by a month-long blockade that has caused disruption and a row with Ukraine shoveled snow off their vehicles.Polish transport business owners launched blockades at the Ukrainian border in early November, demanding the reinstatement of a system of entry permits to the European Union for Ukrainian trucks.

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    Putin lands in Abu Dhabi on Middle East visit

    President Vladimir Putin is in the United Arab Emirates for a rare visit outside the former Soviet Union Wednesday, as Russia seeks to reassert itself on the global stage.This is only the Russian leader's third trip outside the former Soviet Union since he invaded Ukraine, after visits to Iran and China.

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  • BusinessAFP News

    Stock markets advance on rate-cut hopes

    Global equities rose Wednesday with Frankfurt striking a record peak, as investors tracked resurgent hopes of interest rate cuts from the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve.Frankfurt's DAX stocks index hit a record high and Paris CAC 40 rose as sliding German factory orders added to hopes of an interest-rate reduction from the ECB. "Risk-on sentiment is driving price action this morning amid growing expectations that the European Central Bank could cut rates early next year," said

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