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Australia beefs up cyber defences after major breaches
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will give cyber health checks for small businesses, increase cyber law enforcement funding and introduce mandatory reporting of ransomware attacks under a security overhaul announced on Wednesday after a spate of attacks.
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Internet
US university ex-coach admits to duping women in nude photo scheme
A former Northeastern University track-and-field coach pleaded guilty on Nov 21 to charges involving a scheme to steal nude photos from the cellphones of female athletes and dupe young women at the school and elsewhere into sending him such images.
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AI
Americans are embracing AI, while usage in China lags behind
For just over a year now, artificial intelligence has been shaking up the lives of Internet users. In the wake of ChatGPT, dozens of services have sprung up, with varying degrees of success.
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World
South Korea boosts military surveillance after North claims spy satellite launch
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea moved to suspend on Wednesday part of a military agreement it signed with Pyongyang in 2018 after the isolated North defied warnings from the United States and its allies and launched a spy satellite, calling it a success.
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World
Canada vows to build more homes, faster
OTTAWA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland on Tuesday delivered the 2023 Fall Economic Statement, vowing to build more homes, and faster.
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World
U.S. agricultural futures rise
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures rose across the board on Tuesday, led by wheat.
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World
Death toll rises to 20 in Peru bus crash
LIMA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- A total of 20 people have been confirmed killed in Monday's bus accident on a highway in Peru's Corongo province, in the western Ancash region, local authorities said Tuesday.
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World
Costa Rica makes first-ever fentanyl gang arrests
SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Costa Rican police detained suspected gang members accused of making and trafficking the synthetic drug fentanyl, officials said on Tuesday, the first such arrests associated with the powerful opioid linked to an overdose crisis in the United States.
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World
WTI crude futures settle lower
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices settled mixed on Tuesday.
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World
Gold rises on rate hike conclusion expectation
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Tuesday on market expectations that the Federal Reserve may have concluded interest rate hikes.
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World
U.S. dollar ticks up
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar rose in late trading on Tuesday.
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World
Taliban defends record on women as UN looks at path forward
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is "obligated" to consider religious values and will not allow interference in internal affairs, it has told the United Nations in response to an assessment on how the world could deal with the Islamists.
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World
UN General Assembly adopts resolution on Olympic Truce
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution on the Olympic Truce.
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World
Angola raises basic interest rate to 18 pct to curb inflation
LUANDA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Angola's central bank announced on Tuesday an increase in the basic interest rate to 18 percent from 17 percent in response to inflation.
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World
Tunisia foils 30 illegal immigration attempts
TUNIS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia foiled 30 illegal immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, said the Tunisian National Guard on Tuesday.
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World
3 killed, 14 injured in multi-vehicle crash in central Tunisia
TUNIS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Three people died and 14 others were wounded late Tuesday in a three-car collision involving a loaded bus in central Tunisia's Sidi Bouzid Province, private radio station Mosaique FM reported.
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World
Experts gather in Zambia to discuss sustainable mining of critical minerals
LUSAKA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Experts from member countries of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) held a meeting on Monday in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, aimed at discussing strategies and approaches to ensure sustainable mining of critical minerals.
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World
Kenya turns to multilateral lenders amid market uncertainty
NAIROBI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government announced on Tuesday a shift in its external financing strategy, opting to access loans from multilateral lenders due to uncertainties in the global bond market.
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World
Angola's agriculture grows by 5.6 pct in 2022
LUANDA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Angola's agricultural production in 2022 increased to around 24.8 million tons, marking a 5.6 percent hike from 2021, according to data released by Angola's Ministry of Agriculture and Forests on Monday.
