17 h. ago Australian charged with stealing Labubu dolls worth more than £4,000

At least 43 Labubu dolls worth £4390 were seized in police search operation

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60 h. ago Inspiration for the Louvre heist? Hours before Paris attack, thieves tunnel into California jewelry store make off with diamonds and cash

Nearly half a million dollars worth of gold and diamonds were stolen in elaborate heist

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3 d. ago Nottingham Forest make Marco Silva their No 1 target to replace Postecoglou

Fulham manager has reported £13m buyout clauseSilva won Greek title under Marinakis at OlympiakosEvangelos Marinakis has made Fulham’s Marco Silva his No 1 target to succeed Ange Postecoglou as Nottingham Forest head coach.The Forest owner was considering replacements before sacking Postecoglou immediately after Saturday’s 3-0 home defeat by Chelsea, which extended the Australian’s winless run in charge to eight games. Sean Dyche and Roberto Mancini are among the candidates who have been sounded out. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Alan Shearer blasts Evangelos Marinakis after Ange Postecoglou's Nottingham Forest exit

Ange Postecoglou was brutally sacked by Nottingham Forest this weekend after just 39 days in charge of the club, with the Australian winning just two points from his eight matches.

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4 d. ago Gone in 18 minutes: Postecoglou’s rapid exit leaves Marinakis rebuild in peril | Ben Fisher

Five months on from coming within a point of Champions League football, Nottingham Forest are in a relegation fightHand the keys back, pack the suitcase, take down the pictures, terminate the lease. Ange Postecoglou really should have never left temporary digs for a Nottingham apartment during the international break. Football moves fast, the Australian sacked after just 40 days and eight games in charge.One hundred and sixty-four days ago, Chelsea’s previous visit to the City Ground on a sunny May afternoon, the complexion was different. At kick-off there was a contrasting kind of jeopardy in the air. It was the final game of the season, qualifying for the Champions League still a distinct possibility. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Nottingham Forest suspicions raised as whispers on Ange Postecoglou replacement 'heard'

Nottingham Forest have parted ways with Ange Postecoglou after just 39 days in charge, with the Australian failing to win any of his eight matches in charge of the Premier League strugglers

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5 d. ago Australians accused in fatal shooting of fellow national could face death penalty in Bali

Australian nationals to be charged with premeditated murder and illegal possession of firearms

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6 d. ago NYC schools sue US education officials over $47M grant cuts tied to transgender policies

New York City schools have sued federal education officials over the U.S. Education Department's decision to discontinue grants worth millions of dollars because of school policies supporting transgender students

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7 d. ago Chinese company gives an Eric Trump crypto firm preferential access to tech

SEC filings show Bitmain gave firm partially owned by Eric Trump unusually generous terms on equipmentA private Chinese company is giving preferential access to its technology and providing unusually beneficial payment terms on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of specialized equipment to a firm partially owned by Eric Trump, according to industry sources and Securities and Exchange Commission records.The company, Bitmain, has faced concerns over the potential national security risks of its technology, with one Republican congressman asking the treasury department to review some of its business dealings in the United States. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Governments are spending billions on their own ‘sovereign’ AI technologies – is it a big waste of money?

Many US-built AI systems fall short but competing against tech giants neither easy nor cheapIn Singapore, a government-funded artificial intelligence model can converse in 11 languages, from Bahasa Indonesia to Lao. In Malaysia, ILMUchat, built by a local construction conglomerate, boasts that it “knows which Georgetown you’re referring to” – that is, the capital of Penang and not the private university in the US. Meanwhile, Switzerland’s Apertus, unveiled in September, understands when to use the Swiss German “ss” and not the German-language character “ß”.Around the world, language models like these are part of an AI arms race worth hundreds of billions of dollars mostly driven by a few powerful companies in the US and China. As giants such as OpenAI, Meta and Alibaba plough vast sums into developing increasingly powerful models, middle powers and developing countries are watching the landscape carefully, and sometimes placing their own, expensive bets. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Australian accused of Afghanistan war crime pleads not guilty but trial held until at least 2027

A prosecutor has told a court an Australian soldier charged with a war crime in Afghanistan won't stand trial until at least 2027

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3 w. ago Inside Melania Trump's astronomically priced luxury bag collection

Melania Trump has a designer bag collection that's worth hundreds of thousands of dollars - and her library of Hermès Birkin and Kelly purses are enough to make anyone envious.

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3 w. ago California mansions worth hundreds of millions on verge of collapsing into ocean after cliff crumbled

A coastal bluff along Marguerite Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes gave way on Saturday night, which is home to multiple properties worth millions of dollars.

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