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  Nukes To Minerals: What Jaishankar, Rubio Discussed After India-US Deal

  Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, who is in Washington, met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and discussed formalising bilateral cooperation on critical minerals exploration, mining, and processing.

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  Trump Urges Putin "To End War" After Russia Resumes Ukraine Strikes

  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the nearly four-year Ukraine war, after Moscow resumed its attacks on Kyiv following a week-long cold-weather halt.

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  Trump Signs Spending Bill Ending US Government Shutdown

  President Donald Trump signed a spending bill on Tuesday ending the four-day partial government shutdown sparked by Democratic opposition to funding for the federal agency carrying out his sweeping immigration crackdown.

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  S Jaishankar Meets US Secretary Of State Marco Rubio In Washington

  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Tuesday ahead of an inaugural ministerial on critical minerals.

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  ChatGPT Down For Thousands Of Users In US: Report

  ChatGPT was down for thousands of users in the US on Tuesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

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  S Jaishankar Meets Scott Bessent, Discusses Strengthening India-US Economic Ties

  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Washington DC as part of an ongoing three-day visit to the United States.

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  Former US First Lady Jill Biden's Ex-Husband Charged With Killing Wife

  The first husband of former first lady Jill Biden has been charged with killing his wife at their Delaware home in late December, authorities announced in a news release Tuesday.

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  2019 Email Shows Noam Chomsky Advised Epstein To Avoid Media "Vultures"

  Renowned American intellectual Noam Chomsky privately sympathized with Jeffrey Epstein over what he described as the "horrible way" the press treated the late sex offender, urging him in a 2019 email to lie low and avoid media "vultures."

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  Late Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi's Son Killed By Armed Gang

  The most prominent son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, has been killed, sources close to the family, his lawyer Khaled el-Zaydi and Libyan media said on Tuesday.

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  Spain Seeks Social Media Ban For Children Below 16

  Spain will seek to ban social media for under-16s to protect them from harmful content such as pornography and violence, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday, in the latest such move by governments.

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  From India To Canada's Far North: New Archbishop Serves Indigenous Catholics

  As a teenager in southern India, Susai Jesu led 4:30 a.m. prayer services in his small Catholic village before the farmers went into the fields. He directed the choir, helped at Mass and soon began training for the priesthood.

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  Fact Check: Viral Images Of Zohran Mamdani With Epstein Are AI-Generated

  Multiple AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child and his mother, filmmaker Mira Nair, with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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  US Tanker Approached By Iranian Gunboats In Strait Of Hormuz

  British maritime security firm Vanguard Tech said Tuesday that a US-flagged tanker was approached and challenged by Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz before continuing on its way.

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  France Ditches Zoom, Teams as Europe Seeks Digital Autonomy From US

  In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military dropped Microsoft Office.

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  450 Drones, 70 Missiles: Russia's Biggest Attack On Ukraine's Power Grid

  Russia fired around 450 long-range drones and 70 missiles of various types at Ukraine in a major attack overnight, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday.

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  Grok Creates Sexualised Images Even When Told Subjects Don't Consent: Report

  Elon Musk's flagship artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, continues to generate sexualised images of people even when users explicitly warn that the subjects do not consent, Reuters has found.

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  2 British Tourists Get 'Leave India' Notice Over 'Free Palestine' Stickers

  A British couple was directed to leave India after they pasted stickers in support of Palestine against Israel at various public locations in Rajasthan's Ajmer.

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  Shot Down Iranian Drone That "Aggressively Approached" Aircraft Carrier: US

  A US fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that approached an American aircraft carrier in the Middle East on Tuesday, Washington said, as renewed tensions on the high seas overshadowed plans for nuclear talks.

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  Italian Church Investigates As Reconstructed Angel Painting Resembles Meloni

  A cherub in a Roman church bears a striking resemblance to Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, sparking a scandal. Italian newspapers published the photographs of the Meloni-esque cherub, which drew harsh reactions from the public.

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  Pakistan Invited To Join US-Iran Talks In Turkey: Report

  Pakistan on Tuesday said that it has been invited to participate in Iran-US talks in Turkey aimed at diffusing tensions between the two nations. Foreign ministers from Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have also been invited.