US hits Iran, says war cost at $37.5 bn
Fresh US strikes triggered air defences in Tehran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump warned he was "not finished" with a war with Iran that has already cost his nation $37.5 billion.
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Death toll rises to 13 in Chile's severe storms
Heavy rains in Chile have killed at least 13 people and left more than 60,000 others cut off due to washed out roads, government officials said in a report Tuesday, as the recovery effort focused on restoring basic services.
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Tech lifts Asia stocks, Brent crude back above $92
Enthusiasm for tech shares boosted Asian stocks for a second day Wednesday, as more mayhem in the Middle East lifted Brent crude back above $92 a barrel and the yen came under renewed pressure.
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24 hours in a Ukrainian hospital, buckling under the toll of war
Holding his scalpel loosely in his right hand, the surgeon made a cross in the air before cutting down into the bloody mass of flesh and bone on the operating table.
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Hitler's Austrian birthplace to become a police station
Austria will formally open a new police station on Wednesday in Adolf Hitler's former house, in the hope of deterring today's ascendant far-right extremists from making the pilgrimage to the Nazi dictator's birthplace.
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India's domestic workers go online as instant services boom
Racing against a stopwatch, a group of women folds bedsheets as they train to join an Indian startup that offers instant home services, transforming a traditionally word-of-mouth sector and promising better pay.
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Decomposed body in singer D4vd's car was 'unrecognizable,' court hears
The body of a teenage girl found in the trunk of US singer D4vd's car had decomposed to the point it was "unrecognizable," a police detective testified in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday.
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From bath to fish market: DJs play to revive Japan neighbourhoods
In a century-old Japanese public bath, a DJ works the decks while naked men bathe behind him and students film the scene.
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A once wary Hollywood slowly warms to AI
Once wary of artificial intelligence, Hollywood is now striking up partnerships with AI start-ups and weaving the technology into productions more and more openly -- all while insisting the creative process itself will remain untouched.
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Nearly 3,000-year-old human remains unearthed in El Salvador
Archaeologists in El Salvador exhumed human remains believed to be nearly 3,000 years old on Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture said.
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