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Overcrowded Venice introduces first payment charge for tourists
Venice becomes the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for tourists in an effort to thin the crowds that throng the canals during the peak holiday season. "No one has ever done this before," Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told reporters earlier this month. Some 20 million people visited Venice last year, a city official said, with roughly half of them staying overnight in hotels or holiday lets - an influx which dwarves the resident population currently put at around
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Australian police charge 5 teens in investigation stemming from stabbing of Sydney bishop
Five teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology have been charged with a range of offenses in an investigation that began with the stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church, police said Thursday. The five, aged from 14 to 17, were among seven boys arrested across southwest Sydney on Wednesday in a major operation by the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team. The team includes federal and state police as well as the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s main domestic
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Connecticut Senate passes wide-ranging bill to regulate AI. But its fate remains uncertain
The Connecticut Senate pressed ahead Wednesday with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to reign in bias in artificial intelligence decision-making and protect people from harm, including manufactured videos or deepfakes. The vote was held despite concerns the bill might stifle innovation, become a burden for small businesses and make the state an outlier. The bill passed 24-12 after a lengthy debate.
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Construction of new defence building in Yellowknife set to begin, years later than expected
Construction on a new Department of National Defence facility in Yellowknife is set to begin in May, after years of delays.National Defence Minister Bill Blair attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new National Defence Multi-purpose Facility in Yellowknife on Wednesday, along with Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal, N.W.T. Premier R.J. Simpson, and N.W.T. MP Michael McLeod. Blair said that construction on the facility, which was originally scheduled to be completed this year, is now sla
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Judge orders preventative detention for Iranian and 2 Peruvians in thwarted plot to kill Israelis
A Peruvian judge has ordered 18 months of preventative detention for an Iranian and two Peruvian men while they are investigated for allegedly attempting to kill two Israelis living in the South American country. The ruling by Magistrate Miguel Quevedo was handed down Tuesday but released Wednesday. The judge said the motive for the unsuccessful alleged killing plot was unclear, but police and prosecutors in Peru have said the Iranian, Majid Azizi, could be a member of the Quds Force of the Is
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Connor Wong homers twice, Rafael Devers connects for solo shot as Red Sox hammer Guardians 8-0
Connor Wong homered twice and Rafael Devers connected for a homer in his return to Boston's lineup, sending the banged-up Red Sox to an 8-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night. Wong hit leadoff homers in the second and sixth innings off Carlos Carrasco (1-2). Devers, who missed the previous five games with a bone bruise in his knee, homered in the fifth as the Red Sox piled up 16 hits and cooled off baseball's hottest team with a four-hit shutout.
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Indigenous group detains 12 alleged gold miners in Amazon and hands them over to Brazilian police
An Indigenous group in Brazil said Wednesday its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police. The non-profit Urihi Associação Yanomami said in a statement that the incident took place Tuesday in the northern state of Roraima, which borders Venezuela. Brazil's Indigenous Peoples Ministry confirmed that a dozen alleged miners, including 10 men and two women, were in police custody.
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