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This city could run dry ‘within weeks’ as it grapples with an acute water crisis

Iran’s capital Tehran could be weeks away from “day zero,” experts say — the day when taps run dry for large parts of the city — as the country suffers a severe water crisis. Key reservoirs are shrinking, authorities are scrambling to reduce water consumption and residents are desperately trying to conserve it to stave …

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns of an AI ‘fraud crisis’

New York CNN  —  OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the world may be on the precipice of a “fraud crisis” because of how artificial intelligence could enable bad actors to impersonate other people. “A thing that terrifies me is apparently there are still some financial institutions that will accept a voice print as authentication for …

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Ecuador’s capital rocked by water shortage crisis upending daily life

Quito, Ecuador CNN  —  Desperation is mounting in Ecuador’s capital as thousands of people remain without drinking water a week into Quito’s worst shortage in 25 years. The daily lives of some 400,000 residents have been seriously disrupted by the emergency, which happened after a landslide damaged a pipeline that supplied water to much of …

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Desperate Gaza doctors cram several babies into one incubator as fuel crisis reaches critical point

CNN  —  Doctors in Gaza say they were forced to cram multiple babies into one incubator as hospitals warned that fuel shortages are forcing them to shut off vital services, putting patients’ lives at risk. The UN has warned that the fuel crisis is at a critical point, with the little supplies that are available …

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Post-Iran crisis: A full agenda for Trump and Netanyahu

CNN  —  Two weeks after America’s unprecedented military strikes into Iran, the situation in the Middle East has stabilized and focus is turning to diplomacy. So, what’s on the global agenda? Over the coming weeks, I’d concentrate on a few areas. Prime Minister Netanyahu visits Washington early this week, and his top aides have been …

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Trump is acting like an authoritarian; California’s crisis now rests on what he does next

CNN  —  Donald Trump is talking and acting like an authoritarian as he escalates a constitutional clash with California over his migration crackdown. Much now depends on whether he’s simply talking tough or if he’s ready to take an already-tense nation across a fateful line in his zeal for strongman rule. In a mind-boggling moment, …

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Exclusive interview with AUC professor Bahgat Korany discusses Middle East crisis, ‘futility’ of peace talks with Israel

As the world undergoes rapid political and economic transformations with escalating conflicts shaking the Middle East, the region has witnessed over a full year of genocide in Gaza – and no clear prospect for an end. The conflict has expanded to southern Lebanon, reverberated in Yemen and Iraq, and reached Iran. The Future of the …

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Why Trump isn’t leading an emergency effort to ease the India-Pakistan crisis

CNN  —  The violent crisis between India and Pakistan is exactly the kind of international emergency that would once have prompted a full-on US diplomatic drive to cool tempers and head off a wider war. But this latest fighting over and beyond Kashmir, the disputed Muslim-majority region, may become a test of the Trump administration’s …

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Egyptian Actor Soliman Eid dies after sudden health crisis

Abdelrahman Soliman, son of the artist Soliman Eid, has announced his father’s passing following a sudden health crisis. The deceased Soliman Eid’s son added: “The funeral prayer will be held after Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque in the Islamic Complex in Sheikh Zayed, and the burial will follow immediately after the prayer.” Abdelrahman did …

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