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Vaccine teams in Mexico scramble over measles outbreak rippling out from Mennonite community

Vaccination teams are part of an effort by health authorities across Mexico to contain the country’s biggest measles outbreak in decades

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Indian and Pakistan troops swap intense artillery fire

Indian and Pakistani soldiers exchanged heavy volleys of shells and gunfire across their frontier in Kashmir overnight, killing at least five civilians in a growing military standoff that erupted following an attack on tourists in the India-controlled portion of the disputed region.

Russia holds Victory Day parade marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany

Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade on Red Square on Friday attended by President Vladimir Putin and foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

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‘Tone deaf’: US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AI

CrowdStrike CEO announces 5% of workforce to be slashed globally, citing artificial intelligence efficiencies created in the businessThe cybersecurity company that became a household name after causing a massive global IT outage last year has announced it will cut 5% of its workforce in part due to “AI efficiency”.In a note to staff earlier this week, released in stock market filings in the US, CrowdStrike’s chief executive, George Kurtz, announced that 500 positions, or 5% of its workforce, would be cut globally, citing AI efficiencies created in the business. Continue reading...

PKK militant group close to announcing decision to disband, Turkey's pro-Kurdish party says

Kurdish militants are close to disbanding as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey to end a 40-year insurgency, a pro-Kurdish party suggested