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The US government is looking into a fake video of US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller discussing Russia's war in Ukraine which recently emerged on social media. "I will say just as a warning to everyone, if you see a video of me at the podium and my tie colour and shirt colour change from the time I'm asked a question to the time I answer, it is probably a good indication that it's not real," Miller said in a press briefing on Wednesday. The New York Times reported on the 50-second clip last week. In the clearly manipulated but relatively authentic-looking video, Miller appears to sug...
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Boca Chica and Medford Colonia (United States) (AFP) - Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket that may one day send humans to Mars, is poised for its next flight on Thursday. It will be the fourth test for the most powerful launch system ever built, vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade and to SpaceX CEO's Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonizing the Red Planet. A two-hour liftoff window from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas opens at 7:00 am local time (1200 GMT). Weather conditions look favorable, and the Federal Aviation Administration has ...
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New York (AFP) - Two modern day treasure hunters in the United States appeared to strike gold when they uncovered a safe stuffed with $100,000 in cash -- but there was a catch. The banknotes were ruined. Barbara Agostini and James Kane, both in their 40s, have been propelled to celebrity status beyond their magnet fishing community after making the discovery in a New York pond over the weekend. "It's surreal, I thought it was a joke until I saw it with my eyes," said Barbara Agostini. Though not the pair's first time discovering a safe, it was their first one containing more than random odds a...
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Washington (AFP) - Tests on a leading AI tool allowed the creation of deceptive and incriminating images of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, a watchdog said Wednesday, despite pledges to block fake photos of the presidential contenders ahead of elections in November. Disinformation researchers fear rampant misuse of AI-powered applications in a year of major elections around the world, thanks to proliferating online tools that are cheap and easy to use and lack sufficient guardrails. The non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) said it tested two programs that can generate ima...
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New York (AFP) - Boeing's outgoing CEO Dave Calhoun will testify before a US Senate panel later this month to answer questions about safety and production issues at the aircraft manufacturer, the company said Wednesday. The June 18 appearance in front of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations follows an April hearing, in which four whistleblowers alleged there was safety problems in the production of three of the four commercial planes currently produced by Boeing -- the 737 MAX, the 787 Dreamliner and the 777. "I look forward to Mr. Calhoun's testimony, which is a necessary step ...
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Washington (AFP) - Republicans in the US Senate on Wednesday blocked a bill recognizing a legal right to contraception, introduced as part of a Democratic effort to highlight threats to reproductive freedoms as a key issue in November elections. The legislation would have guaranteed the right to obtain and use condoms, intrauterine devices and other birth control methods, and for health providers to prescribe them and give advice free from government interference. A recent poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that one in five US adults worries that access to contraception is "a threatene...
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New York (AFP) - La gouverneure démocrate de l'Etat de New York a fait volte-face mercredi en annonçant brutalement la suspension sine die de l'ouverture, prévue fin juin, d'un péage urbain controversé dans une partie de Manhattan. L'objectif de cet impôt direct de 15 dollars par passage prélevé à l'entrée du centre de Manhattan, un des cinq arrondissements de la mégapole, était de désengorger les grandes avenues qui irriguent l'île et d'améliorer la qualité de l'air. Premier système de péage en centre-ville aux Etats Unis -- après Londres, Stockholm ou Singapour --, le projet voté en mars dev...
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Washington (AFP) - A Georgia appeals court on Wednesday froze all proceedings in the election interference case against former US president Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the southern state. Trump, 77, is accused in Georgia of involvement in a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election result in the state, where Democrat Joe Biden won by some 12,000 votes. In March, the judge hearing the case rejected a bid by Trump and several other co-defendants to disqualify the district attorney who brought the charges following revelations that she had a romantic relationship with the man sh...
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The Pentagon hopes that the temporary pier set up by the US military off the coast of Gaza to deliver aid will be repaired by the end of the week, officials said Wednesday. "We're hoping that we will be able to re-anchor the peer into Gaza at the end of the week," US Department of Defence spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. "As soon as the temporary pier is re-anchored to the beach in Gaza, we expect aid to flow pretty immediately," Singh added. The pier anchored on the coast was severely damaged in rough seas at the end of May just a few days after it was completed. Due to strong waves, four US m...
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The Pentagon hopes that the temporary pier set up by the US military off the coast of Gaza to deliver aid will be repaired by the end of the week, officials said Wednesday. "We're hoping that we will be able to re-anchor the peer into Gaza at the end of the week," US Department of Defence spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. "As soon as the temporary pier is re-anchored to the beach in Gaza, we expect aid to flow pretty immediately," Singh added. The pier anchored on the coast was severely damaged in rough seas at the end of May just a few days after it was completed. Due to strong waves, four US m...
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