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What's streaming now: Nicki Minaj's birthday album, Julia Roberts is in trouble and Monk returns

A Nicki Minaj album dropping on her birthday and the return of Tony Shalhoub’s quirky private investigator Adrian Monk with one final case are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.

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The UK government blames Russian intelligence for prolonged efforts to meddle in British politics

LONDON (AP) — Russia's intelligence services have targeted high-profile British politicians, civil servants and journalists with cyberespionage as part of years-long attempts to interfere in U.K. politics, Britain's government said Thursday.

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Amazon's internal plans to advance its interests in California are laid bare in leaked memo

NEW YORK (AP) — An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company’s carefully laid out plans to grow its influence in Southern California through a plethora of efforts that include burnishing its reputation through charity work and pus

Dec 7, 2023 12:58 PM Read more >

Construction of a cable to connect the power grids of Greece and Cyprus is set to start next year

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Construction of a 1.9 billion-euro ($2.05 billion) section of an electricity cable that will connect the power grids of Greece and Cyprus is slated to begin in the new year, officials said Thursday.

Dec 7, 2023 10:59 AM Read more >

Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger

NEW YORK (AP) — Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced Thursday .

Dec 7, 2023 10:11 AM Read more >

Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ongoing catastrophic rains in Eastern Africa have been worsened by human-caused climate change that made them up to two times more intense, an international team of climate scientists said Thursday.

Dec 7, 2023 9:48 AM Read more >

Europe's talks on world-leading AI rules paused after 22 hours and will start again Friday

LONDON (AP) — European Union talks on world-leading comprehensive artificial intelligence regulations were paused Thursday after 22 straight hours, with officials yet to hammer out a deal on a rulebook for the rapidly advancing technology behind popu

Dec 7, 2023 7:10 AM Read more >

Powerful earthquake shakes South Pacific nation of Vanuatu; no tsunami threat

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A powerful earthquake shook the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday evening, but countries in the region said there was no threat of a tsunami. The magnitude 7.

Dec 7, 2023 7:04 AM Read more >

Twitch says it's withdrawing from the South Korean market over expensive network fees

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Twitch, a popular video service, will shut down its struggling business in South Korea, a decision its chief executive blamed on allegedly “prohibitively expensive” costs for operating in the country.

Dec 7, 2023 12:44 AM Read more >

Indonesia ends search for victims of eruption at Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 climbers

BATU PALANO, Indonesia (AP) — The search has ended for any more victims among climbers who were caught by a weekend eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano that killed 23 people and injured several others, officials said Thursday.

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