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France planning AI-assisted control for Paris Olympics

France planning AI-assisted control for Paris Olympics

French authorities plan to use an AI-assisted crowd control system to monitor people during the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to a draft law seen by AFP on Thursday.

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France planning AI-assisted control control for Paris Olympics

France planning AI-assisted control control for Paris Olympics

French authorities plan to use an AI-assisted crowd control system to monitor people during the 2024 Paris Olympics, according to a draft law seen by AFP on Thursday.

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Protesters shut luxury Paris store  La Samaritaine

Protesters shut luxury Paris store La Samaritaine

Dozens of trade union members and disgruntled employees protested Thursday at the ultra-luxury La Samaritaine shopping store in the heart of Paris, causing managers to shut its doors.

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Spain approves trans rights bill that has split the left

Spain approves trans rights bill that has split the left

Lawmakers on Thursday passed a transgender rights bill allowing anyone 16 and over to change gender on their ID card, putting Spain on track to becoming one of the few countries to allow transgender people to change their status with a simple declaration.

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Mining giant BHP to face £10bn damages trial in UK over Brazil dam collapse

Mining giant BHP to face £10bn damages trial in UK over Brazil dam collapse

Global mining firm BHP must stand trial in the UK to face an estimated £10 billion ($12 billion) damages claim over a deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, a judge has ruled.

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French football president wants Deschamps to stay

French football president wants Deschamps to stay

The French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet said in an interview published on Thursday he wants France coach Didier Deschamps, whose current contract expires at the end of the year, to remain in the post.

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Amazon can be liable when sellers breach trademarks: EU court

Amazon can be liable when sellers breach trademarks: EU court

Online retail giant Amazon can potentially be held responsible when third-party sellers on its website misuse trademarks, the European Court of Justice said on Thursday.

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'Serpent' serial killer awaiting release in Nepal

'Serpent' serial killer awaiting release in Nepal

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, whose string of murders across Asia in the 1970s was portrayed in the Netflix series "The Serpent", was still awaiting his release from prison Thursday after a Nepali court ordered him freed on health grounds.

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More Ebola trial vaccines arrive in Uganda

More Ebola trial vaccines arrive in Uganda

Uganda announced Thursday that it had received shipments of two more trial vaccines to test against a strain of Ebola responsible for dozens of deaths in the East African nation.

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Turkey hikes minimum wages for third time to cushion inflation

Turkey hikes minimum wages for third time to cushion inflation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday announced the third major minimum wage hike in a year to try and cushion the impact of a historic jump in consumer prices ahead of crunch elections.

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