US sailors and Marines entered Thailand’s resort city of Pattaya on Thursday after a record nine months at sea. Police said there had been no major incidents involving the 5,000-strong contingent, although two sailors were returned to the ship following a drunken bar brawl.

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Two US sailors were removed from a Thai resort town after a drunken brawl. The USS Abraham Lincoln’s arrival has attracted global media attention amid reports that living conditions aboard the ship deteriorated after more than 280 days at sea.

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The White House has launched five arcade-style website games depicting elements of Donald Trump’s agenda, prompting critics and rights groups to accuse the administration of choosing entertainment over rising living costs and the ongoing war on Iran. The White House appeared unfazed, posting “CAN’T STOP WINNING” alongside the games.

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The Trump administration launched a series of arcade-style games on the official White House website Thursday to promote its priorities. The move is the latest in an aggressive online campaign aimed at trolling Democrats, which has at times featured racist and offensive images.

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Two people were found alive and rescued after being trapped for more than a week inside a tunnel at Nepal’s Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project following flash floods. A survivor received medical attention.

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Two workers trapped in a hydropower tunnel were rescued nine days after floods hit Nepal. Local authorities say about 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects, with around 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels.

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Rescuers pulled two people from a tunnel at Nepal’s Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project more than a week after a massive flash flood devastated the Nepal-China border area.

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Two workers trapped at a hydropower project in Nepal were brought out alive more than a week after deadly floods. At least 557 workers are missing along the Trishuli River project, with around 115 thought to remain trapped in the main tunnel.

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Nepal lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane said rescuers pulled a second worker alive from a tunnel on Friday, meaning both trapped workers were rescued alive.

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Two workers have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, the first people saved from the projects nine days after an ice, rock and mud slide swept through a valley and killed more than 1,200 people.

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Nepal Army footage shows two hydropower workers being rescued alive after spending nine days trapped inside a flood-buried tunnel in Rasuwa.

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Rescuers on Friday freed two hydropower workers from a tunnel blocked by mud and debris during the massive floods that hit Nepal in late August. Officials believe hundreds of workers are still trapped in tunnels linked to hydropower projects across the remote Himalayan region.

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Nepal’s Army said two workers were rescued Friday from a tunnel at the Trishuli-3A hydropower project, 10 days after deadly floods hit the area. Rescuers heard voices, made contact and broke through to the survivors. The operation raised hopes that more people could still be alive inside mud-clogged infrastructure.

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OpenAI has announced GPT-6 Astra, calling it the company’s most advanced, intelligent and aligned model, with public access expected in the coming days. The launch comes amid intensified concern over AI escaping human control, following an AI-led hack of Hugging Face and calls for stricter safety rules.

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OpenAI has begun rolling out GPT-6 Astra to selected clients. The model is described as the company’s newest frontier flagship and has been announced as marking the start of the artificial general intelligence era.

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OpenAI leaders believe the company’s next-generation model, which performs strongly in computer use and coding, could represent a major milestone in the development of artificial intelligence.

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OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, describing it as a “generational leap” for cybersecurity, professional work, software engineering, science, and computer use. President Greg Brockman said he believes the model may mark the arrival of the AGI era. The model is rolling out first to enterprise cybersecurity customers, followed by broader users, the API, and AWS.

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Residents are returning to villages in southern Lebanon devastated by Israel’s invasion. With homes destroyed, many are struggling to find affordable shelter and even water as winter approaches.

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As Trump takes a harder line on negotiations, Tehran remains determined to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed, sustaining the escalation between the US and Iran.

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Vice President JD Vance played down the scale of the Iran conflict, saying he would not call it a “war” because major combat operations ended several weeks ago. His characterization comes as military strikes in the region have recently intensified and could trigger a midterm backlash.

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South Korea is considering sending military assets to the Strait of Hormuz to support freedom of navigation, according to media reports, although Seoul says no deployment decision has been made. Iran struck US military targets in the Gulf in retaliation for a Tuesday night attack that killed four people at a wedding.

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U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he misspoke after incorrectly saying that no American service members had died during the war in Iran.

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As the war in Iran enters its seventh month and attacks intensify, Vice President JD Vance said he would not call the conflict a war.

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A genetically modified pig kidney kept a man off dialysis for a record nine months before he received a human kidney. It marks the first successful use of an animal organ as a bridge to a human transplant.

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