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AI could halve time reading breast cancer scans, study suggests

AI could halve time reading breast cancer scans, study suggests

Artificial intelligence could help almost halve the workload of radiologists when it comes to searching routine scans for signs of breast cancer, a large Swedish study suggested on Wednesday.

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Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election

Trump indicted over efforts to overturn 2020 election

Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election -- the most serious legal threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the White House.

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India blow away West Indies in decider to seal ODI series

India blow away West Indies in decider to seal ODI series

India swiftly erased the memory of a poor second match to annihilate the West Indies by 200 runs in the decisive third and final one-day international at the Brian Lara Stadium on Tuesday.

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Mets deal ace Verlander to Astros at MLB trade deadline

Mets deal ace Verlander to Astros at MLB trade deadline

Two-time World Series champion Justin Verlander returned to the Houston Astros on Tuesday, the 40-year-old righthander being moved by the New York Mets at Tuesday's Major League Baseball trade deadline.

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US House panel probes BlackRock, MSCI on China investment flow

US House panel probes BlackRock, MSCI on China investment flow

US lawmakers are probing American investment flows facilitated by BlackRock and MSCI to Chinese companies that Washington has sanctioned, a congressional panel announced Tuesday.

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Trump says he expects to be indicted on Tuesday

Trump says he expects to be indicted on Tuesday

Former US president Donald Trump said Tuesday that he expects his imminent indictment by special counsel Jack Smith in a fresh criminal case.

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Meta starts blocking news in Canada

Meta starts blocking news in Canada

Meta on Tuesday started blocking Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for such content.

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Huge mass in Lisbon ahead of pope's arrival for 'Catholic Woodstock'

Huge mass in Lisbon ahead of pope's arrival for 'Catholic Woodstock'

A sea of flag-waving pilgrims from around the world packed a Lisbon park on Tuesday for an open-air Mass that kicked off a week-long jamboree of Catholic youth on the eve of the arrival of Pope Francis.

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Six Israelis wounded in West Bank shooting, gunman killed: police

Six Israelis wounded in West Bank shooting, gunman killed: police

A Palestinian gunman opened fire at a group of Israelis in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, wounding six people before being shot dead, police said.

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US family reaches deal over cells harvested in 1950s

US family reaches deal over cells harvested in 1950s

A US biotechnology company has reached a settlement with the family of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used for groundbreaking medical research without her consent.

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