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Delta Force’s Chinese developer says it doesn’t ‘have an opinion’ on the American military and just wants to create ‘fun and meaningful gameplay’ with its campaign based on the very real Battle of Mogadishu

(Image credit: Team Jade) Delta Force sure is a heady mix. A game from Chinese devs about the American military in a Somalian civil war, with a not-yet-released singleplayer campaign modelled after Black Hawk Down, it’s the kind of thing you might expect to have opinions. A perspective. A criticism? Anything to say at all

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Karman+ digs up $20M to build an asteroid-mining autonomous spacecraft

Investors on the lookout for startups working at the frontiers of technology are casting their nets ever further into unchartered territory, sometimes literally as well as figuratively. In one of the latest examples, a startup called Karman+ with ambitions to build autonomous spacecraft that can travel to asteroids and then mine them for materials has

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This Week in AI: Maybe we should ignore AI benchmarks for now

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Slain hostages Oded Lifshitz, Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas to return – Israel News – The Jerusalem Post

The four were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 from their homes in Kibbutz Nir Oz; it is currently unclear how they died. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 19, 2025 20:07 Updated: FEBRUARY 19, 2025 20:27 Bodies of slain hostages Shiri Bibas, Ariel Bibas, Kfir Bibas, Oded Lifshitz to be returned to Israel, February

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‘Help us’: Hundreds deported from US held in Panama hotel – BBC.com

Cecilia Barría, Santiago Vanegas and Ángel Bermúdez BBC News Mundo Getty Images Two people who have been deported from the US ask for help from the window of the Decápolis Hotel in Panama City In a room at the luxury Decápolis Hotel in Panama City, two girls hold a piece of paper to the window

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Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown – The Guardian

About 7,000 people have been rescued from illegal call centre operations in Myanmar and were waiting to be transferred to Thailand, prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Wednesday, as the country launched a large-scale crackdown on scam centres operating on the border. The prime minister’s announcement came after Thai police said they were preparing to

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A worried NATO holds large-scale combat drills as the US stance on Europe shifts under Trump – The Associated Press

By  STEPHEN McGRATH and NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   SMARDAN, Romania (AP) — NATO members continued their largest combat exercises of 2025 on Wednesday, testing their ability to rapidly deploy large-scale forces on the 32-nation alliance’s eastern border as worries grow over its most powerful member, the United States. The