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    Israel qualifies for Eurovision grand finale

    Israel qualified for this weekend's Eurovision song contest grand finale, defying thousands of demonstrators marching on Thursday in host country Sweden over the Gaza war.At the end of March, contestants from nine countries, including Swiss favourite Nemo, called for a lasting ceasefire.

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    India vote a chance for Kashmiris to signal opposition to Modi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign speeches claim his quelling of an insurgency in Kashmir as one of his greatest achievements, but many in the disputed region see India's election as a chance to signal their disagreement. India's powerful home minister Amit Shah, a close acolyte of Modi, said at a campaign rally last month the party had made a tactical decision not to field candidates. 

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    Trump Says He’s Ready To Debate Biden ‘Anywhere’ After Shunning GOP Events

    "We could do it in D.C., even pinpoint the White House, or in New York," the former president suggested.

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    George Conway Names 'Complete Disaster' Moment For Trump During Trial

    Conway also slammed this approach by the former president's legal team as a "fiasco."

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    Panama president-elect pledges to deport migrants who cross Darien Gap

    Panama will deport US-bound migrants who enter the country through the notoriously dangerous stretch of jungle known as the Darien Gap, president-elect Jose Raul Mulino said Thursday.Mulino's election comes as the Central American country grapples with deep-rooted corruption, a severe drought that has hobbled the economically critical Panama Canal, and a stream of US-bound migrants passing through its jungles.

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    Asian markets mostly rise as US data boosts rate hopes

    Growing hopes that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are close to cutting interest rates helped push Asian stocks higher Friday.The European Central Bank is expected to cut its rates in June.

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    Einstein and anime: Hong Kong university tests AI professors

    Using virtual reality headsets, students at a Hong Kong university travel to a pavilion above the clouds to watch an AI-generated Albert Einstein explain game theory.While initially hesitant, most Hong Kong universities last year allowed students to use AI to degrees that vary from course to course.

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