Hong Kongers lose B870m to scams in a week, AI voice-cloning used
Online fraudsters scammed Hong Kongers out of more than HK$200 (870 million baht) in a week last month and used artificial intelligence (AI) to trick a victim into transferring HK$145 million in one of the cases.

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Sweden's police struggle to find motive for mass shooting
STOCKHOLM - Swedish police said Sunday they were still struggling to establish the motive of the man behind the Scandinavian country's worst mass shooting, five days after the tragedy.

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Violence-hit Ecuador chooses next president
QUITO - Some 14 million Ecuadorans began voting Sunday to decide who will lead their violence-wracked Andean nation through its worst crisis in half a century.

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Israeli soldiers risk possible prosecution abroad from Gaza war
It&s a hallowed Israeli tradition: after completing military service, backpack through South America or hitchhike across Asia. But global outrage at the Gaza war, threats of arrest and the ubiquity of social media are causing some soldiers and reservists to reconsider their plans.  

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Hamas says Israel withdraws from key Gaza road
GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - A Hamas official said Israeli troops on Sunday completed their withdrawal from a strategic road bisecting the Gaza Strip, part of a fragile truce deal that Israel said it was implementing.

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More Australian retirees are struggling to pay rent: report
A growing number of Australian retirees risk falling into homelessness because they can&t afford to pay rent, said a new report aimed at lawmakers preparing to fight an election on housing and cost-of-living.

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