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‘National disgrace’: US lawmakers decry student detentions on visit to Ice jails | US immigration newsthirst.

Congressional lawmakers denounced the treatment of Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk, the students being detained by US immigration authorities for their pro-Palestinian activism, as a “national disgrace” during a visit to the two facilities in Louisiana where each are being held. “We stand firm with them in support of free speech,” the Louisiana congressman Troy…

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AI images of child sexual abuse getting ‘significantly more realistic’, says watchdog | Artificial intelligence (AI) newsthirst.

Images of child sexual abuse created by artificial intelligence are becoming “significantly more realistic”, according to an online safety watchdog. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) said advances in AI are being reflected in illegal content created and consumed by paedophiles, saying: “In 2024, the quality of AI-generated videos improved exponentially, and all types of AI…

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No recovery in sight for struggling cocoa market, Lindt CEO says newsthirst.

BASEL, SWITZERLAND – APRIL 11: Lindt Chocolate Easter bunnies are seen in a store display on April 11, 2025 in Basel, Switzerland. Sedat Suna | Getty Images News | Getty Images Cocoa prices will remain elevated despite some potential declines amid higher input and sustainability costs, confectionary company Lindt & Sprüngli’s CEO Adalbert Lechner told…

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Sydney residents shaken awake by early morning earthquake in NSW Hunter Valley | Australia news newsthirst.

Aftershocks are expected from an earthquake that shook residents awake along a stretch of Australia’s east coast. The quake struck at 2.55am on Wednesday near Singleton in the New South Wales Hunter Valley about 200km north of Sydney, Geoscience Australia seismologists said. Its magnitude was initially read at 5.1 and later revised to 4.6. No…

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