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Saudi Arabia has ordered Iranian diplomats and military attachés to leave within 24 hours following a drone strike on Yanbu port, the kingdom's only remaining oil export outlet amid an ongoing Hormuz blockade.
The expulsion signals a sharp escalation between Riyadh and Tehran, with global oil supply and regional stability now under serious pressure.
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Israel has struck bridges over the Litani River and targeted 128 medical sites in southern Lebanon, killing 40 healthcare workers. Over one million people have been displaced since the conflict escalated on March 2.
Attacks on medical infrastructure raise serious humanitarian and international law concerns, limiting civilian access to care in an already strained region.
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A strike on a hospital in East Darfur killed at least 64 people, including more than a dozen children, and injured 89 others. The WHO confirmed the facility can no longer operate following the attack.
Strikes on medical facilities deepen Sudan's humanitarian crisis, leaving civilian populations without critical healthcare access in an active conflict zone.
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Three real-world studies presented at ACC 2026 show Viz.ai's AI tool detects hypertrophic cardiomyopathy earlier through ECG analysis, re-engages lost patients, and strengthens care coordination with Bristol Myers Squibb.
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Pattern Computer has published a novel explainable AI framework in Nature Scientific Reports, designed for mitosis detection in digital pathology. The system achieves high accuracy and 96% fidelity using adaptive contrastive example selection, making AI decisions more interpretable and trustworthy.
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Elliott Investment Management has taken a multibillion-dollar stake in a chip design software company, signaling plans to push for significant changes. The move highlights rising shareholder activism within the technology sector.
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US industrial production rose 0.2% in February, marking a fourth consecutive monthly gain — the longest such streak in nearly three years. Manufacturing and mining both contributed, up 0.2% and 0.8% respectively, despite ongoing geopolitical pressures.
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Blue Origin has proposed Project Sunrise, a constellation of 51,600 satellites designed to host AI data centers in orbit. The system would harness solar power to run intensive workloads, bypassing land, energy, and cooling constraints faced on Earth.
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Cain Corporation is leading a $4.3 billion resort development in Beverly Hills, anchoring the project with luxury hospitality brands Aman and the Beverly Hilton. The project represents one of the largest construction financing deals in recent hospitality investment.
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Amazon's Trainium AI chip is gaining traction among top AI developers, with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Apple adopting it for custom model training. The chip offers cost and performance advantages over traditional GPUs.
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