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Google Maps is taking navigation a step further with the launch of AI-powered live lane guidance, designed for cars with Google built-in. The feature is supposed to make highway driving and complex ...

United States President Donald Trump has announced that Nigeria will be placed on a watchlist for religious freedom, based on vague claims that Christians in the country are being “slaughtered” by ...

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When Donald Trump ordered testing of nuclear weapons to resume – for the first time in 33 years – he claimed that the US possesses more nukes than any other country. In fact, it is how the US ...