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Open AI receives $200 mil contract from US Defence Dept for prototype intel bot

San Francisco, June 17 (UNI) The US based generative AI giant OpenAI has received a
200 million contract from the US Department of Defence to develop a prototype artificial intelligence tool to perform national security tasks, the department said.
"OpenAI Public Sector LLC, San Francisco, California, has been awarded a fixed amount, prototype, other transaction agreement (HQ0883-25-9-0012) with a value of
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EU adopts 18th sanctions package to cripple Russia’s war machine

18 Jul 2025 | 1:47 PM

Brussels, July 18 (UNI) The European Union has reached an agreement on an 18th sanctions package against Russia over its war in Ukraine, targeting the banking, energy, and military-industrial sectors. It also includes a new dynamic oil price cap aimed at delivering further blows to Russia's oil and energy industry.

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Will not prosecute those who worked with UK armed forces: Taliban

18 Jul 2025 | 11:53 AM

Moscow, July 18 (UNI) Taliban will not prosecute Afghans who collaborated with the British military, and whose data was exposed as a result of a leak, Hamdullah Fitrat, the deputy spokesman of the interim Afghan government, said.

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Strategic partnership treaty with Russia has entered into force: Iran

18 Jul 2025 | 8:41 AM

Moscow, July 18 (UNI) The comprehensive strategic partnership agreement signed between Russia and Iran in January this year has entered into force, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali told Sputnik.

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Meta investors, Zuckerberg agree to end $8 billion trial over Facebook privacy litigation

18 Jul 2025 | 5:43 AM

New York, July 18 (UNI) Mark Zuckerberg, businessman and chairman of Meta Platforms, and current as well as former directors and officers of the company have agreed to settle claims seeking US$ 8 billion for the damage they allegedly caused to the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy during Donald Trump’s US presidential campaign in 2016.

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Pak, Afghan, Uzbek ministers ink pact for trilateral railway project

18 Jul 2025 | 12:24 AM

Kabul, July 18 (UNI) Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan signed a framework agreement for the joint feasibility study of a landmark trilateral railway project connecting the three nations.

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