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Dezi Freeman shot dead by police after seven-month-long manhunt

Shooting occurred at a property in north-east Victoria after major manhunt for 56-year-old, who allegedly killed two police officers in Porepunkah

Fugitive Dezi Freeman, the man allegedly responsible for the shooting deaths of two officers at Porepunkah, has been killed after a seven-month long manhunt in rural Victoria.

Victorian police announced on Monday that a man had been shot shortly after 8.30am.

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New survey finds 91% of fans believe football is better off without VAR

  • Only 2% thought VAR ‘makes football more enjoyable’

  • 81% prefer watching games without video technology

Football supporters remain thoroughly unconvinced of the merits of video assistant referees (VAR), with new research suggesting as many as 91% of them believe the game is better off without it.

More than eight years after the first trials of VAR in the English game, an annual survey by the Football Supporters’ Association shows widespread dissatisfaction with the system, including the tweaks that have been brought in to improve how it is used.

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US will reportedly allow Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba amid blockade

Anatoly Kolodkin could soon discharge at Matanzas port, US official says, three months after Cuba’s last oil import

The US is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba, the New York Times reported on Sunday, possibly granting a lifeline to the Caribbean island amid a de facto oil blockade imposed by Washington.

Ship tracking data showed the Russian-flagged tanker Anatoly ⁠Kolodkin on Sunday was just off the eastern tip of Cuba.

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The Register

Biting the hand that feeds IT — Enterprise Technology News and Analysis

AI will write code, but prepare to babysit it - and be sure you speak its language

This week on the Kettle, we predict that AI software development won't make you want to fire your devs anytime soon

kettle  Tell an AI to write you a poem and it'll do it, just in a way that requires a human touch to perfect; the same goes for writing code.…

this isn't happiness.

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UNIFIL-vredeshandhaver gedood bij aanval in Zuid-Libanon

ADSHIT AL-QUSAYR (ANP/RTR) - Een vredeshandhaver van de VN-vredesmacht in Libanon (UNIFIL) is om het leven gekomen toen een projectiel ontplofte in de omgeving van Adshit al-Qusayr in het zuiden van Libanon, meldt de VN-vredesmacht in een verklaring.

Een andere vredeshandhaver raakte zwaargewond. Volgens UNIFIL is de herkomst van het projectiel nog onbekend en wordt er onderzoek gedaan.


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