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CNN  —  A man arrested after allegedly firing a replica gun several times in a San Francisco synagogue now faces a hate crime enhancement, the city’s district attorney said Wednesday. The hate crime allegation against 51-year-old Dmitri Mishin is tied to statements he made during the incident as well as social media posts he made involving “several postings of an individual in Nazi-type clothing,” San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said in a news conference. While officials did not share what Mishin said while inside the synagogue, prosecutors believe he “harbored antisemitic views and that was the motivation for his…

“FULL-FLEDGED NUCLEAR POWER” Analysts said that the scale and scope of the weaponry on display showed advances which represented a challenge to the United States. “They’ve shown more ICBMs in the latest parade than they’ve ever shown before, consistent with a longstanding directive from Kim Jong Un on mass producing nuclear weapons and delivery systems,” US-based analyst Ankit Panda told AFP. This is an issue, he said, as Washington has planned its homeland missile defence system to deal with a ‘limited’ missile threat from North Korea. “North Korea has now demonstrated that their nuclear forces are far from ‘limited’,” he…

“FULL-FLEDGED NUCLEAR POWER” Analysts said that the scale and scope of the weaponry on display showed advances which represented a challenge to the United States. “They’ve shown more ICBMs in the latest parade than they’ve ever shown before, consistent with a longstanding directive from Kim Jong Un on mass producing nuclear weapons and delivery systems,” US-based analyst Ankit Panda told AFP. This is an issue, he said, as Washington has planned its homeland missile defence system to deal with a ‘limited’ missile threat from North Korea. “North Korea has now demonstrated that their nuclear forces are far from ‘limited’,” he…

CNN  —  Witnesses in the murder trial of disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday shored up earlier testimony of his former law group’s chief financial officer, who’d spoken about discovering what prosecutors allege were his financial crimes that could have helped lead to the killings of his wife and son. Murdaugh has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime in the killings of his wife, Margaret “Maggie” Murdaugh, and his 22-year-old son Paul on June 7, 2021. Murdaugh called 911 the night…

Not every game can be as riveting as the Rangers’ overtime win over the Flames on Monday, but the Blueshirts didn’t need anything exciting to secure another two points over the Canucks on Wednesday night. They defended a one-goal lead for a majority of the night in a 4-3 victory over Vancouver at Madison Square Garden to pick up their third win in a row. The Rangers did their thing against a team ranked seventh to last in the NHL, in a game that lacked energy compared to the one on Monday. The Canucks never let the Rangers get comfortable.…

People gather outside the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on January 17, 2023. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images)Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Singapore is set to allow non-fully vaccinated travelers to enter the country without a negative pre-departure test from next week, health authorities announced Thursday.The country is set to remove mask-wearing on public transport from Monday, as it seeks to exit the “acute phase” of the pandemic, said the Ministry of Health.The country’s Covid task force, created in January 2020, will be deactivated. “Our Covid…

Hong Kong CNN  —  Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon. The Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be called. “Frontier innovations such as large language models and generative AI have been our [focus] areas since the formation of DAMO in 2017,” an Alibaba (BABA) spokesperson told CNN in a Thursday statement, referring to an acronym for the company’s research arm that focuses on machine intelligence, data…

Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 during pregnancy passes along protection against infection and hospitalization to newborns, a Canadian study says. The research, published in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) on Wednesday evening, found that protection against COVID-19 for infants was most effective when mothers got their second or third dose of mRNA vaccine during pregnancy.A booster shot during pregnancy bolstered protection against the Omicron variant in particular, said the study authors from the Canadian Immunization Research Network.Canadian infectious diseases specialists, obstetrician-gynecologists and immunologists have long urged pregnant people to stay up to date on their COVID-19 vaccinations — including boosters —…

Alice Springs business owner Darren Clarke says NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles’ visit is “a little parade for the cameras” as the state government visits the town this week and discusses alcohol ban ballots. “To hold ballots in town camps, what that does is … gets people on the electoral roll for next year’s election,” Mr Clarke told Sky News Australia.“You’ve got to actually read further into this – it’s very smart politics by the Labor party here.“I am disgusted in the bureaucrats that toe the line here in the Northern Territory – and don’t worry guys, hang in there,…

An Arizona rancher accused of shooting and killing a migrant on Jan. 30 will remain jailed on $1 million bond for at least another two weeks ahead of preliminary hearing scheduled for Feb. 22. George Alan Kelly, 73, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, who was identified by a Mexican voter registration card that he was carrying. His court-appointed attorney requested that the preliminary hearing, which was scheduled for Wednesday, be pushed back due to the case’s “fairly voluminous” disclosure that will “take significant time to review.”Authorities have been tight-lipped about the circumstances of the…