The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans

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South Korea's military drones fly in formation during a joint military drill with the US at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon on May 25, 2023.

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Ukraine says its marines have fortified a captured river bank, letting them smack the Russians

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Three Ukrainian servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade next to the Dnipro River
Three Ukrainian servicemen stand guard on a position next to the Dnipro River, in an undisclosed location in the Kherson region, on November 6, 2023.

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Russian soldiers are rumored to be sticking their hands out of trenches because they want to get shot

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A Ukrainian soldier in a trench surrounded by fog and burnt trees
A Ukrainian soldier digs a trench near Bakhmut, Ukraine, in October 2023.

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The noise from pickleball courts is driving everyone crazy. Scientists are trying to come up with a solution.

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A player stretches to meet a pickleball on a competitive pickleball court.
Pickleball player Catherine Parenteau plays in the Pro Women's Doubles division on November 13, 2023, in Dallas.

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A Ukrainian soldier is claiming the world's longest sniper kill, using a gun named 'Horizon's Lord'

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A composite image showing, left, a Ukrainian Territorial Defense brigade sniper in training, used for illustration purposes only, and a view of the claimed longest sniper shot highlighted in a circle in footage released by Ukrainian Special forces in November 2023.
(L) A Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces soldier trains with a sniper rifle.

A vengeful Russia is sending streams of migrants to Finland's borders to punish it for working with the US, officials say

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Migrants with bicycles are seen at the international border crossing at Salla, Finnish Lapland on November 21, 2023.

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I live next to an Icelandic volcano that's about to blow. I wanted to be closer to nature, but not that close.

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An older couple, Sigurdur Leosson and his wife, and show smiling at the camera next to a picture of their cosy sitting room. in their home in Grindavik
Grindavik residents Sigurdur Leosson and his wife are shown on the left, next of a picture of the inside of their home, which is threatened by a pending eruption.

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Ukrainian grandma says she's too old to fight Russians in the infantry so learned to pilot drones instead

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Ukrainian grandmother Natalia
Ukrainian grandmother Natalia speaking with Ukraine's public national broadcaster, Suspilne Ukraine, in a TikTok interview published on November 16, 2023.

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Russian police are overwhelmed by the number of people snitching on neighbors and colleagues: report

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Russian artist Alexandra Skochilenko, 33, accused of spreading disinformation about the Russian army, gestures during her verdict hearing at a court in Saint Petersburg on November 16, 2023.

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Ukraine wants Russian soldiers to be 'hungry, cold and have no desire to fight' by disrupting its logistics this winter

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A Ukrainian tank driver hidden in a snowy forest in Ukraine's Donetsk Region
A Ukrainian solider in the Donetsk region.

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