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AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden's prayers are with families of a Reuters news videographer who was killed while working in southern Lebanon, White House spokesperson Olivia Dalton told reporters on Friday.

A government audit of one of Canada’s largest Muslim charities alleges some of its directors and employees were involved in “an apparent Hamas support network.”

Lollipop Chainsaw RePoP remake has undergone a significant shift, and it is now being described as a remaster, according to Dragami Games. Yoshimi Yasuda, the company's president, took to Twitter to clarify the transformation. Yasuda stated that Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP will not introduce any changes to the original story or aesthetics. Initially unveiled in July 2022, Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP was intended to be a remake of the 2012 hack-and-slash action game. However, in August, Dragami Games announced a delay in its release until 2024. So far, Dragami has revealed little about the remaster, including the platforms on which it will be available. At the start of the year, the studio provided an initial look at the main character, Juliet Starling. The distinction between a remake and a remaster becomes particularly apparent when comparing titles like Metroid Prime Remastered and Red Dead Redemption. In the case of Red Dead Redemption on the Switch, it essentially meets the baseline expectations for a re-release. The game maintains the same resolution but at a lower framerate, going from 60 FPS to 30 FPS. In stark contrast, Metroid Prime Remastered is ironically named because it represents a full remake. The game appears to have been meticulously reprogrammed from the ground up, incorporating higher-resolution textures, improved lighting effects, enhanced sound quality, and additional features and options.

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BMW in the Indian market will be electric within the next two years, a top company executive said, citing better-than-expected demand. BMW Group India President & CEO Vikram Pawah said electric vehicles currently comprise 10% of overall sales at the company and expects this to go up to 15% in 2024 and to 25% by 2025. “We have the widest portfolio of electric vehicles in the country with five distinct offerings. We have seen strong demand for electric vehicles and will continue to launch more products in this space to consolidate our leadership position”, Pawah told ET.

The Biden administration has selected clean-energy projects from Pennsylvania to California for a $7 billion program to kickstart development and production of hydrogen fuel

Refrigerants are chemical fluids that have made air conditioning and refrigeration possible, but they are hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful at warming the planet than carbon dioxide, the most notorious greenhouse gas

President Joe Biden is going to Pennsylvania again

The European Union’s top foreign policy official has warned that public sentiment in Europe could turn more protectionist if the bloc's trade deficit with China is not reduced

Indonesia’s former agriculture minister has been arrested by the country’s anti-graft commission on accusations of bribery, abuse of power and fraud

A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service charged with leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s wealthiest people pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with prosecutors

The chief executive over Georgia's seaports says larger cargo ships will need deeper water and a taller bridge to reach the Port of Savannah in the near future

A decision on whether to authorize the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the European Union for at least 10 more years has been delayed after member countries failed to agree

MARRAKECH, Morocco (Reuters) — The World Bank on Friday said it is bolstering collaboration with nine multilateral development banks (MDBs) to accelerate its vision of a liveable planet free of poverty.

Atlassian announcing a deal to acquire video messaging platform Loom for about $975 million on Thursday. The startup’s cofounder and chief technology officer, Vinay Hiremath, is of Indian-origin, while cofounder and president Shahed Khan has Pakistani and Indian immigrant parents.

MAMI, returns in physical form after a hiatus of four years. After an online-only avatar during the pandemic, MAMI 2023, sponsored by Jio, will be back for ten days in the Maximum City. Starting October 27, the film fest goes on till November 5. Across the opening weekend of October 27-29, films will be screened at the swank 2,000-plus-seater Grand Theatre at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday clarified on the suspension of Russian Olympic body and said that individuals who have Russian passport can participate, however, Russia as a country will not be allowed to participate in the Olympic games. "We will allow individual players with Russian passports.

United Nations officials to relocate from North Gaza to southern areas within 24 hours as it prepares for a ground assault on Gaza which is likely to be extremely brutal. Yet, there is nervousness in Israel, the American military and the political elite over the risk of a trigger getting pulled on Israel's northern border with Lebanon — an attack by Hezbollah, the battle-hardened Lebanese terror group which is more organised and better-equipped than Hamas. The fear of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militia, is palpable as all eyes are watching it for any move to join Hamas against Israel.

Congress has raked up their effort in winning the upcoming assembly elections, being considered the semi-finals before the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has been hitting out the grand old party in their election rallies, targeting what the former calls ‘freebies’ or poll guarantees. The saffron party has been alleging that Congress was promising ‘freebies’ in poll-bound states in order to gain votes.

OnePlus, the popular Chinese tech giant, is gearing up to make its debut in the foldable smartphone market with the launch of the much-awaited OnePlus Open. This new foldable smartphone is all set to debut globally on October 19, with a special launch event planned in Mumbai, India, OnePlus announced. The event will be live-streamed on social media platforms, allowing enthusiasts worldwide to witness the grand unveiling. Kinder Liu, President, and COO of OnePlus, expressed his enthusiasm about the OnePlus Open, labeling it the «dream smartphone.» According to Liu, this innovative device is designed to transform conventional compromises found in existing foldable devices, particularly in terms of display technology, imaging performance, and weight.

The acting Social Security commissioner says a 3_2% increase in benefits next year “will help millions of people keep up with expenses."