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  1. Pope Francis apologizes over use of homophobic slur, Vatican says

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    Pope Francis, widely quoted as having used a highly derogatory word to describe the 2SLGBTQ+ community, did not intend to use homophobic language and apologizes to anyone offended by it, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

  2. Israeli troops push forward in Rafah, denying that more shelling killed 21 people

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    Israeli tanks advanced to the centre of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, witnesses said, three weeks into a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city that has stirred global condemnation for the rising civilian death toll.

  3. Neuralink looks to the public to solve a seemingly impossible problem

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    Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink is pitched as a brain implant that will let people control computers and other devices using their thoughts. Turning brain signals into computer inputs means transmitting a lot of data very quickly. Now, the company is seeking a new algorithm that can transmit that data in a smaller package through a public challenge.

  4. Israel's deadly attack on tent camp confirms 'there is no safety' in Gaza, survivors say

    A woman in a blue shirt with a pink headscarf stands in what was once a tent camp in Gaza.

    Families who survived a deadly Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in southern Gaza described a horrific scene of scorched tents and burning bodies on Sunday.

  5. Papua New Guinea orders thousands to evacuate from path of landslide

    A man sits on a downed tree with his hands above his head.

    Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate from the path of a still-active landslide in Papua New Guinea by the government on Tuesday, after parts of a mountain collapsed, burying an initial estimate of more than 2,000 people.