World News: 19 May 2023

Pakistan police to search Imran Khan's house to arrest "Terrorists"
Punjab Caretaker Information Minister Amir Mir claimed that some '30 to 40' terrorists were hiding inside Khan's Zaman Park residence and gave an ultimatum of 24 hours to the chief to hand them over or face stern action.
Meanwhile, Mir said that the authorities have apprehended eight terrorists who were fleeing from Zaman Park.

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Twitter accuses Microsoft of misusing its data, foreshadowing a possible fight over AI
The letter primarily addresses a seemingly narrow set of alleged infractions by Microsoft in drawing information from Twitter’s database of tweets. But the move could foreshadow more serious developments. Musk has previously accused Microsoft and its partner OpenAI in a tweet of “illegally” using Twitter data to develop sophisticated AI systems such as ChatGPT.
“Lawsuit time,” Musk wrote in that April tweet.

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China overtakes Japan as world's top car exporter
Official figures released in the last week China exported 1.07 million vehicles in the period, up 58% compared to the first quarter of 2022.
At the same time Japan's vehicle exports stood at 954,185, after edging up 6% from a year earlier.
China's exports were boosted by demand for electric cars and sales to Russia.
Last year, China overtook Germany to become the world's second largest car exporter.

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Dubai’s next big thing? Perhaps a $5 billion man-made ‘moon’ as the city’s real estate market booms
Canadian entrepreneur Michael Henderson envisions building a 274-metre (900-foot) replica of the moon atop a 30-metre (100-foot) building in Dubai, already home to the world's tallest building and other architectural wonders.
Mr. Henderson's project, dubbed MOON, may sound out of this world, but it could easily fit in this futuristic city-state. Dubai already has a red-hot real estate market, fueled by the wealthy who fled restrictions imposed in their home countries during the coronavirus pandemic and Russians seeking refuge amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine.

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7.7 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami on South Pacific islands
New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency said it expected coastal areas would experience strong and unusual currents, with unpredictable surges at the shoreline.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also said small waves were possible for Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Guam and other Pacific islands.

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Why Tunisia’s political and economical crisis is Europe’s problem too
From a migration perspective, particularly in Italy, “there is a strong fear that not only that economic or political instability in Tunisia may trigger a new wave of migration, including irregular departures from Tunisia to Europe,” Fabiani said.
Some 18,893 migrants have reached the Italian coasts from the North African country since the beginning of the year and as of 18 April, 2,764 of whom held a Tunisian passport.

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