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Month: March 2024

AI chatbots are here to help with your mental health, despite limited evidence they work

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re greeted by a bandana-wearing panda who could easily fit into a kids’ cartoon. Start talking or typing about anxiety and the app generates the kind of comforting, sympathetic statements therapists are trained to deliver. The panda might then

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Casi 5 millones de animales murieron en el invierno más duro de Mongolia en medio siglo, dicen las agencias de ayuda

Sol Amaya (CNN) — Mongolia está pasando por su invierno más duro en medio siglo, con condiciones extremas que matan a más de 4,7 millones de animales y amenazan los medios de vida y el suministro de alimentos de miles de personas, advirtió la Federación Internacional de la Cruz Roja. Las severas condiciones, conocidas como

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Worldwide support pours in for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after shocking cancer reveal

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Support poured in from around the world Saturday for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she revealed in a candid video message that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer following major abdominal surgery. The princess’s poignant video, in which she spoke about the “huge shock” and “incredibly

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A pro-West diplomat and an ally of populist premier to meet in runoff for Slovakia’s presidency

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — A  pro-western career diplomat has defeated a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico in the first round of the presidential election to set up a runoff vote between the two. The winner will succeed Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s first female president. With nearly all polling stations counted late

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‘Frozen in time.’ Kamala Harris tours bloodstained building where 2018 Parkland massacre happened

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris toured on Saturday the bloodstained classroom building where the 2018 Parkland high school massacre happened, then announced a program to assist states that have laws allowing police to temporarily seize guns from people judges have found to be dangerous. Harris saw bullet-pocked

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Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement

MOSCOW (AP) — The suburban Moscow music hall where gunmen opened fire on concertgoers was a blackened, smoldering ruin Saturday as the death toll in the attack surpassed 130 and Russian authorities arrested four suspects. President Vladimir Putin claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement in Friday’s assault on

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