The Daily Populous

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Oct 5 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated his position that Russia did not start the war in Ukraine but launched what it calls a "special military operation" to try to stop it.

In his yearly speech to the Valdai Discussion Club, being held in Sochi, Putin said Russia, the world's largest country by area, had no need to take territory from Ukraine. »

He said a bit later a Turkish drone re-entered the restricted area “on a heading toward where U.S. forces were located.”.

Typically, the U.S. and Turkish militaries, which are NATO allies, work in close coordination in conducting air maneuvers.

The U.S. has about 900 troops in Syria conducting missions to counter Islamic State group militants. »

The natural successor to McCarthy would be House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who is out getting treatment for multiple myeloma.

Majority Whip Tom Emmer and conference chair Elise Stefanik would also be obvious choices, but they both took themselves out of the running.

Ousting McCarthy and plunging the House further into shambles is unlikely to boost his standing among fellow Republicans. »

"Found out that facebook messenger has ai generated stickers now and I don't think anyone involved has thought anything through," Desbiens wrote in his post.

Available to some users on a limited basis, the new AI stickers feature allows people to create AI-generated simulated sticker images from text-based descriptions in both Facebook Messenger and Instagram Messenger.

So will Meta pull the AI stickers feature or simply clamp down by adding more words and phrases to its keyword filter?. »