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3-Year Cruise Passengers Seek Fraud Charges Over Cancellation

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Instead, more than a month after the cruise was abruptly canceled, one couple is stranded in an Istanbul hotel and on the verge of becoming homeless; another woman has moved to Ecuador because she can’t afford to pay her mortgage; and a man, recently diagnosed with cancer, has delayed his treatment because he doesn’t have the money to pay for it.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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Akhtar and Nguyen flew to Quito, Ecuador, to test their product on Juan Suquillo, who lost his left hand during a 1979 border war between Ecuador and Peru. Everything that we do has the patient in mind.". Using the prototype, Suquillo was able to pinch together his thumb and index finger for the first time in 35 years.

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Continental extends term of Nikolai Setzer as CEO, appoints new board member for automotive group sector – ET Auto

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He will guide the company toward a successful future,” Supervisory Board chairman Prof. Together we have proven we are resilient in times of crisis and are well positioned for the future,” Setzer said. As is customary for a new board member, Philipp von Hirschheydt has been appointed for a term of three years until April 30, 2026.

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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

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The more data you collect, the more danger there is in the future that that data can end up in the public or in the wrong hands,” Cirio says. Indeed, after China’s 2008 Olympics, Ecuador and other countries with mixed human rights records purchased surveillance equipment based on systems displayed at the 2008 Olympics.

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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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The European Commission, the European Union’s executive body, has refused to bless Gazprom’s proposed 55 bcm/year Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, citing existing surplus Gazprom pipeline capacity into Europe and insufficient future demand for Russian natural gas. The emergence of the U.S., This has transformed the U.S.

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