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The Rock Waxwork Retouched After Skin Tone Complaints

A famed Paris museum said it would on Wednesday reinstall a waxwork of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson with a more true-to-life look after it was taken off public show for additional work when the US actor complained about its pale skin tone.

Erdogan Cancels Plans to Visit Israel

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday he was cancelling plans to visit Israel because of its “inhumane” war against Hamas militants in Gaza.

PTI Chairman Challenges Indictment Proceedings in Cipher Case

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has challenged the special court's October 23 indictment order in the cipher case in the Islamabad High Court. In his plea, Khan argues that the trial court overlooked constitutional requirements and indicted him prematurely. He claims that a hasty trial could affect fundamental constitutional rights and due process of law. Khan urges the IHC to declare the Official Secrets Act Court's order null and void. The cipher case relates to a classified cable sent to Islamabad by Pakistan's ambassador in Washington, which Khan is accused of making public. Both Khan and Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the former foreign minister, have pleaded not guilty and refused to accept the charge sheet. Witnesses will be summoned for the next hearing on October 27. The FIR was registered under the Official Secrets Act, with Khan and Qureshi named in the report along with Azam Khan and Asad Umar. The FIR alleges that Khan and Qureshi distorted the facts of the diplomatic cipher and jeopardized state interests.

Microsoft Surpasses Google in the Race for AI Dominance

Microsoft is outstripping Alphabet in the race to make money from generative artificial intelligence through early bets on OpenAI and focus on big clients, raising worries that the Google parent could lose share in the cloud-computing market.