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Then-Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney points out something to then-Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush during a campaign stop in Casper, Wyoming, on July 26, 2000.
Hard Numbers: Dick Cheney dies, China sentences Myanmar scammers to death, Jamaica town left in ruins, OpenAI splashes cash on computing power
84: Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, a powerful and controversial leader who had outsized influence as President George W. Bush’s second-in-command, died on Monday at 84. Cheney was best known for pushing the 2003 invasion of Iraq, using flawed intelligence to justify the decision. His critics would later call him a war criminal. A stalwart of Wyoming and Republican politics, Cheney came to reject his own party after the rise of Donald Trump.
90%: As Jamaica continues to assess the damage from Hurricane Melissa, one town has found itself hit especially hard. In Black River, a town on the south of the Caribbean island, 90% of the homes have been destroyed. The power is still out in the town, phones are down, and food supplies are running out.
5: A Chinese court handed down death sentences to five members of a major Myanmar mafia as part of a larger crackdown on scamming in Southeast Asia. The convicts had run schemes worth billions of dollars involving human trafficking, fraud, sexual slavery and murder of Chinese citizens. Myanmar had extradited the scam leaders to Beijing early last year.
$38 billion: As part of its tireless, and expensive, race to to secure computing power, OpenAI signed a $38-billion deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will allow the loss-making AI firm to use AWS infrastructure to run its products. OpenAI has now committed to spending an eye-watering $1.5 trillion on computing resources.
Malaysian clerk cheated out of S$228,000 in phone scam
SEREMBAN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A 59-year-old Malaysian clerk has been cheated out of almost RM694,000 (S$228,000) in a phone scam in Tampin near here.
Manila arrests owner of clinic in alleged fake dialysis scam
Philippine government agents yesterday arrested one of the owners of a healthcare service provider involved in a purported scam that cheated the state-run health insurer by submitting fake dialysis claims.
Philippine agents arrest owner of clinic in alleged fake dialysis claims
MANILA -Philippines government agents on Monday (June 10) arrested one of the owners of a healthcare service provider involved in a purported scam to bilk the state-run health insurer with fake dialysis claims.