LONDON (AP) – Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent security updates after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to 70 per cent of websites globally. Many government sites appeared to be functioning normally on Thursday, but outages or limited service continued while security work was under way.

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AP – A single figure sets Venezuela apart from the rest of the world: 303 billion barrels of so-called proven oil reserves. But experts say the country's estimate is inherently problematic and far from proven – rooted in exaggerated, aging data from a corrupt government. The number has long been touted by politicians and investors as an important measure of untapped energy potential, most recently by President Donald Trump's administration in detailing a sweeping deal for the US to take control of some Venezuelan reserves.

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Mount Pleasant Football Academy head into today’s Concacaf Caribbean Cup second-leg semi-final against Club Sando of Trinidad and Tobago at Sabina Park at 6 p.m., holding a valuable away-goal advantage after securing a 1-1 draw in the first leg. Despite that edge, head coach Theodore Whitmore says the focus remains firmly on completing the task and booking a place in a second consecutive final.

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Johnmark Wiggan was among the big winners at the 10th staging of the Sterling Gospel Music Awards (SGMA), earning three honours for his work on Nothing Too Hard, a collaboration with Rondell Positive and Gilead Collective. The song won Collaboration of the Year and Local Hit of the Year, while Wiggan was named Local Hit Producer of the Year. “It’s been a very surreal time, and I’m giving God thanks for it. It’s a marvellous accomplishment to be recognised, especially to have two songs in the category. I really appreciate it,” Wiggan said.

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The US stock market is rising Wednesday following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial, and other big companies. The S&P 500 added 0.4 per cent and pulled within 1 per cent of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 171 points, or 0.3 per cent, with an hour remaining in trading, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.9 per cent higher.

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