Iran expands nuclear capacities further: IAEA
AFP, Vienna : Iran is further expanding its nuclear capacities, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday, one week after the agency’s board of governors...
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He's raising the alarm about AI: Pope Francis will be the first pontiff to address a G7 summit
AP, Italy : Pope Francis is no stranger to artificial intelligence – a deepfake photo of him in a white puffer jacket went viral last...
China elder care sector plugs smart gadgets to fill workforce gaps
AFP, Shanghai : With internet-connected sleep monitors, robotic arms and calorie-counting cafeteria plates, China’s elder care industry is hoping automation will provide the solution to...
Zelensky expects ‘important decisions’ on Ukraine at G7 summit
BBC : “A large part will be devoted to Ukraine, our defence and economic resilience,” he said in a post on Telegram. The White House...
50 dead in Kuwait fire, mostly from India
AFP : Most of the victims in a deadly blaze that engulfed a block housing immigrant workers were from India, Kuwait’s foreign minister said on...
Macron suspends controversial new Caledonia reform
AFP : President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that a voting reform that triggered deadly riots in French Pacific territory New Caledonia would be “suspended” in...
Monkeypox outbreak hits South Africa
AFP : An outbreak of mpox has killed one person and infected four more in South Africa, the government said on Wednesday, adding it was...
Biden’s son convicted on all charges in gun case
AFP : A jury found Hunter Biden guilty on Tuesday of federal gun charges in a historic first criminal prosecution of the child of a...
49 migrants dead after boat sinks off Yemen
AFP : A boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead, mostly women and children, in the latest disaster...
Ukraine seeks air defence boost to protect battered energy grid
Al Jazeera : President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on allies to increase their air defence support to Ukraine to help protect his country’s energy infrastructure....
Malawi Vice President among 10 killed in plane crash
Al Jazeera : Rescue teams in Malawi have found the wreckage of a plane that was carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima but reported that there...
9 killed after attack on bus in Kashmir
AFP : Soldiers in India-administered Kashmir carried out a large-scale manhunt on Monday, the government said, a day after nine Hindu pilgrims were killed in...