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Spain moves to ban smoking in terraces, beaches ...

2026-07-21T16:27:23Z

Spain moves to ban smoking in terraces, beaches

Spain’s minority left-wing government approved on Tuesday a draft law that would ban smoking and vaping in outdoor spaces including bar terraces, parks and beaches. The draft law would also ban minors from consuming tobacco and prevent the advertising, promotion or sponsoring of tobacco products, which pose severe health risks including cancer. Health Minister Monica […]

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SpaceX planning first Starship test flight since going public ...

2026-07-16T17:28:15Z

SpaceX planning first Starship test flight since going public

SpaceX is set for a test launch of its powerful Starship rocket Thursday, the first since the company went public. The mammoth rocket is scheduled for blast off during a 90-minute window that opens at 5:45 pm local time (2245 GMT). It will be Starship’s 13th flight overall. As with all launches, unfavorable weather or […]

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Nvidia to jointly develop AI shipbuilding robots in Japan Nvidia ...

2026-07-16T10:00:27Z

Nvidia to jointly develop AI shipbuilding robots in Japan

Nvidia and Kawasaki Heavy Industries will co-develop AI-powered robots for use in shipbuilding, the Japanese firm said on July 16 during a visit to Tokyo by the US chip giant’s CEO Jensen Huang. The aim is to use the robots in welding, painting, inspection and material handling as part of a “next-generation digital shipyard using […]

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Music industry introduces AI-generated content labels ...

2026-07-15T16:31:00Z

Music industry introduces AI-generated content labels

Several major music industry organizations on Friday unveiled a labelling system for content created with generative artificial intelligence that they would like to see widely adopted. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced the voluntary labels alongside six other groups including the Grammys. “Fans want […]

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World must not let AI ‘vibe-code’ humanity’s future: UN ...

2026-07-06T09:59:57Z

World must not let AI ‘vibe-code’ humanity’s future: UN chief

The United Nations chief called Monday for a global governance system to shape artificial intelligence for the good of humanity, warning against allowing the technology itself to “vibe-code” our future. With AI advancing at “runaway speed”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres cautioned that “an experiment is being run on our own societies, without a plan and […]

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Sweden hits smoke-free goal of under 5% daily smokers: report ...

2026-05-25T15:26:09Z

Sweden hits smoke-free goal of under 5% daily smokers: report

Sweden met its target of becoming smoke-free in 2025 with less than five percent of the population smoking cigarettes daily, though a quarter of the population still used nicotine daily in some form, such as vapes and snus, a report showed Monday. The number of daily smokers fell from 16 to 4.8 percent between 2003 […]

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Finnish authorities meet to discuss growing drone threat ...

2026-05-25T15:25:06Z

Finnish authorities meet to discuss growing drone threat

Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has summoned civil authorities to a meeting on Monday to discuss how to handle growing foreign drone activity, with concern about infiltration into the country’s airspace. Several stray Ukrainian drones have crashed in Finland since late March, while earlier this month, an alert urged the public in the southern Uusimaa […]

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Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv, urges foreigners to leave ...

2026-05-25T15:23:54Z

Russia threatens more strikes on Kyiv, urges foreigners to leave city

Russia said Monday it plans to launch more strikes on Kyiv, including on its “decision-making centres”, and repeated a call for foreign citizens and diplomats to leave the city. Russia launched scores of drones and missiles at Ukraine over the weekend, killing four people, wounding dozens and causing damage across Kyiv. Among the weapons Russia […]

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Venezuela has ‘never considered’ becoming 51st US state: ...

2026-05-11T16:39:13Z

Venezuela has ‘never considered’ becoming 51st US state: interim president

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Florida to execute man who has spent nearly 50 years on Death Row ...

2026-04-30T17:39:47Z

Florida to execute man who has spent nearly 50 years on Death Row

A Florida man who has spent nearly 50 years on Death Row is to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the murder of a 13-year-old girl. James Hitchcock, 70, was convicted of the 1976 murder of Cynthia Driggers, his step-niece, and sentenced to death in 1977. Hitchcock, who maintains his innocence, is to […]

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Trump says two US airmen rescued in Iran after giving deadline ...

2026-04-05T05:31:34Z

Trump says two US airmen rescued in Iran after giving deadline for deal

President Donald Trump said Sunday that US forces had safely recovered a second airman downed in Iran, calling it “one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History”. The announcement came as Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel and Kuwait early Sunday, and a day after Trump said the Islamic republic […]

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UK deploys anti-drone system to Kuwait ...

2026-04-03T16:07:36Z

UK deploys anti-drone system to Kuwait

The UK deployed a counter-drone system known as Rapid Sentry to Kuwait, as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday condemned a “reckless” overnight drone attack on a Kuwaiti oil refinery. “The RAF Regiment has deployed its highly effective Rapid Sentry counter-drone system to Kuwait,” Britain’s Royal Air Force announced Thursday. It is a ground-based […]

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Israeli PM says 70% of Iran’s steel production capacity ...

2026-04-03T15:56:54Z

Israeli PM says 70% of Iran’s steel production capacity destroyed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israeli strikes have destroyed about 70 percent of Iran’s steel production capacity, significantly hindering its ability to manufacture weapons. Steel is a strategically important material used in industrial and military production, including of missiles, drones and ships. “Together with our American friends, we continue to crush the […]

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Pakistan announces free public transport as energy crisis bites ...

2026-04-03T15:53:46Z

Pakistan announces free public transport as energy crisis bites

State-run public transport in Pakistan’s capital and most populous province will be free for the coming month, officials said on Friday, after the government drastically raised fuel prices due to spiking global energy prices caused by the Iran war. The announcement follows a late-night decision to impose a 42.7-percent rise in the price of petrol […]

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Chinese Politburo official investigated by anti-corruption body: ...

2026-04-03T15:44:19Z

Chinese Politburo official investigated by anti-corruption body: state media

A Chinese Politburo official is under investigation by the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption agency, Chinese state media reported Friday, in President Xi Jinping’s latest push to root out graft. Ma Xingrui, who is also a former Communist Party boss of Xinjiang, is the third member of the Politburo — an elite party body comprising around […]

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Majority of commodities crossing Hormuz linked to Iran: AFP ...

2026-04-03T15:35:13Z

Majority of commodities crossing Hormuz linked to Iran: AFP analysis

Sixty percent of commodity-bearing ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the Middle East war have either come from Iran or were heading there, an AFP analysis of maritime data showed. Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane, cutting off global fuel supplies and roiling energy markets, in retaliation […]

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Iranians urged to hunt for crew of downed US fighter jet ...

2026-04-03T15:25:55Z

Iranians urged to hunt for crew of downed US fighter jet

Iran authorities urged people living in the rugged southwest of the country to search for the crew of a downed US fighter jet on Friday as state TV broadcast images of what was said to be the mangled remains of the plane. The US Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for military operations in the Middle East, […]

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Three tankers, including one Japanese-owned, cross Strait of ...

2026-04-03T15:10:58Z

Three tankers, including one Japanese-owned, cross Strait of Hormuz near Oman

Three tankers, including one co-owned by a Japanese company, crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday by hugging close to Oman’s shore, a rare transit route as Iran maintains a chokehold on the key war-torn passageway. Before the war which started more than a month ago, about a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural […]

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Cuba begins prisoner release after mass pardon: AFP journalists ...

2026-04-03T15:07:03Z

Cuba begins prisoner release after mass pardon: AFP journalists

A dozen prisoners were freed from a Havana prison on Friday, AFP journalists said, a day after the Cuban government said it would pardon 2,010 inmates in a “humanitarian” gesture for Holy Week. The former inmates cried and hugged relatives who had been waiting for them outside La Lima penitentiary in the east of the […]

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Sri Lanka arrests 152 in alleged Chinese-run cyberscam ...

2026-04-03T15:03:29Z

Sri Lanka arrests 152 in alleged Chinese-run cyberscam

Police in Sri Lanka arrested 152 foreign nationals, mostly Chinese, on Friday for allegedly running a cyberscam operation out of a hotel in the island’s northwest, officials said. The raid took place in the coastal town of Chilaw, 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of Colombo, following a tip-off, police spokesman Frederick Wootler told AFP. “Those […]

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NATO chief to meet Trump amid Iran tensions ...

2026-04-03T14:55:07Z

NATO chief to meet Trump amid Iran tensions

NATO chief Mark Rutte will meet Donald Trump next week on a visit to Washington, as the US president lashes out at the alliance over the Iran war, NATO said Friday. Trump has suggested he is considering quitting the 77-year-old military alliance due to the response by European nations to his war. The US leader […]

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US warplane downed over Iran, crew missing: US media ...

2026-04-03T14:51:17Z

US warplane downed over Iran, crew missing: US media

A US warplane has gone down over Iran and US forces are trying to rescue the crew, major US media outlets reported Friday after Iranian media aired footage of aircraft wreckage. The New York Times quoted US and Israeli officials confirming Iranian claims to have shot down a fighter jet. The Wall Street Journal and […]

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US registers strong job growth in March in boost to Trump ...

2026-04-03T14:49:19Z

US registers strong job growth in March in boost to Trump

The US economy posted unexpectedly strong job gains in March, government data showed Friday, in a shift that could ease labor market concerns and boost President Donald Trump’s economic agenda. The world’s largest economy gained 178,000 jobs in March, after losing 133,000 in February, and the unemployment rate dropped by 0.1 percentage-point to 4.3 percent, […]

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North Korea’s Kim pets puppies, kittens at Pyongyang pet shop ...

2026-04-03T10:46:38Z

North Korea’s Kim pets puppies, kittens at Pyongyang pet shop

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un petted puppies and kittens with his delighted daughter as they toured a new Pyongyang housing district, state media said Friday. The Hwasong area, formerly mostly farmland, is a newly developed residential district with about 40,000 housing units built through a series of projects launched in 2022 under Kim’s orders. […]

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Trump says US forces yet to start ‘destroying what’s left’ ...

2026-04-03T10:41:08Z

Trump says US forces yet to start ‘destroying what’s left’ in Iran

US forces have yet to begin “destroying what’s left in Iran,” President Donald Trump warned late Thursday, as he said more of the country’s bridges and energy infrastructure were in his sights. The US military “hasn’t even started destroying what’s left in Iran. Bridges next, then Electric Power Plants!” Trump posted on his Truth Social […]

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Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners amid US pressure ...

2026-04-03T10:39:21Z

Cuba pardons 2,010 prisoners amid US pressure

Cuba’s government announced Thursday that it was pardoning 2,010 prisoners as a “humanitarian” gesture during Holy Week, after pledging in March to release dozens amid heightened US pressure on Havana. The major announcement comes days after US President Donald Trump eased a de facto oil blockade of Cuba by allowing a Russian tanker to deliver […]

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Microsoft to invest $10 bn for Japan AI data centres ...

2026-04-03T10:37:39Z

Microsoft to invest $10 bn for Japan AI data centres

Microsoft said Friday it will invest $10 billion in Japan over the next four years to build artificial intelligence data centres and related infrastructure. Power-hungry data centres — warehouse-like facilities that power AI tools from chatbots to image generators — are springing up worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly fast in Asia. Microsoft President […]

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Japanese airlines mull fuel surcharge hikes due to Mideast war ...

2026-04-03T10:35:32Z

Japanese airlines mull fuel surcharge hikes due to Mideast war

Japanese airlines are considering raising fuel surcharges to reflect surging energy costs due to the Middle East war, though officials from major carriers stressed on Friday that no decisions had yet been made. Many international airlines have hiked fuel surcharges since US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the conflict in late February, prompting Tehran to respond […]

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AI-generated ‘Fruit Love Island’ takes TikTok by storm ...

2026-04-03T10:30:57Z

AI-generated ‘Fruit Love Island’ takes TikTok by storm

Millions of people have been gripped by the juicy twists of an AI-generated TikTok micro-series based on the television hit “Love Island” — except all the participants are sexy human-like fruit. The exploits of the bizarre animated characters, including “Strawberina” and a buff open-shirt “Bananito”, parody reality TV tropes, from love triangles to emotional re-couplings. […]

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Streaming channel for pets launched in China ...

2026-04-03T10:24:52Z

Streaming channel for pets launched in China

Cats and dogs can now fill the hours their owners are at work with a dedicated all-day streaming channel for pets launched by Chinese tech giant Tencent. Clips of a duckling swimming in a bath or two happy pooches patrolling their neighbourhood are examples of the curated programming on “PetTV”. The new channel on Tencent […]

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Iran’s former top diplomat urges deal with US to end war ...

2026-04-03T10:21:10Z

Iran’s former top diplomat urges deal with US to end war

Iran should make a deal with the United States to end the war by offering to curb its nuclear programme and reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief, a former Iranian foreign minister said. Mohammad Javad Zarif, who served as foreign minister from 2013-2021, claimed in an op-ed for American journal Foreign […]

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China says US fabricated claims of Panama-flagged ship detentions ...

2026-04-03T10:17:49Z

China says US fabricated claims of Panama-flagged ship detentions

China accused the United States on Friday of fabricating claims that Beijing had detained Panama-flagged ships in a long-running dispute over control of the strategic Panama Canal. Relations between the United States and China soured when Panamanian authorities in February took control of two ports previously operated by a Hong Kong-based conglomerate. US Secretary of […]

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Ukraine offers to help unblock Hormuz ...

2026-04-03T09:51:31Z

Ukraine offers to help unblock Hormuz

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in remarks made public Friday, said his country could help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, whose closure by Iran has rattled the global economy. Iran has placed a stranglehold on the key shipping lane — threatening fuel supplies and roiling the global economy — in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes that triggered […]

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Human remains found on Thai ship attacked in Hormuz strait: firm ...

2026-04-03T09:43:31Z

Human remains found on Thai ship attacked in Hormuz strait: firm

Human remains have been found aboard a cargo ship struck by Iran while transiting the Strait of Hormuz last month, the vessel’s owner said Friday, after three crew members were reported missing following the attack. US-Israeli strikes on Iran late February prompted Tehran to respond by effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial artery […]

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Russia fired almost 500 drones, missiles at Ukraine: FM Sybiga ...

2026-04-03T09:37:56Z

Russia fired almost 500 drones, missiles at Ukraine: FM Sybiga

Russia on Friday launched almost 500 drones and missiles at Ukraine as it ramped up daytime barrages of the country, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said. “Almost half a thousand drones and cruise missiles attacked Ukraine,” Sybiga said on X, adding that “terrorist Russia strikes in broad daylight deliberately — to maximise civilian casualties and […]

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CMA CGM container ship with ‘French owner’ passed through ...

2026-04-03T09:30:26Z

CMA CGM container ship with ‘French owner’ passed through Hormuz strait: Marine Traffic

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Body camera video released from Woods arrest ...

2026-04-02T17:42:03Z

Body camera video released from Woods arrest

Authorities in Florida released the body camera video of Tiger Woods being arrested on Thursday following a rollover car crash last week that led to him stepping away from golf to seek treatment. In the footage released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, Woods tells authorities he was looking at his phone when he struck […]

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Drone attack targets US logistics centre in Baghdad: security ...

2026-04-02T17:30:08Z

Drone attack targets US logistics centre in Baghdad: security sources

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Argentina expels Iranian envoy in row over ‘terrorist’ label ...

2026-04-02T17:21:56Z

Argentina expels Iranian envoy in row over ‘terrorist’ label

Argentina on Thursday expelled Tehran’s diplomatic envoy following a war of words with the government of President Javier Milei, which has cheered the US-Israeli strikes on Iran. Iranian charge d’affaires Mohsen Soltani Tehrani was given 48 hours to leave the country after what Argentina’s foreign ministry called “false, offensive and baseless accusations” by Tehran against […]

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Russia will send second ship with oil to Cuba: minister ...

2026-04-02T17:18:59Z

Russia will send second ship with oil to Cuba: minister

Russia will send a second ship carrying oil to Cuba as the island grapples with a US fuel blockade, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev said Thursday. Cuba has been suffering from an energy crisis since January, when US forces captured Venezuela’s socialist president and Cuban ally Nicolas Maduro. His removal deprived Cuba of its main oil […]

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UK-led talks demand ‘immediate’ reopening of Hormuz ...

2026-04-02T17:16:25Z

UK-led talks demand ‘immediate’ reopening of Hormuz

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper on Thursday said some 40 countries who joined a virtual meeting on the Strait of Hormuz crisis had demanded “the immediate and unconditional reopening” of the vital shipping route. “Iran is trying to hold the global economy hostage in the Strait of Hormuz. They must not prevail. To that effect, […]

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Trump fires attorney general Pam Bondi: US media ...

2026-04-02T17:12:17Z

Trump fires attorney general Pam Bondi: US media

President Donald Trump on Thursday fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, a staunch ally who has drawn fire for her handling of the Epstein files, US media said. CNN and other US outlets said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, would serve as acting attorney general.

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Grain, steel, fertiliser blocked by Hormuz closure: data ...

2026-04-02T16:43:48Z

Grain, steel, fertiliser blocked by Hormuz closure: data

Besides oil and gas, Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has choked off shipments of crucial goods and raw materials to world markets. Overall volumes of dry bulk goods fell from 7.5 million tonnes in February to 1.3 million tonnes in March, according to data from maritime intelligence firm AXSMarine — an 83-percent decline. […]

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Russia made no territorial gains in Ukraine in March: AFP ...

2026-04-02T16:39:31Z

Russia made no territorial gains in Ukraine in March: AFP analysis of ISW data

Russia’s army recorded no territorial gains on the front line in Ukraine in March, for the first time in two and half years, AFP analysis of data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) showed. The Russian army’s advances have been slowing since late 2025 due to Kyiv’s localised breakthroughs in the southeast, […]

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Trump urges Bruce Springsteen boycott in social media rant ...

2026-04-02T16:19:10Z

Trump urges Bruce Springsteen boycott in social media rant

Donald Trump told his followers Thursday to boycott Bruce Springsteen in an angry rant against the rock icon who has emerged as a fierce critic of the US president’s often harsh immigration crackdown. Calling Springsteen “a dried up prune who has suffered greatly from the work of a really bad plastic surgeon,” Trump said his […]

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US banks in Paris tighten security, order remote work over ...

2026-04-02T16:13:54Z

US banks in Paris tighten security, order remote work over pro-Iran threat

Citigroup and Goldman Sachs stepped up security in Paris on Thursday, telling staff they can work from home, after authorities thwarted an attack against another US financial institution that French prosecutors said might have been linked to a pro-Iran group. According to a French police source, Goldman Sachs in London received an email from the […]

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Austria says refused US requests for military overflights ...

2026-04-02T16:09:18Z

Austria says refused US requests for military overflights

Austria has rejected US requests for military overflights of its territory since the start of the conflict in the Middle East in line with its policy of neutrality, a defence ministry spokesman told AFP on Thursday. “There have indeed been requests and they were refused from the outset,” Colonel Michael Bauer said, adding that every […]

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Putin, Saudi prince seek more efforts to end Mideast war ...

2026-04-02T16:06:35Z

Putin, Saudi prince seek more efforts to end Mideast war

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for intensifying political and diplomatic efforts to end the Middle East war during a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Facing isolation from the West after sending troops to Ukraine, Putin has sought to strengthen partnerships in the Middle East, maintaining close relations both with […]

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Iraq’s oil revenues down more than 70% from February: official ...

2026-04-02T16:03:33Z

Iraq’s oil revenues down more than 70% from February: official

Iraq’s oil export revenues in March dropped more than 70 percent from February, an Iraqi official said Thursday, after the Middle East war disrupted the oil industry. The director of Iraq’s State Oil Marketing Organisation (SOMO), Ali Nizar, said that in March the country “generated revenues of nearly 28 percent compared to the previous month […]

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Israel says Hezbollah chief to pay ‘heavy price’ for Jewish ...

2026-04-02T16:01:29Z

Israel says Hezbollah chief to pay ‘heavy price’ for Jewish holiday attacks

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Thursday warned that Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem would pay an “extraordinarily heavy price” for escalating attacks during the ongoing Jewish holidays. “I have a clear message for Naim Qassem… you and your associates will pay an extraordinarily heavy price for the intensified rocket fire directed at Israeli citizens as […]

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Russian tanker ‘out of control’ after failed towing: Libya ...

2026-04-02T15:42:39Z

Russian tanker ‘out of control’ after failed towing: Libya authorities

Libyan authorities on Thursday said efforts to tow a Russian gas tanker, abandoned after a series of explosions, had failed due to bad weather and that the vessel remained adrift in the Mediterranean. The Arctic Metagaz was abandoned in the Mediterranean after it was hit by a series of explosions on March 3 while it […]

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Iraq begins oil exports on tankers through Syria: ministry ...

2026-04-02T15:34:46Z

Iraq begins oil exports on tankers through Syria: ministry

Iraq has begun exporting crude using tanker trucks through Syria, its oil ministry said, as an official said oil revenue last month dropped more than 70 percent compared to February. More than a month into the Middle East war that has wrought havoc on energy markets, Iraq has been particularly impacted as oil exports account […]

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Czech maternity hospitals shuttering as birth rate falters ...

2026-04-02T15:23:06Z

Czech maternity hospitals shuttering as birth rate falters

Barbora Fidlerova had her birth plan all laid out — but last year her local maternity hospital closed, forcing her and her partner to race through wintry, mountainous Czech countryside to reach care when the time came. “It was my first delivery and I was afraid we wouldn’t make it on time,” Fidlerova told AFP […]

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Italy’s football chief resigns after World Cup disaster ...

2026-04-02T15:19:28Z

Italy’s football chief resigns after World Cup disaster

The head of Italy’s football federation (FIGC) resigned on Thursday, falling on his sword after the men’s national team failed to qualify for the World Cup for a third consecutive time. Gabriele Gravina revealed he would step down as the country’s top football official following a meeting held at the FIGC’s headquarters in Rome on […]

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China FM says US-Israel attack on Iran ‘clearly violated ...

2026-04-02T14:55:56Z

China FM says US-Israel attack on Iran ‘clearly violated international law’

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UN chief warns world on ‘edge of a wider war’ ...

2026-04-02T14:51:37Z

UN chief warns world on ‘edge of a wider war’

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday that the Middle East conflict risked spiraling into a wider war, as he called for an immediate halt to US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian attacks on its neighbors. “We are on the edge of a wider war that would engulf the Middle East with dramatic impacts around the […]

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US ‘stands firmly with Panama’ in dispute over ships detained ...

2026-04-02T14:47:49Z

US ‘stands firmly with Panama’ in dispute over ships detained by China: Rubio

The United States on Thursday expressed support for Panama after China was accused of detaining Panama-flagged ships in a dispute over control of the Central American country’s strategic canal. “China’s recent actions against Panama-flagged vessels raise serious concerns about the use of economic tools to undermine the rule of law in Panama,” US Secretary of […]

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Taiwan airlines to hike fuel surcharges 157% on international ...

2026-04-02T09:49:38Z

Taiwan airlines to hike fuel surcharges 157% on international flights

Taiwanese airlines will raise their fuel surcharges on international flights by 157 percent on Tuesday, as the Middle East conflict sends global oil prices soaring. Surcharges on short-haul flights will increase by $27.50 to $45 and $71.50 to $117 for longer flights, the Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) and transportation ministry said on Wednesday. China Airlines […]

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Anger in France over Trump’s Macron dig that wife treats him ...

2026-04-02T09:47:08Z

Anger in France over Trump’s Macron dig that wife treats him ‘badly’

Donald Trump sparked anger in France on Thursday after making fun of the French president and his wife, imitating a French accent and saying Emmanuel Macron’s wife “treats him extremely badly”. The US president on Wednesday unleashed his latest broadside against Macron during a private lunch as he lambasted NATO allies for not joining the […]

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Manila says Iran to allow Philippine oil shipments through Strait ...

2026-04-02T09:43:12Z

Manila says Iran to allow Philippine oil shipments through Strait of Hormuz

The Philippines said Thursday that Iran has pledged to allow safe passage for shipments of oil to the import-dependent archipelago through the Strait of Hormuz. “The Iranian Foreign Minister assured the (Foreign) Secretary that Iran will allow the safe, unhindered, and expeditious passage through the Strait of Hormuz of Philippine-flagged vessels, energy sources, and all […]

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US embassy in Baghdad warns of attacks in city ...

2026-04-02T09:32:12Z

US embassy in Baghdad warns of attacks in city

The US embassy in Baghdad warned Thursday that pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq may attack the city in the coming one or two days. Iraq has been dragged into the war between the United States, Israel and Iran, with strikes targeting both US interests and pro-Iran groups in the country. The US embassy in Baghdad, […]

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South Korea president says economy on ‘wartime footing’ over ...

2026-04-02T09:27:59Z

South Korea president says economy on ‘wartime footing’ over Iran war

South Korea’s economy is on a “wartime footing” over the Iran war, President Lee Jae Myung said Thursday, after the government proposed a $17.2 billion supplementary budget to tackle the crisis. Oil prices have surged amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, raising growth and inflation risks for South Korea, which is heavily reliant on Middle […]

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China says US, Israeli attacks on Iran the ‘root cause’ of ...

2026-04-02T09:25:43Z

China says US, Israeli attacks on Iran the ‘root cause’ of Hormuz blockage

China said on Thursday that US and Israeli strikes on Iran were the “root cause” of the Strait of Hormuz blockage, after US President Donald Trump called on affected countries to seize the key waterway. Trump said countries that receive oil through the Hormuz strait should “take care of that passage”, which has been effectively […]

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Chinese airlines to raise fuel surcharges on domestic flights ...

2026-04-02T09:22:41Z

Chinese airlines to raise fuel surcharges on domestic flights

Several Chinese airlines, including national carrier Air China, said they will raise their fuel surcharges on domestic flights from Sunday as the war in the Middle East drives up oil prices globally. Air China, China Southern and its subsidiary Xiamen Airlines said in statements that they will increase surcharges on flights of up to 800 […]

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Russia repels drone attack on gas pipeline to Turkey: Gazprom ...

2026-04-02T09:17:06Z

Russia repels drone attack on gas pipeline to Turkey: Gazprom

Russian forces repelled a drone attack early Thursday on part of the TurkStream gas pipeline that connects southern Russia and Turkey, the pipeline’s operator Gazprom said in a statement. Several European countries, including Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia, receive gas supplies via the pipeline. Russia has accused Ukraine of attacking it multiple times, most recently in […]

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Iran did not ‘restart enrichment’, envoy to UN atomic agency ...

2026-04-02T09:13:21Z

Iran did not ‘restart enrichment’, envoy to UN atomic agency tells AFP

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Trump takes a dig at Macron, saying wife treats him ‘badly’ ...

2026-04-02T03:25:03Z

Trump takes a dig at Macron, saying wife treats him ‘badly’

US President Donald Trump made fun of the French president and his wife during a private lunch Wednesday, as he lambasted NATO allies for not joining the war against Iran that has roiled the Middle East. “We didn’t need them, but I asked anyway,” Trump told a private lunch in a video posted briefly on […]

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Canada’s defense enters new phase, Arctic in focus: top ...

2026-04-01T20:04:58Z

Canada’s defense enters new phase, Arctic in focus: top military officer

Canada’s defense of its territory and the Arctic are entering a new phase, the country’s top military officer Jennie Carignan told AFP, saying that “geography” no longer offers protection “as well as it did in the past.” With only the United States — long considered an ally — on its physical borders along with two […]

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Iran President letter to Americans: Full Text ...

2026-04-01T19:30:13Z

Iran President letter to Americans: Full Text

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a letter to the American people that Iran holds no hostility toward ordinary Americans, Press TV reported Wednesday. Here is the full text of letter written by Iran President to American people: In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful To the people of the United States of […]

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FBI visits Cuba to probe US speedboat shoot-out: US official ...

2026-04-01T16:54:25Z

FBI visits Cuba to probe US speedboat shoot-out: US official

An FBI team was in Cuba to investigate a deadly February shoot-out between the Cuban coast guard and a US-flagged speedboat, a US embassy official said Wednesday. The technical team arrived on Tuesday “as part of their thorough and independent investigation” into the maritime incident, the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

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Armenia cannot be in both EU and Russian customs bloc, Putin says ...

2026-04-01T16:52:26Z

Armenia cannot be in both EU and Russian customs bloc, Putin says

Armenia cannot be both a member of the European Union and the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union, President Vladimir Putin told Armenia’s Prime Minister on Wednesday, amid tensions over Yerevan’s pivot towards the West. Armenia has shifted its foreign policy away from Russia in recent years, in part because Moscow did not intervene militarily when Azerbaijan […]

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Strikes hit Russian Orthodox church in Tehran: Russian embassy ...

2026-04-01T16:19:55Z

Strikes hit Russian Orthodox church in Tehran: Russian embassy

Strikes in the Iranian capital on Wednesday hit a Russian Orthodox church, damaging the building, but there were no casualties, the Russian embassy in Tehran said. “On April 1, two strikes were conducted near the Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church in Tehran. Main building, almshouse and several technical facilities were damaged. No victims,” the embassy said […]

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SpaceX files securities documents to go public: US media ...

2026-04-01T16:10:35Z

SpaceX files securities documents to go public: US media

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has filed confidential papers with US securities regulators to go public, US media reported Wednesday. The filing, which could be the largest initial public offering of all time, puts SpaceX on track to list on a public exchange by July, according to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg, which cited people familiar […]

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Swiss government eyes dropping purchase of US Patriot air defence ...

2026-04-01T16:02:51Z

Swiss government eyes dropping purchase of US Patriot air defence system

“Cancellation is alway an option in the event of a delay,” he told the ATS-Keystone news agency. Earlier Wednesday, the defence ministry announced it would continue suspending payments for the system “until the United States has firmly announced new delivery dates and payment deadlines”. Switzerland, which is not in NATO, had ordered five Patriot systems […]

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Iran Guards say oil tanker they hit in Gulf belongs to Israel ...

2026-04-01T15:58:31Z

Iran Guards say oil tanker they hit in Gulf belongs to Israel

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards confirmed on Wednesday that they had struck an oil tanker in the Gulf, saying it belonged to Israel. “An oil tanker belonging to the illegitimate and child-killing Zionist regime with the trade name ‘Aqua 1’ in the central region of the Persian Gulf was precisely targeted in the valiant missile battle of […]

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Russia will keep helping Cuba, diplomat says after first oil ...

2026-04-01T15:40:53Z

Russia will keep helping Cuba, diplomat says after first oil tanker arrives

Russia will keep providing assistance to Cuba, Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman said Wednesday, a day after a Russian oil tanker provided the fuel-starved island with its first shipment of crude in months. Cuba has been suffering from an energy crisis since January, when US forces abducted Venezuelan president and Cuban ally Nicolas Maduro. His removal […]

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Trump claim that Iran asked for ceasefire ‘false’: state TV ...

2026-04-01T15:34:06Z

Trump claim that Iran asked for ceasefire ‘false’: state TV

Iran on Wednesday denied US President Donald Trump’s assertion that Tehran had asked for a ceasefire, state television reported, citing the foreign ministry. “Trump’s statements about Iran’s request for a ceasefire are false and baseless,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei was quoted as saying.

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Russia fires hundreds of drones in fresh daytime attack: Kyiv ...

2026-04-01T15:30:20Z

Russia fires hundreds of drones in fresh daytime attack: Kyiv

Russia fired more than 360 drones at Ukraine during a fresh daylight barrage on Wednesday, the Ukrainian air force said. “During daylight hours from 8:00 am (0500 GMT) to 6:00 pm (1500 GMT), Ukraine was attacked by more than 360 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles,” the Ukrainian air force said on Telegram.

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US stocks extend gains on hopes Iran war could end soon ...

2026-04-01T15:20:59Z

US stocks extend gains on hopes Iran war could end soon

Wall Street stocks rose early Wednesday, extending a rally on hopes that the Middle East war could end soon as oil prices retreated. US President Donald Trump scheduled a national address Wednesday night to update the country on Iran. Trump, whose statements on the war have swung from combative to conciliatory, said on social media […]

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Could NATO be collateral damage from Trump’s Iran war? ...

2026-04-01T15:03:17Z

Could NATO be collateral damage from Trump’s Iran war?

“Paper tiger”. “Cowards“. As US President Donald Trump grapples with the fallout of his war on Iran, much of his anger has been redirected onto another target: the NATO military alliance. Enraged by European allies who have refused to back his fight, rejected demands to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, or denied access to […]

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National Bank of Kuwait shuts headquarters amid Iran attacks ...

2026-04-01T10:39:48Z

National Bank of Kuwait shuts headquarters amid Iran attacks

A major Kuwaiti bank said it will close its headquarters in the capital for two days starting Wednesday, as Iran carries out daily strikes on the Gulf more than one month into the Middle East war. “National Bank of Kuwait will close its headquarters and Subhan branch today, Wednesday, and tomorrow, due to current developments […]

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Greenpeace accuses oil companies of reaping Mideast ‘war ...

2026-04-01T10:34:55Z

Greenpeace accuses oil companies of reaping Mideast ‘war profits’

A study commissioned by Greenpeace said on Wednesday that oil companies have been making more than 80 million euros a day in “war profits” in the European Union since the start of the war in the Middle East. “If this level persists, the oil companies can expect additional operating profits of approximately 2.5 billion euros […]

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Iran FM says not responded to US plan, ‘no negotiations’ ...

2026-04-01T10:32:04Z

Iran FM says not responded to US plan, ‘no negotiations’

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said there were no negotiations with the United States and that Tehran had not responded to a reported 15-point proposal from Washington to end the war. “We receive messages from the American side, some direct and some through our friends in the region, and whenever necessary we respond to these […]

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Rights group condemns Hong Kong company tests on severed animal ...

2026-04-01T10:28:18Z

Rights group condemns Hong Kong company tests on severed animal heads, limbs

An animal rights group has called on a Hong Kong e-commerce company to stop conducting experiments that it said involve keeping detached animal heads and limbs “viable” for hours. Hong Kong Technology Venture (HKTV), the parent company of popular shopping platform HKTV mall, announced in a stock exchange filing on March 30 that its research […]

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India hikes jet fuel, commercial LPG cost ...

2026-04-01T10:23:50Z

India hikes jet fuel, commercial LPG cost

India’s oil ministry said Wednesday that domestic jet fuel prices would rise as the Middle East war pushed up energy costs, but that it had cushioned airlines from an expected 100 percent jump. Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) makes up a substantial chunk of airlines’ expenses, and sustained increases could translate into higher airfares. State-run refiner […]

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Qatar says Iran missile struck tanker in its waters ...

2026-04-01T10:18:52Z

Qatar says Iran missile struck tanker in its waters

Qatar said on Wednesday that a tanker leased to its state-owned energy company was struck by an Iranian missile in the Gulf country’s territorial waters. “Qatar was targeted… by three cruise missiles launched from Iran,” the Gulf state’s defence ministry said in a statement. Qatar’s military “intercepted two of the cruise missiles, while the third […]

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Chinese robotaxis stall in apparent ‘malfunction’: police ...

2026-04-01T10:11:25Z

Chinese robotaxis stall in apparent ‘malfunction’: police

A string of self-driving robotaxis owned by Chinese internet giant Baidu stalled in central China, stranding passengers after an apparent “system malfunction”, police said Wednesday. Local authorities in Wuhan, Hubei province, began receiving calls “one after another” on Tuesday night about “multiple Apollo Go cars stopped in the middle of the road, unable to move”, […]

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Carmaker Stellantis recalls 700,000 vehicles worldwide over fire ...

2026-04-01T10:03:24Z

Carmaker Stellantis recalls 700,000 vehicles worldwide over fire risk: regulator

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Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon ...

2026-04-01T09:58:12Z

Meet the four astronauts set to voyage around the Moon

The four astronauts selected for the Artemis 2 Moon mission will be the first to travel there in more than five decades. In doing so, they will become the new faces of American space exploration. Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch will make the voyage with their Canadian colleague Jeremy Hansen, and are […]

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Philippines eyes ‘deepening cooperation’ with Iran on energy ...

2026-04-01T09:48:37Z

Philippines eyes ‘deepening cooperation’ with Iran on energy

The Philippines is committed to “deepening cooperation” with Iran, particularly on energy, Manila’s foreign secretary said on Wednesday as the import-dependent archipelago jockeys with other regional countries for desperately needed oil. The price of fuel has hit historic highs in the Philippines since treaty ally the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on […]

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Spanish police open probe into anti-Muslim chants at Egypt ...

2026-04-01T09:45:32Z

Spanish police open probe into anti-Muslim chants at Egypt friendly

Police in Spain said on Wednesday that they were investigating “Islamophobic and xenophobic” chants heard during the Spain-Egypt international football match in Barcelona. Egypt’s national anthem was jeered ahead of the 0-0 draw in Barcelona on Tuesday in a pre-World Cup friendly and authorities at the RCDE Stadium appealed to fans more than once over […]

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UK PM calls NATO world’s ‘most effective military alliance’ ...

2026-04-01T09:37:09Z

UK PM calls NATO world’s ‘most effective military alliance’ after Trump criticism

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‘Foreign’ drone detected in Finland: police ...

2026-04-01T09:34:27Z

‘Foreign’ drone detected in Finland: police

Finnish police told AFP Wednesday that a “foreign” drone had been spotted on a frozen lake near Finland’s border with Russia and media reported that it was Ukrainian. The “foreign unmanned aircraft” was detected on the ice of Lake Pyhajarvi in Parikkala in eastern Finland on Tuesday, two days after two stray drones crashed in […]

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US-Israeli strikes hit steel complexes in central, southwest ...

2026-04-01T09:16:09Z

US-Israeli strikes hit steel complexes in central, southwest Iran: media

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Woods says was looking at phone before crash: accident report ...

2026-03-31T18:09:55Z

Woods says was looking at phone before crash: accident report

Golf superstar Tiger Woods told authorities he was looking at his phone and changing radio channels before his car crash last Friday, according to an accident report released by police Tuesday. Woods was arrested after his SUV clipped a trailer being pulled by a pickup truck on Jupiter Island, Florida, near his home. His vehicle […]

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Israel says will reduce French defence imports ‘to zero’ ...

2026-03-31T18:07:37Z

Israel says will reduce French defence imports ‘to zero’

Israel will reduce its military imports from France “to zero” in retaliation for French policies it deems hostile towards its interests, a defence ministry spokeswoman told AFP on Tuesday. “The Director General of the Ministry of Defence, Amir Baram, has decided to reduce defence procurement from France to zero, diverting those funds to ‘Blue and […]

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French state buys nuclear supercomputer firm ...

2026-03-31T18:05:19Z

French state buys nuclear supercomputer firm

France’s government on Tuesday completed the purchase of the supercomputing arm of IT firm Atos, which builds machines for nuclear weapons development as well as artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The move marked “a decisive step for France’s technological sovereignty,” economy minister Roland Lescure said in a statement — a concern that has shot to […]

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Foreign journalist kidnapped in Iraq: interior ministry ...

2026-03-31T18:01:33Z

Foreign journalist kidnapped in Iraq: interior ministry

A foreign journalist in Iraq was kidnapped on Tuesday by “unknown individuals”, the interior ministry said, with a security source telling AFP the incident occurred in the capital Baghdad. In a short statement, the ministry said “a foreign journalist was kidnapped by unknown individuals” on Tuesday evening, and that security forces were working to “secure […]

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France eyes ban on social media for under-15s ...

2026-03-31T17:51:06Z

France eyes ban on social media for under-15s

President Emmanuel Macron is hoping France will become one of the first European Union countries to ban social media for under-15s, following similar moves in Australia and Indonesia. Both houses of parliament seem to have different visions for the ban, meaning they will likely need to reach a compromise before it can become law. But […]

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Iran has ‘necessary will’ to end war, but seeking guarantees ...

2026-03-31T17:19:08Z

Iran has ‘necessary will’ to end war, but seeking guarantees

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