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Data confirm 2023 as hottest year on record
Published on 09/01/2024
» BRUSSELS - Last year was the planet’s hottest on record by a substantial margin and likely the world’s warmest in the last 100,000 years, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Tuesday.
Alaska Airlines plane lands safely after blowout
Published on 06/01/2024
» LOS ANGELES - An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Friday in Portland, Oregon after a section of the fuselage blew out shortly after departure, according to US media reports.
‘Hawkish’ China awaits Taiwan vote
Published on 03/01/2024
» BEIJING - The arms race across the Taiwan Strait and Chinese military pressure against the island Beijing claims as its “sacred” territory is unlikely to end no matter who wins Taiwan’s closely watched elections.
Under-fire Harvard president quits
Published on 03/01/2024
» Claudine Gay is stepping down as president of Harvard University, ending a brief and tumultuous tenure marred by allegations of plagiarism and a campus controversy over antisemitism.
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before polls
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2024
» LONDON - Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign?
S. Korean opposition leader attacked, stabbed in neck
Reuters, Published on 02/01/2024
» SEOUL - South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday.
Frederik, Denmark's 'woke' and popular future king
AFP, Published on 01/01/2024
» COPENHAGEN - A rebellious teen turned "woke" family man, Denmark's future king Crown Prince Frederik is the embodiment of the country's relaxed, liberal monarchy.
Thousands of Serbians protest alleged electoral fraud
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» BELGRADE - Thousands of protesters gathered Saturday in Belgrade in the biggest of a series of rallies against alleged electoral fraud.
Court halts shark culling in New Caledonia
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» NOUMEA - A court in New Caledonia on Thursday ordered the authorities to stop hunting sharks, saying multiple culls were a "disproportionate" response to any danger to swimmers.
From community to union: Jacques Delors, champion of Europe
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» PARIS - For both fans and foes of the European project, Jacques Delors was Brussels' driving force during the EU's greatest period of integration, the creation of the single market and the euro.