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Israel under fire from Iran missiles as Trump issues new warning
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» JERUSALEM - Israel said on Friday it was under attack from a new barrage of Iranian missiles, as President Donald Trump warned the United States had yet to begin "destroying what's left" with more of the Islamic republic's infrastructure in his sights.
AI-generated 'Fruit Love Island' takes TikTok by storm
AFP, Published on 03/04/2026
» TOKYO - 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.
AI giant Anthropic says 'exploring' Australia data centre investments
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» SYDNEY — Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic is eyeing data centre investments in Australia, saying Wednesday the nation was a "natural partner" for work in the booming sector.
War in the Middle East: latest developments
AFP, Published on 01/04/2026
» PARIS (FRANCE) - Here are the latest developments in the Middle East war:
Russian oil arrives in Cuba as US eases blockade
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» MATANZAS, Cuba - A Russian oil tanker arrived in a Cuban port on Tuesday to deliver the first crude shipment to the island since January after Washington gave the crisis-hit country a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade.
Cubans ready for Russian oil but some say not enough
AFP, Published on 31/03/2026
» MATANZAS (CUBA) - Cubans on Monday cautiously welcomed the imminent arrival of a Russian oil shipment, with some warning it would do little to ease an energy crisis after US President Donald Trump granted a reprieve from his oil blockade.
Dubious AI detectors drive 'pay-to-humanize' scam
AFP, Published on 30/03/2026
» WASHINGTON - Feed an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into some text detectors, and they return the same verdict: AI-generated. Then comes the pitch: pay to "humanize" the writing, a pattern experts say bears the hallmarks of a scam.
Cyclone triggers outages at major Australian LNG plants
AFP, Published on 27/03/2026
» SYDNEY - Some of the world's largest LNG plants were forced shut on Friday by a cyclone off western Australia, squeezing fuel supplies already stretched thin by war in the Middle East.
Dirty diapers born again in Japan recycling breakthrough
AFP, Published on 25/03/2026
» SHIBUSHI — Billions of dirty diapers end up buried or burned every year in Japan -- more from seniors than babies -- but a recycling breakthrough has given them a new lease of life, one hot mess at a time.
Russia's Max: The unencrypted super-app being forced on citizens
AFP, Published on 23/03/2026
» WARSAW — Russia is pushing its Max messenger -- a social media platform without encryption -- onto its citizens with a massive promotion campaign and the simultaneous blocking of Whatsapp and Telegram, the country's two most popular messenger applications.