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Make your own Mickey Mouse clip - Disney embraces AI
AFP, Published on 12/12/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO (UNITED STATES) - Walt Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing deal Thursday that will allow users to create short videos featuring beloved Disney characters through artificial intelligence.
OpenAI, Disney to let fans create AI videos in landmark deal
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO — Walt Disney and OpenAI announced a three-year licensing deal Thursday that will allow users to create short videos featuring beloved Disney characters through artificial intelligence (AI).
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
'Skibidi' and 'tradwife': social media words added to Cambridge dictionary
AFP, Published on 18/08/2025
» LONDON - Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha including "skibidi", "delulu", and "tradwife" are among 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year, its publisher said Monday.
Scientists find 74-million-year-old mammal fossil in Chile
AFP, Published on 12/08/2025
» SANTIAGO - Scientists have discovered the fossil of a tiny mouse-sized mammal that lived in the time of the dinousaurs in Chilean Patagonia.
Italy's fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» PRATO, Italy - When Zhang Dayong lay in a pool of blood on a sidewalk in Rome after being shot six times, few suspected a link to Italy's storied textile hub of Prato.
Sun, sand and suspects: Spain seduces fugitive criminals
AFP, Published on 28/05/2025
» MADRID - With its sun-drenched beaches and vibrant nightlife, Spain has long been a top destination — not just for tourists, but also for criminals looking to vanish.
Tintin, Popeye, Hemingway among US copyrights expiring in 2025
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» NEW YORK - From "A Farewell to Arms" to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday.
Japan 'regrets' release of anti-whaling activist Watson
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» TOKYO - Japan's government voiced dismay on Wednesday over the release of anti-whaling activist Paul Watson after Danish authorities refused Tokyo's extradition request.
Chilean 'gaming granny' challenges stereotypes
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» LLAY-LLAY, Chile - Few players of the online video game Free Fire would know that one of their most ferocious opponents — a lithe, gun-wielding warrior in a short kimono and fang mask — is in reality an 81-year-old grandmother from rural Chile.