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OpenAI backs AI-animated film for Cannes debut
AFP, Published on 09/09/2025
» NEW YORK - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is backing the production of a feature-length animated film created largely with artificial intelligence tools, aiming to prove the technology can revolutionize Hollywood filmmaking with faster timelines and lower costs.
Australia halts logging for koala haven on eastern coast
AFP, Published on 07/09/2025
» SYDNEY - Australia halted logging in a large stretch of woodland on the country's eastern coast Sunday to create a retreat for koalas and save the local population from extinction.
Japan 'poop master' gives back to nature
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» SAKURAGAWA, Japan - When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, dropping his pants and doing as bears do.
Post-cyclone Mayotte faces biodiversity crisis
AFP, Published on 27/12/2024
» DZAOUDZI, Mayotte - Mayotte has changed beyond recognition since a cyclone devastated the Indian Ocean territory, sparking an environment and biodiversity crisis that could last for a decade or more, scientists say.
Drone in Chiang Mai helps solve forest carbon capture riddle
AFP, Published on 18/12/2023
» CHIANG MAI: On a hillside overlooking cabbage fields outside the northern city of Chiang Mai, a drone's rotors begin to whir, lifting it over a patch of forest.
Kenyans fear for relatives linked to starvation cult
AFP, Published on 26/04/2023
» MALINDI, Kenya: Weeping relatives on Wednesday awaited news of loved ones linked to a suspected starvation cult in Kenya as police resumed the search for victims after unearthing dozens of bodies since last week.
Kenya fears more starvation cult victims
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» MALINDI, Kenya: Kenyan investigators on Tuesday exhumed 10 more bodies from mass graves linked to a starvation cult, bringing the total number of victims to 83, an AFP journalist at the scene said, as fears grow of the toll spiking even further.
Kenya cult leader accused of preaching starvation as salvation
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» NAIROBI - A taxi driver turned pastor, who allegedly preached that starvation brought salvation, Paul Mackenzie Nthenge was under scrutiny years before 73 of his presumed followers were found dead in Kenya.
Kenya's Ruto vows action after 51 bodies linked to cult found
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» MALINDI, Kenya: Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday vowed to crack down on "unacceptable" religious movements after police discovered the bodies of 51 people suspected of belonging to a Christian cult that practised starvation.
Rahm seeks early push as LIV's Koepka leads storm-hit Masters
AFP, Published on 08/04/2023
» AUGUSTA (UNITED STATES) - Jon Rahm looked to make a back-nine charge on Saturday morning in pursuit of Brooks Koepka, who surged to a three-stroke lead in Friday's storm-halted second round of the Masters.