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Nobel economist warns of AI dangers
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - A winner of this year’s Nobel prize in economics warned Monday that artificial intelligence offers "amazing possibilities" but should be regulated because of its job-destroying potential.
Moroccan whistle language strives for survival
AFP, Published on 25/09/2025
» TILOUGUIT, Morocco - In the High Atlas mountains of Morocco, shepherds Hammou Amraoui and his son hardly need words to speak. Across peaks, they whistle at each other in a centuries-old language, now jeopardised by rural flight.
Nato says all countries to finally hit 2% spending goal
AFP, Published on 28/08/2025
» BRUSSELS — The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) on Thursday said all its members were finally set this year to hit the alliance's previous defence spending target of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP) -- as they gear up for a far more ambitious goal.
AI search pushing an already weakened media ecosystem to the brink
AFP, Published on 04/08/2025
» NEW YORK - Generative artificial intelligence assistants like ChatGPT are cutting into traditional online search traffic, depriving news sites of visitors and impacting the advertising revenue they desperately need, in a crushing blow to an industry already fighting for survival.
China and US resume Covid blame game
Reuters, Published on 30/04/2025
» BEIJING - China has restated its case that Covid-19 may have originated in the United States after the administration of US President Donald Trump blamed a lab leak in China.
China's Xi swears in new Macau leader
AFP, Published on 20/12/2024
» MACAU — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday presided over the inauguration of new Macau leader Sam Hou-fai, capping off a three-day visit as the former Portuguese colony marks 25 years since being returned to China.
UK Conservatives choose Badenoch as new leader
Reuters, Published on 02/11/2024
» LONDON - Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives’ new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on Saturday, after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles.
Celine Berthon made France's first woman spy agency chief
AFP, Published on 21/12/2023
» PARIS - France appointed its first woman domestic intelligence chief Wednesday, with top police officer Celine Berthon stepping up to head the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI).
Golden rooster fitted to spire of Paris's Notre Dame cathedral
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» PARIS - Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral got a new golden rooster on Saturday, part of its renaissance from the ashes of the 2019 fire that severely damaged it, and ahead of its reopening next year.
Pro-Kremlin maestro Gergiev named head of Bolshoi Theatre
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» MOSCOW: Russia's government on Friday appointed controversial maestro Valery Gergiev, who is an ally of President Vladimir Putin, to lead Moscow's world famous Bolshoi Theatre.