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Nvidia marks Paris tech fair with Europe AI push
Paris, France -- Drawing high-powered tech CEOs and a presidential visit, the Vivatech trade fair opened in Paris on Wednesday...
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Iran announces new space launch amid nuclear talks
Iran announced Thursday it has carried out a new space launch, in a move likely to irk Western powers amid...
- Iran insists its space programme is for civilian and defence purposes only, and does not breach the nuclear deal or any other international agreement
- UN Security Council Resolution 2231 of 2015, endorsing the nuclear deal, imposed no blanket ban on Iranian rocket or missile launches
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Saudi boosts pandemic measures at Makkah’s Grand Mosque
Saudi Arabia on Thursday reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, after recording the highest number of...
- Workers have returned floor markings removed on October 17 to guide people to social distance in and around the Grand Mosque.
- The kingdom has recorded 8,874 Covid deaths, the highest number of fatalities among the Gulf Arab countries.
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Critics of Turkish lira slide threatened with lawsuit
Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati urged citizens to sue economists who comment on social media about the lira's slide. His remarks...
- Lira entered a tailspin that saw it lose nearly half its value from the start of November to the moment President Erdogan announced new currency support measures last week.
- Nebati accused the commentators of using "psychological warfare" by urging Turks to buy gold and dollars in order to preserve their savings against further lira declines.
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Emirates upbeat on growth despite global surge in Covid cases
Aviation giant Emirates said Thursday it expects business to grow next year despite the surge in global coronavirus cases fueled...
- The carrier said in November it was already on the path to recovery as six-month losses dropped by more than half from a year earlier.
- The carrier posted an April-September loss of $1.6 billion, compared with losses of $3.4 billion during the same period in 2020.
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Aleppo bathhouse boom as Syria crisis turns showers cold
The ancient bathhouses of Syria's second city Aleppo are filling up again, not because of a revived fad, but due...
- With their marble steam rooms, hexagonal fountains and distinctive domes, Aleppo's bathhouses have for centuries served as a social hub
- Shortages of water, fuel and electricity across war-torn Syria have also turned them into a refuge for those looking for a long, warm bath during the cold winter.
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Saudi king asks Iran to end ‘negative behavior’ in the region
King Salman said, ‘We hope (Iran) changes its policy and negative behavior in the region, and it heads towards dialogue...
- Saudi Arabia and Iran have had bitter ties for decades, taking opposing sides in a range of regional conflicts
- This includes Yemen, where Saudi Arabia leads a military coalition against Iran-backed Huthi rebels
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Iran federation defends footballer in jersey row
Mehdi Mahdavikia recently wore a jersey featuring the flags of all FIFA member countries, including Israel, during a friendly match...
- Mehdi Mahdavikia ‘must apologize to the Iranian people for his act and must stand trial because he has betrayed the Iranian nation’ an MP has said
- ‘He is one of the greats of Iranian football’ and ‘a symbol of pride for the Islamic Republic of Iran’, the federation has said
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Years after war, health sector ailing in Iraq’s Mosul
Apart from the hospitals, the rest of Mosul is also struggling to regain a sense of normalcy. Residents crowd into...
- The former stronghold of the Islamic State group, Mosul was devastated by the battle to oust the jihadists that ended in summer 2017
- More than four years on, the northern metropolis remains a patchwork of gutted concrete carcasses interspersed between buildings under construction
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2021: A year of space tourism, flights on Mars, China’s rise
Beyond the science milestones, billionaires battled to reach the final frontier first, an all-civilian crew went into orbit.
- Beyond the science milestones, billionaires battled to reach the final frontier first, an all-civilian crew went into orbit
- China's Tiangong (Palace in the Sky) space station -- its first long-term outpost -- was launched in April, while its first Mars rover, Zhurong
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Samsung eyes Biogen for $42bn
Biogen is known for its Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm.
- Biogen is known for medicines to treat multiple sclerosis in addition to Aduhelm
- It was founded in 1978 by a team that included Nobel Prize winners Walter Gilbert and Phillip Sharp
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Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization said on Monday that nearly half the world's population was now covered by solid...
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Residents of Gaza lament suspension of UN agency funding
Gazans lamented the suspension of funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees by several donor countries after Israel charged...
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Toyota to suspend shipments of 10 models due to testing irregularities
Tokyo, Japan - Toyota said Monday it was suspending shipments of 10 models that use engines linked with testing irregularities at...
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Pakistan and Iran vow to restore ties after cross-border strikes
Tehran carried out strikes against an anti-Iran group in Pakistan on January 16, the same week the nation's military targeted...
- During Pakistan visit, Iranian foreign minister said the hostilities could not be described as a "crisis" because relations had always been strong
- Pakistan Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani told the same briefing that both sides had agreed to strengthen dialogue at all levels
Ryanair quarterly profit dives 93%
The carrier flies mostly throughout Europe.
- The carrier, which flies mostly throughout Europe, said net profit slumped to 14.8 million euros ($16 million) in the final three months of 2023
- Chief executive Michael O'Leary said Ryanair was narrowing its forecast for annual net profit to a range of 1.85 billion and 1.95 billion euros
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Iran denies links to Jordan drone strike that killed 3 US troops
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that "radical Iran-backed fighters groups operating in Syria and Iraq" were behind the...
- US Central Command said 34 personnel were also wounded, eight of whom required evacuation
- The strike marked the first US military losses since the war between Israel and Hamas began