Saudi Crown Prince to meet Trump in Washington next month
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will meet US President Donald Trump during a three-day...
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Southern EU countries call for ‘immediate release’ of Gaza aid
Countries of the so-called MED9 group -- Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain -- met on...
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Musk says patient moves cursor with brain implant
The Neuralink startup, cofounded by Musk in 2016, aims to build direct communication channels between the brain and computers. The...
- Last month, Musk's neurotechnology company installed a brain implant in its first human patient and on Monday Musk reported the experiment had been a success
- Neuralink's technology works through a device about the size of five stacked coins that is placed inside the human brain through invasive surgery
London court rejects suspending arms exports to Israel
Britain's strategic licensing criteria states that weapons should not be exported when there is a clear risk they could be...
- A coalition of legal advocacy groups had asked the High Court in January to expedite a judicial review of UK government's decision to keep selling arms to Israel
- But the court ruled against the measure, the lawyers said in a statement to AFP on Tuesday, adding that they would appeal the decision
Pakistan parties reach power-sharing agreement, Khan loyalists left out
After weeks of negotiations, Khan's adversaries announced at a late-night press conference in the capital Islamabad that a power-sharing agreement...
- The army-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) said they had settled days of negotiations on securing a majority
- Candidates loyal to Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party won the most seats but were forced to stand as independents following a sweeping crackdown on the party
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Pentagon confirms Houthis shot down drone off Yemen
The downing of the drone came the same day that the Houthi rebels targeted two US-owned merchant vessels as they...
- A Pentagon official said the drone was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile
- The Houthis that they had targeted "two American ships in the Gulf of Aden"
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What to know about the NASA-funded commercial Moon fleet
Washington, United States - The year 2024 promises to be a busy one for American Moon landings, all under a new...
- Fourteen companies have been pre-selected to be in the running for contracts, with eight firm missions so far planned
- Many of the companies involved are considered fledging, rather than legacy aerospace giants, reflecting the initiative's experimental nature
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Dutch court upholds $50bn payment award in Yukos case
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - A Dutch court quashed an appeal by Russia in a record $50-billion case on Tuesday, paving the...
- The Amsterdam Appeals Court turned down a claim by Moscow that shareholders had "committed fraud" during the arbitration process.
- In 2014 the international Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague ruled in favor of shareholders,
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WHO registers eighty percent rise in measles case
Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization voiced alarm on Tuesday at the rapid spread of measles, with more than 306,000...
- At least 95 percent of children need to be fully vaccinated against the disease in a locality to prevent outbreaks, but global vaccination rates have slipped to 83 percent.
- WHO official Crowcroft pointed out that 92 percent of all children who die from measles live among less than a quarter of the global population, mainly in very low-income countries
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WHO shifts 32 patients out of ‘indescribable’ Gaza hospital
Geneva, Switzerland - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it had transferred 32 patients out of the besieged Nasser Hospital...
- After being denied access to the hospital on Friday and Saturday, the WHO said it led two life-saving missions to transfer 32 critical patients, including two children.
- WHO staff said the scenes around the hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis were "indescribable", while calling the conditions inside ripe for the spread of disease.
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UN pauses aid in Gaza after food convoy attacked and looted
The World Food Program (WFP) resumed deliveries on Sunday after a three-week halt but its convoy "faced complete chaos and...
- UN's World Food Program said it was forced to pause the deliveries "until conditions are in place that allow for safe distributions".
- It added that it was not a decision taken lightly because it "means the situation there will deteriorate further and more people risk dying of hunger".
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Global operation smashes ‘most harmful cyber crime group’
LONDON, UK - An international operation led by UK and US law enforcement has severely disrupted "the world's most harmful cybercrime...
- LockBit and its affiliates have targeted governments, major companies, schools and hospitals, causing billions of dollars of damage.
- LockBit's website -- selling services that allow people to organize cyber attacks and hold data until a ransom is paid appears -- was taken over.
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Five IDF soldiers killed, 14 injured in roadside bombing in Northern Gaza
Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 others injured late Monday night when a roadside bomb exploded during an ongoing...
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Algeria’s Sonatrach and Italy’s ENI sign $1.35 billion deal
Algiers, Algeria - Algeria's state-run hydrocarbon company Sonatrach and the Italian energy company Eni on Monday signed a production sharing...
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US to send ‘more weapons’ to Ukraine, after last week’s halt to shipments: Trump
US President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, after the White House announced...
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US revoking terrorist designation for Syria’s HTS
An armed coalition led by HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa overthrew then-Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in December, ending half a century...
- The former fighter's rule as interim president has been cautiously welcomed in Washington, Europe and elsewhere, with Israel seeking to build ties with the new government.
- US President Donald Trump last week formally dismantled US sanctions against Syria, saying he hoped to reintegrate the war-battered country into the global economy.
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Use of eco-friendly rice bricks surges in water-scarce Kyrgyzstan
Rice blocks require less cement, which is responsible for approximately eight percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, according to 2023...
- Nursultan Taabaldyev is one of the pioneers of the technology in Central Asia hailed as an environmentally friendly alternative to water-intensive concrete.
- They are "made of 60 percent rice husks. The rest is clay, cement and a chemical-free glue," Taabaldyev told AFP.
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Trump warns of 10% additional tariff for countries aligning with BRICS’ policies
BRICS leaders on Sunday described Trump's stop-start tariff wars as "indiscriminate", damaging, and illegal, drawing a quick rebuke from the...
- The 11-nation grouping -- which also includes US allies Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia -- is concluding a two-day summit in Rio de Janeiro.
- BRICS members account for about half the world's population and 40 percent of global economic output.