Israel issues ‘last’ warning for Gazans to flee main city as Hamas weighs truce plan
Israeli forces killed at least 46 people, including 36 in Gaza City. The deceased include two aid workers southwest of...
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AI tool helps Australian researchers treat child epilepsy
Tokyo, Japan -- An artificial intelligence tool that can detect tiny, hard-to-spot brain malformations in children with epilepsy could help...
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Fed’s inflation gauge slows in October as energy, goods prices drop
Washington, United States - A key inflation measure used by the US Federal Reserve to set interest rates eased further last...
- The annual personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index rose 3.0 percent in October, down 0.4 percentage points from a month earlier
- On a monthly basis, PCE inflation was virtually flat in October, while core PCE rose by 0.2 percent from September, the Commerce Department said Thursday
Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100
Kissinger's family would hold a private funeral, with a memorial service to take place later in New York, where Kissinger...
- Kissinger, arguably the most identifiable secretary of state in modern times, died at his home in Connecticut, announced Kissinger Associates
- Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiations to end the Vietnam War, even though the conflict did not immediately end
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Honda to make electric mopeds
It will pour US$3.4bn into the new venture this decade.
- The company said it plans to launch 30 new electric models by 2030 and to reduce the current cost of electric motorcycles by 50 percent
- In 2022, the electric motorcycle market was worth $30 billion and is expected to grow by almost 19 percent per year between 2023 and 2030
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Europe’s largest nuclear reactor malfunctions again
Helsinki, Finland - Finland's Olkiluoto 3, the largest nuclear reactor in Europe, stopped production on Wednesday after a test caused the plant unit...
- Before production was interrupted at 1:35 pm (1135 GMT), Olkiluoto 3 was undergoing a fault ride-through test where a short circuit is created near the power plant
- The reactor only resumed production last Wednesday following a shutdown due to a malfunctioning temperature measurement in the generator's cooling system
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UAE to pump CO2 into rock as carbon capture debate rages
Fujairah, UAE - High in remote mountains in the oil-rich Emirates, a new plant will soon take atmospheric CO2 and pump...
- The first CO2 injection is expected during COP28, and where the debate over hydrocarbons will be a key battle between campaigners and the oil lobby.
- Oil producers are throwing their weight behind carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology as a global warming solution despite criticism from climate experts.
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Google to pay Canadian media $73m annually after a deal with Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada -- The Canadian government and Google have reached a deal to support the country's media, heading off an...
- The amount is less than the government-estimated compensation, but heads off a potential online blackout for news in Canada, where Google and Meta are the dominating platforms.
- The agreement will reportedly allow Google to negotiate with a single group representing all Canadian media, rather than one-on-one deals.
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Gaza ceasefire possible if those with influence take it seriously: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland -- The WHO on Wednesday said that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was possible but those with influence...
- Only 15 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are still functioning with any capacity but are "completely overwhelmed".
- And of the 25 hospitals in the north, only three are still operating at the most basic level, lacking water, fuel and food, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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8-year-old, teenager shot dead in West Bank, says Palestine
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories - An eight-year-old boy and a teenager were killed by the Israeli army on Wednesday in the occupied...
- Palestinian ministry said in a statement that "Adam al-Ghul, eight years old, and Bassem Abu el-Wafa, 15 years old, were killed by bullets".
- CCTV footage circulating online and on television news shows a boy being struck by a bullet and falling in the street, sending other children fleeing.
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Norway’s Oslo city hall hoists Palestinian flag
Oslo, Norway - Oslo's city hall on Wednesday raised the Palestinian flag in a show of solidarity with the people of...
- The initiative coincides with the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, celebrated since 1978 following the adoption of a resolution by the UN.
- Queried by AFP, the Israeli embassy in Norway said it had "no issue" with this gesture of solidarity towards the Palestinians.
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Turkish President Erdogan calls Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu ‘butcher of Gaza’
Ankara, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "the butcher of Gaza" and...
- "Netanyahu has already written his name in history as the butcher of Gaza," Erdogan said in nationally televised remarks
- He is endangering the security of Jews globally "by supporting anti-Semitism with the murders he committed in Gaza," he added
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Israel issues ‘last’ warning for Gazans to flee main city as Hamas weighs truce plan
Israeli forces killed at least 46 people, including 36 in Gaza City. The deceased include two aid workers southwest of...
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Iran rejects push to suspend uranium enrichment to reach nuclear deal with US
The issue has come into focus in recent weeks, with Iran staunchly defending its right to enrich uranium as part...
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Hamas accepts mediators’ latest Gaza ceasefire proposal
The outline of the new potential deal was revealed as Israel ramped up its offensive in the Palestinian territory, and...
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Due to war, under 5 percent of Gaza cropland useable for farming: UN
Paris, France -- Under five percent of Gaza's farmland is useable due to war, further exacerbating the risk of famine...
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OPEC+ expected to open taps more despite price slump
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies - collectively known as OPEC+ - have justified their change...
- This follows pressure from US President Donald Trump and group leader Saudi Arabia's quest to penalise allies that breach the cartel's quotas
- In past months, Saudi Arabia, Russia and six other OPEC+ members have surprised markets by announcing a sharp increase in oil production
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Turkey, PKK must both change for peace: former militant
"When you try and explain peace to people, there is a very serious lack of trust," said Yuksel Genc, a...
- "The guerillas are sincere, but they don't think the state is," said Genc, her words briefly interrupted by the roar of a fighter jet flying overhead.
- For years, she was a fighter with the Kurdish rebel group, which on May 12 said it would disarm and disband, ending a four-decade armed struggle against the Turkish state
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Israel’s US ambassador called home over interview remarks
Jerusalem, Undefined - Israel's ambassador to Washington is being summoned home on the instructions of a government disciplinary body to...
- Ambassador Yechiel Leiter had accused opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of levelling "blood libels" at the Israeli leader
- Leiter also dismissed as "insanity" claims that the premier was prolonging the war in Gaza to remain in power, adding: "How dare they say something as malicious as that?"