Top music body says AI firms guilty of ‘willful’ copyright theft
Paris, France -- AI companies have sucked up the world's entire music catalogue and are guilty of "willful, commercial-scale copyright...
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Gaza, Palestinian future to dominate UN gathering to be attended by 140 world leaders
Kicking off Monday, Saudi Arabia and France will co-chair meetings on the future of the Israeli and Palestinian two-state solution, which...
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Seven civilians killed in Syrian government forces shelling
Beirut, Lebanon - Shelling by government forces targeting several locations in rebel-held northwest Syria killed seven civilians including four children...
- The Damascus regime has been bombing opposition-held areas in apparent retaliation for an attack on a military academy graduation ceremony.
- "Seven civilians, including four children, were killed in ground bombardment by regime forces on several locations" on Saturday, a war monitor said.
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Israel ‘at war’ with Palestinian fighters, after rocket attack
Hamas militants fired barrages of rockets at Israel from multiple locations across the Palestinian territory, according to the accounts of...
- Hundreds of residents fled their homes in eastern Gaza to move away from the border with Israel.
- Hamas appealed to fighters in the West Bank and "our Arab and Islamic nations" to join the battle.
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Iran denounces ‘political’ Nobel Peace Prize
Slamming the Nobel Committee for what he called as "false claims", Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman said the committee awarded the...
- The spokesperson said the prize was a "deviation from its initial objectives"
- Nobel committee chairwoman hailed Mohammadi for her "brave struggle"
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Global tributes pour in for Nobel Prize winner jailed Iranian activist
Human rights office spokeswoman Elizabeth Throssell said at a press briefing that the Nobel award for Mohammadi "highlights the courage...
- France's President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute Friday to the bravery of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi
- The son and husband of imprisoned Iranian women's activist also paid tribute to the winner
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‘Act of cruelty’: 150 cats dumped in UAE desert, dozens die
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Some 150 cats have been found left for dead in the desert in the United Arab...
- Emirati authorities announced they had opened an "investigation into the incident of abandoned cats" in the Abu Dhabi desert.
- All "administrative and legal measures" would be used against the perpetrators of this "inhumane" act, the authorities said.
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El Nino forced sugar price to hit 13-year high in September, says FAO
Paris, France - Global sugar prices soared to their highest level in almost 13 years in September as the El Nino...
- While world food prices steadied as a whole last month, the FAO's Sugar Price Index jumped by 9.8 percent compared to August.
- El Nino, a climate pattern, is typically associated with warming ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean.
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Russia to discuss revoking Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Moscow, Russia - Russia will soon discuss revoking the ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the speaker of the...
- Russian official Vyacheslav Volodin made the announcement a day after President Vladimir Putin evoked the possibility of such a move.
- "This is in line with the national interests of our state. And it will be a mirror response to the United States which has not yet ratified the treaty," he said.
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Drought caused major global hydropower drop in early 2023
BANGKOK, THAILAND - Dry conditions, particularly in China, caused a "historic" global drop in hydropower in the first half of 2023,...
- Wind and solar generation grew more slowly in the first half of this year than in the same period last year.
- The chief of this year's COP climate meeting has called for a global tripling of renewable energy capacity by 2030.
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Luxembourg, EU’s richest country, grapples with housing crisis
Luxembourg, Luxembourg -- Luxembourg's residents may be classified as the wealthiest in the European Union, but the sky-high cost of buying...
- In the capital city, new-build flats sell for around $1,300 per square foot and older ones go for 10,700 euros. The average cost of a house is 1.5 million.
- Housing crisis has become the number one concern in the Grand Duchy of 660,000 people -- smaller than Rhode Island, the smallest US state -- as it goes to the polls on Sunday.
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Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
Mohammadi's award comes after a wave of protests that swept Iran after the death in custody a year ago of...
- She is the vice-president of the Defenders of Human Rights Centre founded by Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi, herself a Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 2003.
- Mohammadi was honored "for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all".
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Trump tariffs have increased financial stability risks: IMF report
The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) was published as world financial leaders gather for meetings in Washington under the...
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Israel security chief accuses PM of demanding personal loyalty
Israel's internal security chief, whom the government is trying to sack, accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday of demanding personal...
- Ronen Bar's accusations, in a sworn statement to the Supreme Court, are the latest twist in a legal and political saga pitting him against Netanyahu
- Bar's dismissal, announced by the government last month but frozen by the court, triggered mass protests
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US envoy to Israel urges Hamas to sign deal so aid can enter Gaza
The new US ambassador to Israel on Monday called on Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a deal that would...
- Huckabee's message comes after Hamas on Thursday signalled its rejection of Israel's latest truce proposal, which proposed a hostage-prisoner swap and the entry of aid
- The militants' chief negotiator said the group rejected any "partial" agreements and sought a comprehensive deal including "halting the war" and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza
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DHL to stop global shipments worth over $800 to US consumers
Washington, United States -- Global shipping giant DHL will "temporarily" suspend the shipping of parcels worth more than $800 from...
- President Trump has launched a wide-ranging trade war, threatening friend and foe alike with steep tariffs to address US trade deficits with individual countries.
- As part of those changes, the government has also lowered the threshold at which parcels to individuals require formal entry processing by US Customs -- down to $800 from $2,500.