Israel army says will use ‘unprecedented force’ in Gaza City
Israel has pummeled Gaza City with air strikes and tank fire in its bid to seize it, nearly two years...
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Egypt says stolen pharoah’s bracelet melted down, sold for $4,000
Cairo, Egypt -- Egyptian police said on Thursday they arrested a museum employee and three alleged accomplices after a priceless...
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Vietnam plans to auction rights to its largest rare earth mine
Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam plans to auction the rights to exploit its largest rare earth mine, a project partner said Thursday,...
- A tender for the mining of the Dong Pao mine, in northern Lai Chau province, is being planned by Australian mining company Blackstone Minerals.
- "Any party that succeeds in the auction will be able to exploit the mine and we will use the ore from this mine for production," a Vietnamese official said.
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Turkish strikes on Kurdish targets kill two in Syria: monitor
Turkey has also launched strikes on positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq since Sunday, when two...
- One of the strikes on the Kurdish-controlled region of Hasakeh hit a car, killing two people, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
- In another strike, "Turkish drones targeted a factory north of Hasakeh, injuring three workers", said Farhad Shami, the spokesman for the Kurdish-led SDF
Economy
Largest climate fund seeks new funding for vulnerable
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up as part of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement to funnel grants and...
- The Green Climate Fund says Thursday's conference in Germany will allow it to invest more in a decade it sees as critical for climate action
- It has laid out a 50by30 vision to manage $50 billion by 2030, almost triple its current capital of $17bn, to focus efforts on developing countries
AI of the tiger: Tiny camera ‘protects’ predator and people
Experts from Clemson University in South Carolina and several NGOs published research last month on their work using AI-enabled cameras...
- The camera system called TrailGuard can distinguish between tigers and other species and relay images to park rangers or villagers within seconds, research said
- The project, called Wildlife Insights, automates the process of identifying species and labelling images, saving many hours of laborious work for researchers
Google’s new phone to run AI on-device
At a launch event in New York, Rick Osterloh, SVP of devices and services at Google, said that the company's...
- The announcement by Google caps the autumn release season for big tech hardware that saw Apple unveil the iPhone 15 series and Meta officially launch its latest VR headset
- Running on a powerful chip, Google's Pixel 8 Pro would carry out AI functions on device itself instead of relying on transfers from cloud data centers that require heavy bandwidth
Women’s squad seeks its share of Saudi football boom
A FIFA+ documentary released last month tracks how the national team has seized on new freedoms, contrasting the hostility its...
- The Saudi women squad only formed two years ago and entered the FIFA rankings in March, at 171st place
- The eager Saudi players are standard-bearers for broader changes afoot in Saudi Arabia
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Iran condemns Britain for criticism of satellite launch
Last week, the Islamic republic said it had successfully launched the Noor-3 imaging satellite by its three-stage Qassed rocket, in...
- Britain slammed Iran for what it termed as disregard of international restrictions
- Iran hit back on Wednesday, denouncing the British statement as "interventionist"
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Turkey threatens to expand strikes in Iraq and Syria after Ankara attack
A branch of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- listed as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies...
- Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said that the two terrorists came from Syria and were trained there.
- Police shot dead one of the assailants while the other died in an apparent suicide blast outside Turkey's interior ministry.
Business
Farmers turn to solar power in Syria’s former breadbasket
Al-Haddadiya, Syria - At his farm in Syria's northeast, Abdullah al-Mohammed adjusts a large solar panel, one of hundreds that have...
- Solar energy has offered a lifeline for the farmers amid drought and power shortages, but some warn the boom also has environmental costs in the once-fertile region
- "We are trying to revive our land," despite dwindling groundwater reserves, said Mohammed, 38, as he oriented the panel towards the sun near his cotton fields.
Science
Nobel Chemistry Prize awarded to quantum dots researchers
The trio, whose names were leaked in the Swedish press ahead of the announcement, succeeded in producing these tiny components,...
- Bawendi, 62, born in Paris to French and Tunisian parents, is a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
- Brus, 80, is a professor at Columbia in New York, and Russian-born Alexei Ekimov works at the US-based Nanocrystals Technology.
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Israel army says will use ‘unprecedented force’ in Gaza City
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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...
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Gold hits record, dollar drops as tariff fears dampen sentiment
With several markets still closed for the Easter holiday, business was limited ahead of a week that will see the...
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Davos meet founder Klaus Schwab steps down from WEF board
Geneva, Switzerland -- The World Economic Forum said on Monday that its founder Klaus Schwab has stepped down from the...
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West Bank campus a dystopian shelter for Palestinians uprooted again
Jenin, Palestinian Territories - On deserted university grounds in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian children run outside nearly empty buildings,...
- Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced from the northern West Bank since Israel launched the offensive dubbed "Iron Wall" on January 21 in the area
- The United Nations agency, UNRWA, provides aid but recent Israeli legislation barring coordination with Israeli military authorities has complicated its work
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US defense chief shared sensitive information in second Signal chat: US media
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information on forthcoming US air strikes on Yemen in a private Signal chat group...
- Last month, the Atlantic editor-in-chief was accidentally added to a Signal chat where officials discussed the March 15 strikes
- The information shared "included the flight schedules for the F/A-18 Hornets targeting the Houthis in Yemen," the Times reported
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Beijing slams ‘appeasement’ of US in trade deals that hurt China
China on Monday hit out at other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing's expense, promising countermeasures...
- While the rest of the world has been slapped with a blanket 10 percent tariff, China faces levies of up to 145 percent on many products
- China has vowed to fight a trade war "to the end" and has not confirmed that it is in talks with Washington, though it has called for dialogue