Europe hyperloop test hits new speed record in Dutch trial
The Hague, Netherlands -- A Dutch tech startup said Wednesday it had set a European speed record for its futuristic...
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Israel strikes Hamas officials in Qatar, the first of its kind on Qatari territory
Qatar, which has been a key mediator in efforts to broker a truce in Gaza, said Israeli strikes targeted the...
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Kuwait’s scorching summers a warning for heating planet
Kuwait City, Kuwait -- As the blazing summer sun beats down on Kuwait, shoppers stroll down a promenade lined with palm...
- Kuwait has always been hot, its dry summers fanned by the northwesterly shamal wind that also blows over Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
- But in recent years, climate change has made summer peaks hotter and longer, said meteorologist Essa Ramadan, as periods of extreme heat have gone "from two weeks to about a month"
Migrants lurch between life and death in Tunisia-Libya desert
In the unbearable midday heat, a Libyan patrol near the border with Tunisia comes across a black African man collapsed...
- In early July, hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries were driven out of the Tunisian port city of Sfax as racial tensions flared
- A joint statement from United Nations agencies referred to the "unfolding tragedy" of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia's border regions
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Most oil removed from decaying tanker off Yemen: UN
The Safer, a floating storage and offloading facility, has been moored around 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the port of...
- UN Development Programme project manager for the Safer, Mohammed Mudawi, said more than 636,000 barrels of oil had been pumped to the replacement tanker
- The UN hopes the $143 million operation will eliminate the risk of an environmental disaster that it estimates would cost $20 billion to clean up
Sadio Mane joins Ronaldo at Saudi side Al Nassr
The twice African footballer of the year is the latest high profile player to join the cash-rich Saudi league. Both...
- Mane won the Champions League and Premier League in six seasons with Liverpool and was a key part of Jurgen Klopp's devastating front three with Mohamed Salah
- in the summer of 2022, Mane decided he wanted a new challenge -- unconfirmed rumours said he had tired of sharing the limelight with Egypt's Salah at Anfield
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Tunisia’s president dismisses first woman PM Najla Bouden
She was appointed by the president on October 11, 2021, two and a half months after the president granted himself...
- Saied immediately appointed Ahmed Hachani as the new PM, who until now worked at the Tunisian central bank
- The new head of government, a figure unknown to the general public, was immediately sworn in before the president
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Iraq says in touch with US over settling $10bn debt it owes Iran for gas imports
On July 11, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced that Iraq would start paying for Iranian gas with oil, as...
- Iranian gas is crucial for Iraq's electricity generation, but US sanctions on Iranian oil and gas impose restrictions on how Baghdad can pay for its imports
- Iraq cannot directly hand over cash to Iran, but payments must be held in a bank account and be used by Tehran to fund imports of food and medicines
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Donald Trump indicted for trying to overturn 2020 US election
The former US president now faces the most serious legal threat yet as he campaigns to return to the White...
- The indictment charges Trump with conspiracy to defraud the US and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding
- Reacting to the indictment, Trump's campaign compared his prosecution to "Nazi Germany in the 1930s"
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China’s restriction on exports of key metals comes in effect
China accounts for 94 percent of the world's production of gallium -- used in integrated circuits, LEDs and photovoltaic panels...
- From Tuesday, Chinese companies seeking to export gallium or germanium will need to obtain a license from the Chinese government.
- China, which seeks to become self-sufficient in semiconductor design, says those measures are aimed at maintaining US supremacy in the field.
Arts & Culture
Saudi league’s transfer window can affect Europe’s clubs, says Liverpool
Singapore, Singapore - Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on Tuesday urged football authorities to address the late closure of the transfer window...
- Since the start of the year, clubs in the oil-rich Middle Eastern kingdom have spent generously to sign some of the world’s leading players.
- Brazilian midfielder Fabinho on Monday became the third Liverpool player to move to a Saudi club in this close season when he joined Al-Ittihad.
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Meta to seek user permission for targeted advertisement
European regulators in January had dismissed the previous legal basis -- "legitimate interest" -- Meta had used to justify gathering...
- It said the changes were to address "evolving and emerging regulatory requirements" amid a bruising tussle with the Irish Data Protection Commission.
- Currently, users joining Facebook and Instagram by default have that permission turned on, feeding their data to Meta so it can generate billions of dollars.
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Europe hyperloop test hits new speed record in Dutch trial
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Istanbul Bar Association board dismissed over ‘terror propaganda’
The Istanbul Bar Association's executive board was dismissed Friday on grounds of "terrorist propaganda" and "publicly spreading false information", according...
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Trump awards next-generation F-47 fighter jet contract to Boeing
US President Donald Trump announced Friday that Boeing has been awarded a major contract for the Air Force's high-tech next-generation...
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Heathrow to resume some flights after power station fire
London's Heathrow Airport said it would resume "some flights" later Friday after a fire at a power station grounded planes...
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Italian paper prints fully-AI edition, but not to ‘kill’ journalism
Rome, Italy -- In a world first, an Italian newspaper is printing a fully AI-generated edition for a month in...
- Il Foglio, a daily broadsheet with an irreverent touch and a circulation of about 29,000, says it is the first newspaper in the world to print entire editions created through AI.
- The newspaper's 20-odd journalists ask a version of ChatGPT to write a story on a specific subject in a specific tone, and it produces a text using information scraped off internet
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Chinese electric car maker BYD aims for Europe boost
Chinese carmaker BYD on Thursday vowed to conquer Europe with a new compact electric model and super-fast charging capability to...
- The group has launched major advertising campaigns including sponsorship of last year's European Championships in football
- The European Union has imposed a 17-percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles to make up for Chinese state subsidies
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EU skewers Google, Apple over tech rules – despite Trump threats
The European Union defied US threats of retaliation Wednesday by accusing Google of violating its digital rules -- which could...
- The moves risk opening up a new front in the already fraught relationship between the EU and President Donald Trump,
- Apple and Google responded that the EU risked European users' security and its moves would hinder innovation