Trump admin unveils AI strategy to maintain US dominance
The 25-page "America's AI Action Plan" outlines three aims: accelerating innovation, building infrastructure, and leading internationally on AI. Overall, the...
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Gaza hospital says 21 children dead from malnutrition and starvation
Gaza's population of more than two million people is facing severe shortages of food and other essentials, with residents frequently...
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Venezuela President talks cooperation with Qatar emir
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro met Wednesday with Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani in the gas-rich Gulf nation, his fifth...
- The talks focused in particular on "energy, the economy, investment, agriculture and tourism."
- Maduro visited Iran at the weekend where he signed a 20-year cooperation agreement with the Islamic republic
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UN chief says women ‘essential’ to peace talks in global conflicts
In many areas, men in power have actively worked to exclude women, said Guterres, citing Afghanistan, where "nearly 20 million...
- According to Guterres, less female representation in peace negotiation from Ukraine to Afghanistan shows that "patriarchy is failing us"
- He underlined the impact of what he termed "the recent shift away from inclusive politics," saying it "shows once again that misogyny and authoritarianism are mutually reinforcing
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Turkey to host meeting with UN, Russia, Ukraine for export of grains
Turkey is ready to host a four-way meeting with the United Nations, Russia, and Ukraine to organize the export of...
- Millions of tons of wheat are currently stuck in Ukrainian ports, either blockaded or occupied by Russian forces, and vessels face the danger of mines
- The UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Ankara had an important role in resolving the situation which has raised the prospect of worldwide food shortages
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Tunisia union demands salary hike on nationwide strike
Up to three million workers could observe the strike, shuttering 159 state agencies and public companies and bringing public transport,...
- Up to 3 million workers could observe the strike, shuttering 159 state agencies, public companies and bringing public transport to a halt
- In a statement on Wednesday, the UGTT union said workers would hold this strike to defend their economic and social rights
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Jordan king discusses food security with European Commission president
The meeting covered regional and international developments, especially the Palestinian cause.
- The meeting covered regional and international developments, especially the Palestinian cause
- The meeting also discussed integrating efforts to counter food security, environment challenges
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Qatar Chamber and Jordan to enhance private sector cooperation
Qatar Chamber and the Jordanian Ministry of Labor discussed Tuesday ways to enhance bilateral relations and the private sector's role...
- Qatar Chamber First Vice-Chairman Mohamed bin Twar Al Kuwari met with Jordanian Minister Nayef Stetieh.
- Jordanian Minister of Labor Nayef Stetieh pointed to the Qatari initiative to employ 20,000 Jordanians in Qatar.
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WTO talks extended in bid to seal fishing subsidy, food security deals
The World Trade Organization's ministerial conference will run over into a fifth day on Thursday in the hope of striking...
- The global trade body only takes decisions by consensus and its 164 members all need to agree if anything is to get passed.
- India all but sank the WTO's bid to net a long-sought deal on curbing harmful fishing subsidies late Tuesday, insisting it would not sign up without a 25-year exemption.
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Aid groups appeal UN to renew Syria cross-border aid resolution
Dozens of aid groups Tuesday urged the United Nations Security Council to renew a resolution allowing aid deliveries to millions...
- Russia, an ally of the government in Damascus, has threatened to use its Security Council veto power to block the resolution's renewal
- Russia has argued aid can instead transit via Damascus-controlled parts of the country across conflict lines
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80 percent children in Ghaza suffer ‘distress’ due to years long blockade: report
Four out of five children in Gaza suffer from emotional distress, Save the Children said Wednesday, 15 years after Israel...
- In a report called "Trapped", Britain-based Save the Children said the mental health of Gazan children has continued to deteriorate
- Since 2018, the number reporting symptoms of "depression, grief, and fear," had risen from 55 percent to 80 percent, the report said
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Iran believes negotiations can still revive nuclear deal
Iran on Tuesday said it still believes that negotiations can succeed to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers,...
- Earlier, Iran disconnected 27 cameras from its nuclear sites in response to the IAEA resolution censuring Iran
- Iran's demand of Washington to remove Revolutionary Guards from the terrorism list is an extraneous issue to JCPOA, according to US
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US strikes Houthi weapons’ systems in latest attack
According to a statement from CENTCOM, the five strikes included targeting "the first observed Huthi employment of a UUV (unmanned...
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Prospects dim for truce as Israel rejects calls to spare Rafah
Mediator Qatar acknowledged that separate ceasefire talks had also hit an impasse after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected some...
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Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank raid
Two Palestinian men, including one member of an armed group, were killed in an Israeli raid, in the latest surge...
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‘Hitler did it to Jews’: Lula accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel of committing "genocide" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and compared...
- They were among the strongest comments yet on the Israel-Hamas conflict from the Brazilian President.
- Brazil currently holds the rotating presidency of the G20.
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Thousands take part in pro-Palestinian march in London as police arrest 12
London, United Kingdom--Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in London on Saturday, with police making 12 arrests for alleged offences...
- Holding banners that said "ceasefire now", the demonstrators chanted "free Palestine" as they gathered at Park Lane
- The city's Metropolitan Police said 12 people had been arrested, including two for displaying anti-Semitic placards
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US threatens to block new UN Security Council vote on Gaza
Algeria has requested a UN Security Council vote on Tuesday, but Washington signaled it is likely to veto the measure....
- Algeria worked on a new draft after the ICJ ruled that Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza war
- Security Council has adopted just two resolutions on Gaza since October 7