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Taliban govt clearing 'un-Islamic' books from Afghanistan shelves

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Europe's pivotal role in bid to strike COP29 climate deal

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COP host Azerbaijan jailed activists over 'critical opinions': rights body

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'Nobody can reverse' US progress on clean energy: Biden

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Taliban govt clearing 'un-Islamic' books from Afghanistan shelves

2024-11-20

Kabul (AFP): Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles -- Taliban authorities are working..

COP host Azerbaijan jailed activists over 'critical opinions': rights body
2024-11-18
'Nobody can reverse' US progress on clean energy: Biden
2024-11-18
India's capital shuts schools because of smog
2024-11-18
Biden in historic Amazon trip as Trump return sparks climate fears
2024-11-17

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Cambodia sentences green campaigners for 'plotting' over activism

2024-07-02

Phnom Penh (AFP): A Cambodian court on Tuesday sentenced 10 environmentalists to between six and eight years in jail for plotting to commit crimes in their ...

2024-01-16

London (AFP): An estimated 3.5 million Britons living overseas will from Tuesday be eligible to vote in UK general elections, in one of the biggest ...

2023-07-06

Paris (AFP): Saudi Arabia is continuing its multi-billion-dollar entry into all aspects of global culture, hitting a new milestone on Thursday with the first Saudi designer ...

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How long you got? Danish AI algorithm aims to predict life, and death
2024-03-21
Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
2024-02-22
New AI-video tool by maker of ChatGPT worries media creators
2024-02-17
ChatGPT's OpenAI reveals text-to-video tool
2024-02-16

Song lyrics are getting simpler, more repetitive: study

2024-03-28

Paris (AFP): You're not just getting older. Song lyrics really are becoming simpler and more repetitive, according to a study published on Thursday. Lyrics have also

Sports

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'They killed her dream': Israel strike leaves woman footballer in coma

2024-11-20

Nineteen-year-old Celine Haidar was on the verge of joining Lebanon's women's national team. Instead she lies in a medically induced..

Olympics 'above politics' say LA 2028 organisers after Trump win

Los Angeles, United States (AFP): The re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency will have no bearing on preparations..
N. Korea's World Cup-winning footballers get heroes' welcome home

Seoul (AFP): North Korea's Under-17 Women's World Cup-winning footballers received a heroes' welcome back in the capital Pyongyang, AFP..

Education

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'Denying my potential': women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance

2024-10-10

Tokyo (AFP): Chika Ezure faced gender bias from her own family when deciding to do a master's degree at Japan's top-ranked university. After arriving on campus,..

2024-05-15

Mountain View (United States) (AFP): Google on Tuesday said it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries, in one of the biggest changes to its..

Lifestyle

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Hello Hallyu: why is South Korean culture sweeping the globe?

2024-10-11

Seoul (AFP): It's won Oscars. Its television shows and K-pop stars dominate global charts. Its leading novelist just won the Nobel..

Young Chinese women hire female cosplayers to play dream men

Shanghai (AFP): During her final years of high school, Chinese teenager Xu Yunting found an unusual..

What do we know about the resurgence of mpox in Africa?

An image obtained from the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda,..

Climate Change

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Europe's pivotal role in bid to strike COP29 climate deal

Is Argentina's Milei on brink of leaving Paris climate accord?

Pakistan's record smog triggers anguish and anxiety

Afghanistan says to attend UN climate talks, first since Taliban takeover

Heat, air pollution, disease: How climate change affects health

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'No one heard our cries': Tigray war rape survivors recount their ordeals

Shire, Ethiopia (AFP): Rawa curls up on a chair, pulls her knees tight to ...
As more young Tunisians look away from politics, many wish to live abroad

Tunis (AFP): At a cafe in Tunis's bustling Bab Souika, a group of ...
Why more and more French teachers are walking away from their jobs

French teachers are quitting in record numbers, overwhelmed by low pay, crowded classrooms ...

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Thousands protest in Serbian capital against lithium mine

Belgrade (AFP): Thousands hit the streets in Serbia's capital Belgrade Saturday to protest the ...
Shadow campaign: Global influence op targets Qatar in wartime

Washington (AFP): Shady websites calling for a boycott of Qatar, a New York billboard ...
Sao Paolo pride parade draws hundreds of thousands

Organizers of this year's Sao Paulo pride parade had urged participants to dress ...

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UN chief urges G20 'leadership' on stalled climate talks

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UN climate chief urges G20 to spur tense COP29 negotiations
2024-11-16
South Sudan floods affect 1.4 million, displace 379,000: UN
2024-11-09
Record drought in Amazon impacts 420,000 children: UNICEF
2024-11-07
Afghanistan poppy cultivation grows 19 percent despite ban: UN
2024-11-06