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Washington (AFP) - The artificial intelligence arms race has gone nuclear.  Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are now looking to outgun each other with announcements on atomic energy, which they hope...

Washington (AFP) - The international community must come together despite the "difficult geopolitical environment" to tackle shared challenges like lackluster growth and the existential threat posed by climate change, the...

San Francisco (AFP) - Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday announced new measures to fight sextortion, a form of online blackmail where criminals coerce victims, often teens,...

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel said Thursday it was checking whether it had successfully "eliminated" Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in a Gaza operation, in what would constitute a massive blow against...

Washington (AFP) - Retail sales in the United States accelerated in September, according to government data released Thursday, a positive sign for consumption as the election approaches. Overall sales rose...

Kharkiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - When Ukrainian serviceman Igor Shyshko summarised his two years of detention in Russia alongside 72-year-old US citizen Stephen Hubbard, three words came to mind: torture, humiliation,...

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday conducted multiple B-2 bomber strikes on weapons storage facilities in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed Huthi rebels, according to the...

Jerusalem (AFP) - Israel struck a Hezbollah target in Syria on Thursday, a war monitor said, and the United States used heavy bombers to hit rebel targets in Yemen nearly...

Beirut (Lebanon) (AFP) - Israel's latest bombardment of Hezbollah targets caused widespread destruction in southern Lebanon, ahead of US and Israeli strikes in the wider region Thursday. Israel's assault on...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - More than one billion people are living in acute poverty across the globe, a UN Development Program report said Thursday, with children accounting for...