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Kenya's economy faces climate change risks: World Bank
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France's largest wildfire in decades 'under control', says minister
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South Korea baseball league cancels two games over heatwave
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Warsaw and Kyiv exhume Volyn victims at centre of diplomatic quarrel
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India PM Modi says he forgives protesters who abused him
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California lifeguards wiped out from extreme weather
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US plans steep water cuts for southwest amid Colorado River crisis
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Amazon surges as US stocks shrug off bond yield worries
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Oil giants report blowout profits on war, warn high gas prices could persist
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Hungary to shut nuclear plant as heatwave hits central Europe
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Google launches new satellite image AI tool, alarming researchers
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Tech-fuelled rally fizzles as oil prices rise
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US Fed dissenters call for rate hikes over sustained inflation
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Alarm over climate-linked low level of German waterways
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New York sues online prediction markets giant Kalshi
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Commerzbank agrees to talks with UniCredit after two-year standoff
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Profits surge at US oil giant amid Iran war supply shock
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Fornaro Legal Releases Guidance to Help Businesses Maintain Clear Ownership Records During Growth
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Stock markets rally on tech rebound
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Japan probe made closest-ever asteroid flyby: space agency
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France, Spain assess scorched terrain as new wildfires threaten other regions
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British oil giant BP aims to sell North Sea business
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Chipmaker Kioxia reports AI-driven 45-fold surge in quarterly net profit
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China factory activity slides as leaders seek spending boost
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Far right and far left battle for power in polarised Berlin
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Tech rebound fuels record-breaking rally in South Korean stocks
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The last trio: S.Africa's zoo elephants await their fate
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Cables and cooling bring AI windfall to Indian suppliers
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Oil industry sees war windfall but girds for political blowback
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Anthropic's models gained unauthorized 'real-world' access during testing
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Amazon beats expectations with cloud and AI growth
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Apple tops estimates in CEO Cook's final quarter, but shares fall
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Blowout Microsoft results lift US stocks as oil retreats
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Milei demands expulsion of foreigners expressing 'hate' against Argentina
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'Beginning of the end': Relief but no party as French wildfire winds down
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Italy's Po River valley on drought alert
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Southern Europe 'becoming more flammable' in hotter climate, experts say
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Prada profits pinched as growth hard to chase
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Mammoth bones found on parched bed of Danube in Bulgaria
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Stocks climb on earnings and rates, oil retreats
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MEXC Lists Grvt (GRVT) with $60,000 Worth of GRVT and 10,000 USDT in Airdrop+ Rewards
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US economic growth slows in second quarter, missing expectations
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George and Amal Clooney flee French home due to wildfire
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Russia adds Telegram founder Durov to 'terrorist' blacklist
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MEXC Ventures Supports Alpha Arena's APAC Debut at Coinfest Bali
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Stocks diverge on earnings, as oil steadies
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AI data centre supplier Zhongji InnoLight slips on Hong Kong debut
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Eurozone economy grows despite Middle East war
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May, June heatwaves caused 2,877 extra deaths in England: govt
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Singapore group will develop 'most promising' Ebola vaccine
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Breakthroughs in technologies such as AI are touted as drivers of economic growth, but headwinds include concerns over job losses and geopolitical tensions, speakers told AFP at China's "Summer Davos" this week.
French farmers suffer arid crops, heat-stricken animals
France's current heatwave is taking a toll on farmers, who are seeing livestock die and are racing against time to harvest cereals without sparking fires in the tinder-dry crops.
Wikipedia won't let AI edit articles, cofounder says
Wikipedia does not trust artificial intelligence enough to let it play a direct role in editing articles on its platform, cofounder Jimmy Wales told AFP on Monday.
Dangerous 'heat stress' has surged worldwide, study shows
The number of people exposed to dangerous heat stress worldwide has risen sharply over the last half century propelled by climate change, according to a study released on Monday as Europe sweltered through a punishing heatwave.
Interstellar comet likely far older than Solar System: astronomers
An interstellar comet that blazed past the Sun last year could be nearly three times older than our Solar System and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic backyard, astronomers said Monday.
Legendary Cuban spy chief Ramiro Valdes dies at 94
The founder of Cuba's feared intelligence services, Ramiro Valdes, one of the last commanders of Fidel Castro's revolution, has died at the age of 94, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Sunday.
'Like a fridge': France cave homes offer lucky few respite from heat
Millions in France are grappling with scorching heat, but Jean-Luc Eclercy-Deterpigny is not worried as his living room inside a former quarry offers refreshing refuge.
'There's no soul': Tony Leung weighs in on AI in filmmaking
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The Sun may not engulf Earth after all, scientists say
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Fossils challenge assumptions on how animals adapted to land
Scientists have long posited the earliest water animals to transition to land had amphibious tadpole features, going through a metamorphosis akin to that of today's frogs.
Innovations on show at Paris Vivatech fest
Around 15,000 startups from around Europe and beyond are showing off their wares at the Vivatech trade show in Paris until Saturday.
Bird flu kills 13,000 seal pups on remote Australian island
A pathogenic strain of bird flu killed more than 13,000 elephant seal pups after infecting a breeding colony on a sub-Antarctic volcanic island, Australian scientists said Thursday.
Robots pour cocktails and run marathons, but still can't multitask
They can mix cocktails, run marathons and fold laundry. But humanoid robots are still a long way from doing lots of different jobs on command, whatever the marketing says.
Driving the World's Leading Supply Chains: 9 OMP Customers Named to The 2026 Gartner Top 25
As global leaders move from firefighting to foresight, OMP celebrates the enterprise visionaries scaling decision-driven intelligence at the speed of change.
Plague was killing hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago: study
The plague was causing deadly outbreaks among communities of hunter-gatherers in Siberia around 5,500 years ago, according to a study on Wednesday that sheds light on how humans could have first caught this scourge.
Groundbreaking US astronaut Christina Koch wins top Spanish award
US astronaut Christina Koch, the first woman to take part in a lunar mission, was on Wednesday named the winner of a top Spanish prize for having "helped extend the frontiers of humanity".
Sovereignty fears dog AI enthusiasm at France's Vivatech
Europe's biggest tech trade fair Vivatech opened its doors Wednesday in Paris, putting American billionaire Jeff Bezos front and centre as enthusiasm for generative AI rubs shoulders with anxiety about the continent's technological dependence.
Sovereignty fears to dog AI enthusiasm at France's Vivatech
Europe's biggest tech trade fair Vivatech opens Wednesday in Paris for a 10th-anniversary edition where enthusiasm for generative AI will rub shoulders with anxiety about the continent's technological dependence.
U.S. Air Force Awards GA-ASI Production Contract for FQ-42A CCA
Company Will Produce Service's New Uncrewed Combat Jets
French spies drop AI giant Palantir over US overreliance fears
France's domestic intelligence agency will stop working with American AI giant Palantir, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Tuesday, as European nations increasingly doubt the dependability of the United States.
Scientist confronting the rising global threat of mosquitoes
Growing up in Tahiti, Anna-Bella Failloux saw first-hand the threat posed by mosquitoes: nearly a third of adults on the picturesque island once had swollen limbs from elephantiasis caused by their bites.
Courts cracking down on error-strewn AI-assisted legal briefs
When a US judge found fabricated quotes in a lawyer's brief earlier this year, the attorney admitted he had used Claude, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to write the document.
London, Tokyo agree $24-bn investment deal
Britain and Japan on Sunday sealed a sweeping economic and technological partnership, expected to generate over £18 billion ($24 billion) in investment, during a visit to London by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
SpaceX: Five key moments, from first launch to Starship megarocket
More than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX made history Friday with its record-high stock market debut, crowning a unique journey marked by dazzling successes but also catastrophic failures and unfulfilled promises.
Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soar
Shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX closed almost 20 percent higher on their trading debut Friday after the biggest IPO in history, making the polarizing entrepreneur the world's first trillionaire as he vowed to take humanity to Mars.
SpaceX lifts off in record Wall Street debut
Elon Musk's SpaceX began its first day as a public company on Wall Street Friday after the biggest initial public offering in history, with the polarizing entrepreneur promising he will take humanity to Mars.
SpaceX to make historic IPO that could make Musk a trillionaire
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday confirmed it will begin trading on the Nasdaq exchange Friday in the biggest initial public offering in history, a blockbuster market debut that could propel the entrepreneur to trillionaire status.
Smuggled dinosaur fossils return to Mongolia after two decades
Mongolia has recovered a rare dinosaur skeleton and a trove of fossils illegally exported two decades ago, authorities said Wednesday, concluding years of efforts to return the palaeontological treasures.
In ageing South Korea, AI dolls care for the elderly
In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says she prefers to people.
GA-ASI and INTEC Group Sign MOU at ILA Berlin
BERLIN, DE / ACCESS Newswire / June 11, 2026 / Today at the ILA Berlin Air Show, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and the INTEC Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for INTEC to support the architecture and integration of mission systems, entry into service and logistic support services for GA-ASI's Gambit Series of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The work is intended to provide sovereign capabilities to meet the growing interest in CCA in Germany.
NASA head defends Artemis 3 crew of all men
NASA's administrator Jared Isaacman on Wednesday defended the makeup of the space agency's latest Artemis crew, an all-male group.
Norm-breaking SpaceX IPO a source of elation, angst on Wall Street
Elon Musk's SpaceX is just days from a historic stock market debut set to break all norms, drawing feverish excitement from Wall Street's financial wizards even as skeptics question whether the rocket maker can ever turn a profit.