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• UNESCO officials call for inclusion of AI in Africa's school curricula

  23-04-2025 19:50 via article.wn.com
  ADDIS ABABA, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Officials...
  
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• WTTC urges Travel & Tourism to join forces to scale up sustainable fuel

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, UK – The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), in collaboration with global consultancy ICF, has launched a bold new framework urging the entire Travel & Tourism sector to unite in tackling one of its toughest challenges: scaling up the production and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and other renewable fuels. The report, Scaling Up Sustainable Fuel, sets out a practical roadmap for how every business in the sector, no matter its size or role, can help address transp
  
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• World-famous Budweiser Clydesdales to lead Historic Downtown Pocatello’s Independence Day Parade

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  POCATELLO — The start of Historic Downtown Pocatello’s 2025 Independence Day Parade might remind some local residents of what have become iconic Super Bowl commercials. ......
  
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• Why was Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok preoccupied with South Africa's racial politics?

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Much like its creator, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was preoccupied with South African racial politics on social media this week, posting unsolicited claims about the persecution and "genocide" of white people. Read full story ......
  
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• Why are white South Africans being given refugee status in the US

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  In a decision that has prompted widespread international debate, 59 white South Africans landed in the United States on May 12 under a refugee program initiated by President Donald Trump. The group, composed of Afrikaners, was granted asylum based on claims of racial discrimination, violence, and land seizures in South Africa. President Trump has described their situation as a “genocide,” a characterization widely disputed by South African officials. Some critics argue the decision i
  
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• Week in wildlife: hitchhiking cygnets, a criminal duck and hopping hares

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world ......
  
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• Trump's push to end conflict has more pressure on Ukraine: Zelenskyy

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  'Trump's position...
  
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• Taiwan president rallies the troops ahead of possible Chinese drills

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Taiwan President Lai Ching-te offered his support and encouragement to the armed forces on Friday ahead of what the government has warned could be...
  
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• Taiwan meets with US for tariff talks in South Korea

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  TAIPEI (Reuters) -The main Taiwan and...
  
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• Super Mario Odyssey, 3D World + Bowser’s Fury, and More to Receive Free Switch 2 Enhancements

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  A handful of major first-party Nintendo Switch titles are set to get paid native versions for the upcoming Switch 2, but several others will also be getting upgrades of their own. Enhancements for these...
  
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• Stable Syria 'would be one of the most dramatic improvements in the region': US secretary of state

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  'This is a historic...
  
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• S. Korean gov't sees downward pressure after U.S. tariffs imposition

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, May 16 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's government on Friday saw an increased downward pressure on the Asian economy due to the U.S. tariffs imposition and a delayed recovery in domestic...
  
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• Russia and Ukraine to meet in Istanbul, expectations of progress low

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv will be in Istanbul today for what could be their first direct meeting on the conflict in Ukraine since 2022, but the absence of Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves little hope for progress in ending the war. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio downplayed expectations for the peace talks after Moscow sent a low-profile delegation and both sides traded insults ahead of the negotiations, initially slated for yesterday. "I want to be frank... we don't have high ex
  
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• Romania Is Falling Into the Abyss

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Romania’s disastrous slide to the far right had been coming. ......
  
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• Pesutto Ordered to Pay $2.3 Million in Defamation Costs, Risks Losing Seat

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  The Victorian Liberal Party faces the prospect of losing a seat and former leader, John Pesutto, if he is bankrupted trying to...
  
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• Pakistan offers zero-tariff bilateral trade deal to US

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan offers zero-tariff bilateral trade deal to US ......
  
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• PAF Veteran Admits Loss Of Key Airborne Assets, Damage To AWACS After Indian Strikes

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  PAF Veteran Admits Loss Of Key Airborne Assets, Damage To AWACS After Indian Strikes ......
  
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• Pacific News In Brief For 16 May

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  A round-up of news from around the region, including the Solomon Islands prime minister's call for reforms to the process surrounding motions of no confidence. ......
  
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• Officials of Trump administration say Secret Service investigates James Comey’s ‘86 47’ social media post

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  James Comey wrote “cool shell formation on my beach walk” under a picture of seashells that appeared to form the shapes for “86 47,” “suggesting” a call for violence against President Trump ......
  
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• ‘Now my kids have a future’: Syrians dare to dream again after years as a ...

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Promise to lift US sanctions brings closer the opportunity for fresh start that began with toppling of Bashar al-Assad...
  
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• 'No Magic Bullets': Can The Papua New Guinea Public And The Police Learn To Get Along?

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  A police commander lamented recently that the public no longer respects police officers, who face an increasingly tough environment, are underpowered and unappreciated. ......
  
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• New Jersey Transit rail strike to begin on Friday, union says

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  PRINCETON, New Jersey - New Jersey's commuter...
  
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• Myanmar quake victims’ ashes to arrive in Negros Oriental next week

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  The cremated remains...
  
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• Morning Briefing: May 16, 2025

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Here’s a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Friday, including delegations for peace talks in Istanbul between Russia and Ukraine, a Spanish broadcaster criticizing Israel’s attacks on Gaza during Eurovision, and much more. Delegations for peace talks between Russia, Ukraine in Istanbul Details of the delegations for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, Türkiye on Friday have emerged. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, a US delegation headed by
  
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• Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Team in Belgium find improvement in air quality after launch of traffic measures in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent...
  
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• Live updates: Trump wraps up Mideast tour, meet business leaders, visit interfaith place of worship

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump wraps up a Mideast tour in the United Arab...
  
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• Judge removes Brazil soccer president from office days after Ancelotti hired

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  SAO PAULO (AP) — A Rio de Janeiro...
  
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• In Middle East, Trump marginalizes Israel without helping Gaza

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  As President Donald Trump’s Middle East sojourn drew to a close, a much-vaunted “grand bargain” bringing peace to a restive region was nowhere in sight. ......
  
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• How a common enemy is pushing the Taliban closer to Putin's Russia

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  Russia and Afghanistan have centuries-old links, but the Kremlin's recent activity in statements about the Taliban are underscored by an evolved security and geo-political landscape of the last three years. ......
  
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• Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Why are farmers and small producers the last to get paid?

  16-05-2025 08:41 via article.wn.com
  I was recently asked whether I...
  
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