BRUSSELS - Alphabet and the European Commission aim to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) pact involving European and non-European companies ahead of rules to govern the technology, E.U. industry chief Thierry Breton said on Wednesday.
GENEVA - United Nations rights chief Volker Turk decried Wednesday the racist attacks on Brazilian footballer Vinicius Junior during a match in Spain, urging concerted efforts to root racism out of sports.
GENEVA - United Nations rights chief Volker Turk said Wednesday he wanted to see a dramatic expansion of his office's operations and funding, saying U.N. rights officials should be present in every country.
ALGIERS - Algerian opposition figure Karim Tabbou has been taken into custody for unknown reasons, reports said Wednesday, with his brother saying plainclothes police officers had detained him at his home.
TRIPOLI - War-scarred Libya has for years been ruled by two rival governments, but now some analysts see faint signs of progress toward reconciliation between them.
JOHANNESBURG - Inflation in South Africa in April dropped to the lowest level in almost a year although food prices remained obstinately high, the national statistics agency StatsSA said on Wednesday.
DOHA - International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday that protracted domestic wrangling over the U.S. debt ceiling was "unnecessary" for the world economy but should be settled.
KHARTOUM - Fighting had eased but not stopped in Sudan on Wednesday, the second full day of a U.S. and Saudi-brokered cease-fire that has raised cautious hopes among its beleaguered civilians that aid corridors and escape routes will open soon.
ABUJA — Grammy-nominated Nigerian musician Seun Kuti, the son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, was released from prison on bail on Tuesday after allegedly assaulting a police officer.
LUXEMBOURG - Apple and Brussels butted heads in a top E.U. court on Tuesday as the bloc battled to overturn a ruling against its whopping 13-billion euro order on the iPhone-maker to pay Ireland in back taxes.
WASHINGTON - New home sales in the United States defied expectations in April to reach a one-year high, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, fueled by increases in the south and the Midwest.
KHARTOUM - Sporadic artillery fire still echoed through Sudan's capital Tuesday but residents said fighting had calmed following a U.S. and Saudi-brokered ceasefire, raising faint hopes in the embattled city.
LONDON - The U.K. government on Tuesday announced a package of measures aimed at international students, including a ban on some family members, as ministers come under growing pressure to cut immigration.
PARIS - France on Tuesday formally banned domestic flights on short routes that can be covered by train in less than two-and-a-half hours - a move aimed at reducing airline emissions that has also irked the industry.
CONAKRY - Private media and online outlets in the West African state of Guinea on Tuesday launched a one-day boycott of news in protest at press and internet restrictions by the ruling junta.
DAKLAR - A Senegalese court on Tuesday resumed the trial of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko on rape charges, but he failed for the second time running to attend the high-stakes proceedings.
LONDON - Buckingham Palace has declined a request from the family of 19th century Ethiopian Prince Alemayehu to repatriate his remains from Windsor Castle, British media reported Tuesday.
NIAMEY - Dozens of troops from Niger and France's legendary Foreign Legion board a French C-130 transport plane. They're making a parachute jump to take an location in Niger. The joint operation reflects the new plan President Emmanuel Macron wants to use in West Africa's deeply troubled Sahel.
WASHINGTON - A fake image of an explosion at the Pentagon briefly went viral and caused a ten-minute long dip on the markets on Monday, stoking further talk that generative AI could cause problems to society.
HARARE - The Zimbabwe government is Monday due to hold talks over its shock announcement that it will claim half of all revenues from carbon offsetting projects in the country.
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