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May 03, 2023
UN: Prepare for Extreme Heat

GENE VA - The United Nations warned Wednesday of a growing likelihood the weather phenomenon El Nino will develop in coming months, fueling higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records.
May 03, 2023
Sudan Clashes Continue Wednesday

UPDATED WITH U.N. DEMANDS FOR AID SECURITY GUARANTEES: KHARTOUM - Persistent fighting between Sudan's rival generals undermined efforts to firm up a truce Wednesday, as a senior U.N. official arrived for talks on providing relief to millions of trapped civilians.
May 02, 2023
Nigeria Continues Sudan Evacuation

LAGOS - Nigeria's government on Tuesday sought to overcome problems hampering the evacuation of around 3,000 of its nationals from Sudan, where rival military factions are battling for control.
May 02, 2023
Global 'Dark Web' Bust Nabs Suspects, Loot

THE HAGUE - A global crackdown has halted a major "dark web" marketplace, with international police arresting 288 suspects and recovering more than 50 million euros ($54.8 million) in cash and virtual currency, Europol said on Tuesday.
May 02, 2023
Germany Seeks Africa 'Clean Energy'

BERLIN - Chancellor Olaf Scholz heads Thursday to East Africa, seeking clean energy partnerships particularly with "trailblazer" Kenya where 90 percent of power needs are covered by renewables.
May 02, 2023
EU Inflation Rising Again

BRUSSELS - Annual inflation in the eurozone rose to seven percent in April, the E.U.'s statistics agency said Tuesday, the first increase after five consecutive months of declines.
May 02, 2023
US Senate Examines Supreme Court Ethics

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court is used to doing the grilling but it will be the high court itself in the hot seat on Tuesday as a Senate panel conducts an extraordinary examination of the ethics of the justices.
May 02, 2023
AI Innovator Now Critical

WASHINGTON - A computer scientist often dubbed "the godfather of artificial intelligence" has quit his job at Google to speak out about the dangers of the technology, U.S. media reported Monday.
May 02, 2023
COP28 to Stress Renewable Energy

BERLIN - Sultan al-Jaber, the president of this year's U.N. climate talks hosted by the United Arab Emirates, on Tuesday called on participants to drastically ramp up their use of renewable energy.
May 02, 2023
Sudan Fighting Continues as More Flee

UPDATED WITH ICRC HOTLINE FOR MISSING PERSONS: KHARTOUM - Fierce fighting between rival generals raged on in Sudan Tuesday despite the latest truce, as warnings multiplied of the potential for a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of refugees.
May 01, 2023
Lionel Ritchie Gets Coronation Invite

LONDON - US star Lionel Richie is among the celebrities handed invitations for King Charles III's coronation, according to Buckingham Palace, which has kept the guest list tightly under wraps.
May 01, 2023
Researchers Use AI in 'Mind Reading' Experiments

PARIS - Scientists said Monday they have found a way to use brain scans and artificial intelligence modelling to transcribe "the gist" of what people are thinking, in what was described as a step towards mind reading.
May 01, 2023
Competitor Takes on Twitter

WASHINGTON - As influencers and celebrities fret over chaos at Twitter, a new platform called Bluesky is being hyped as a promising alternative.
May 01, 2023
Tunisia Union Slams Government on IMF Talks

TUNIS - Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt.
May 01, 2023
US April Manufacturing Points to Slowdown

WASHINGTON - US manufacturing activity shrank again in April as companies continued to match slowing demand by cutting new orders, according to survey data released Monday.
May 01, 2023
May Day is Rage Day in France

UPDATED AGAIN WITH CROWD ESTIMATES, PM COMMENTS: PARIS - Some 782,000 people protested across France on Monday for May Day in a new show of anger against President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform, including 112,000 in Paris alone, the interior ministry said.
May 01, 2023
Kenya Examines 'Starvation Cult' Victims

UPDATED WITH RESULTS OF FIRST EXAMINATIONS: MALINDI, KENYA - The first autopsies Monday on corpses found in mass graves linked to a Kenyan pastor suspected of inciting followers to fast to death confirm starvation as the cause of death, although some victims were asphyxiated, the authorities said.
May 01, 2023
Sudan Clashes Continue Monday

UPDATED WITH WHO REGIONAL DIRECTOR COMMENTS, ADDITIONAL DETAILS: KHARTOUM - Fierce fighting broke out again Monday between Sudan's army and paramilitaries despite the formal extension of a truce, after the United Nations warned the humanitarian situation reached "breaking point."
May 01, 2023
Moroccan Workers In Fatal Spain Crash

UPDATED TO SHOW HIGHER INJURY COUNT: MADRID - A bus carrying Moroccan seasonal workers overturned early on Monday in southern Spain, killing one person and injuring 39 others, three of them seriously, the emergency services said.
May 01, 2023
Nigeria Nabs Separatists Accused of Murder

LAGOS - Nigerian police said they had arrested eight separatists suspected of killing six people last month in the country's troubled southeast.

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