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Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 22, 2025
In a parallel reality, Queen Elizabeth II gushes over cheese puffs, a gun-toting Saddam Hussein struts into a wrestling ring, and Pope John Paul II attempts skateboarding. Hyper-realistic AI videos of dead celebrities - created with apps such as OpenAI's easy-to-use Sora - have rapidly spread online, prompting debate over the control of deceased people's likenesses. OpenAI's app, launc

New York (AFP) Dec 22, 2025
Even as the United States is embarked on a bitter rivalry with China over the deployment of artificial intelligence, Chinese technology is quietly making inroads into the US market. Despite considerable geopolitical tensions, Chinese open-source AI models are winning over a growing number of programmers and companies in the United States. These are different from the closed generative AI

Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 24, 2025
The US State Department said Tuesday it would deny visas to a former EU commissioner and four others, accusing them of seeking to "coerce" American social media platforms into censoring viewpoints they oppose. "These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states - in each case targeting American speakers and American companies," the department s

Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 24, 2025
From a total Washington novice, Silicon Valley investor David Sacks has against expectations emerged as one of the most successful members of the second Trump administration. He is officially chair of President Donald Trump's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. However, in the White House he is referred to as the AI and crypto tsar, there to guide the president through the te

Beijing (AFP) Dec 26, 2025
China's sprawling high-speed rail network passed 50,000 kilometres (31,000 miles) in total operating distance with the opening of a new line on Friday, state media reported. The country has the world's largest rail network - one-fifth longer than the circumference of the earth. The trip begins in the city of Xi'an - home to China's famed Terracotta Warriors - and ends in Yan'an to its

Ptolemaida, Greece (AFP) Dec 27, 2025
Mayor Panagiotis Plakentas fears what will happen to the town of Ptolemaida and the surrounding region when the last of the brown coal power plants in northern Greece close next year. He told AFP that eight out of 10 young people who leave the region to study never come back and it risks "turning into Detroit", the US city devastated by the collapse of the car industry. Western Macedonia

Geneva (AFP) Dec 28, 2025
Daniel Brelaz, celebrated in Switzerland as the first Green politician elected to a national parliament anywhere in the world, died overnight, his family said Sunday. He was 75. Brelaz was elected to the National Council, the lower house of Switzerland's Federal Assembly, in 1979. He died following a heart attack, his son told Switzerland's domestic Keystone-ATS news agency. Brelaz,

Paris, France (AFP) Dec 29, 2025
The EU's carbon border tax was designed to do more than clean up its own economy: it hoped to encourage trading partners to put a price on pollution as well. As the levy system becomes fully operational on January 1, countries exporting emissions-intensive goods to the European Union face a choice: pay at the border, or adopt their own carbon rules at home. The policy is already helpin

Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 29, 2025
Asian equities mostly rose Monday in quiet post-Christmas trading as investors look ahead to the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve's policy meeting this month, while precious metals retreated from record highs. Markets looked set to end the last few days of the year on a positive note, helped by hopes for more US interest rate cuts and optimism that the tech-led rally still has mor

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Ajit Pawar’s NCP has reunited with Sharad Pawar’s faction to contest the Pimpri-Chinchwad civic polls, while also releasing its first candidate list for the Mumbai elections.

Hyderabad girl injured in stray dog attack gets stitches on face

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Buffalo star quarterback Josh Allen's injured right foot was examined after Sunday's 13-12 home loss to the Philadelphia Eagles and X-rays were negati...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — When it comes to the playoffs, the Bears don’t know what they don’t know.

In the last two weeks, Kylie Conroy has counted more than 30 birds that have died in her Inala backyard or been taken to the RSPCA wildlife hospital.

India Women smash T20I records through Mandhana and Shafali, Shreyas Iyer’s return remains under watch, Bumrah and Hardik set for rest, and England suffer a major Ashes injury blow.

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The final round of the regular season will have massive implications for how the playoffs and the road to the Super Bowl will take shape.

New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The Indian rupee, which breached the psychological level of 90 against the US dollar earlier this month, has shown signs of stabilisation, with recent movements indicating that the worst phase of depreciation may be behind, according to a market report by Invesco Mutual Fund.

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A British-Egyptian activist has apologised "unequivocally" for "shocking and hurtful" past social media posts in which he appears to call for violence against "Zionists" - but said some had been "completely twisted".