Google agrees 5-year deal to pay AFP for online content: executives
Google and Agence France-Presse on Wednesday said they had signed a “pioneering” five-year…
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Georgia’s jailed opposition leader and ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on hunger…
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US annual drug overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 for the first time during the Covid-19 pandemic,…
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Two men found guilty of the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X are to have their convictions…
Read MoreOpening Africa trip, Blinken warns of threats to democracy
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday for Africans to be on guard against rising threats…
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Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said that she was in “shock” about fellow tennis…
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Sporting neon hair and flawless skin, Bangkok Naughty Boo is one of a new generation of influencers…
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Robots puttering around Dubai’s hi-tech Expo site could be a sign of things to come for the Gulf,…
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Scientists say they have proven what many people fortunate enough to grow up with theirs have known…
Read MoreGM factory launch ushers in Detroit’s EV pickup campaign
General Motors takes a leap Wednesday towards its much-touted “all-EV” future when it officially…
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