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Kenya's economy faces climate change risks: World Bank
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World stocks mostly slide, consolidating Fed-fuelled gains
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Crypto firm Tether bids for Juventus, is quickly rebuffed
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UK's king shares 'good news' that cancer treatment will be reduced in 2026
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Can Venezuela survive US targeting its oil tankers?
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Salah admired from afar in his Egypt home village as club tensions swirl
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World stocks retrench, consolidating Fed-fuelled gains
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Iran frees child bride sentenced to death over husband's killing: activists
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World stocks consolidate Fed-fuelled gains
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France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout
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Stocks rally in wake of Fed rate cut
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EU agrees recycled plastic targets for cars
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British porn star to be deported from Bali after small fine
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British porn star fined, faces imminent Bali deportation
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Spain opens doors to descendants of Franco-era exiles
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Indonesia floods were 'extinction level' for rare orangutans
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Thai teacher finds 'peace amidst chaos' painting bunker murals
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Japan bear victim's watch shows last movements
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South Korea exam chief quits over complaints of too-hard tests
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French indie 'Clair Obscur' dominates Game Awards
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South Korea exam chief resigns after tests dubbed too hard
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Asian markets track Wall St record after Fed cut
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Laughing about science more important than ever: Ig Nobel founder
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Vaccines do not cause autism: WHO
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Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for fraud: US media
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'In her prime': Rare blooming of palm trees in Rio
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Make your own Mickey Mouse clip - Disney embraces AI
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OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google
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Dark, wet, choppy: Machado's secret sea escape from Venezuela
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Cyclone causes blackout, flight chaos in Brazil's Sao Paulo
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2024 Eurovision winner Nemo returns trophy over Israel's participation
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US bringing seized tanker to port, as Venezuela war threats build
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Make your own AI Mickey Mouse - Disney embraces new tech
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Time magazine names 'Architects of AI' as Person of the Year
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Floodworks on Athens 'oasis' a tough sell among locals
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OpenAI, Disney to let fans create AI videos in landmark deal
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German growth forecasts slashed, Merz under pressure
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Thyssenkrupp pauses steel production at two sites citing Asian pressure
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ECB proposes simplifying rules for banks
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Stocks mixed as US rate cut offset by Fed outlook, Oracle earnings
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Desert dunes beckon for Afghanistan's 4x4 fans
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Breakout star: teenage B-girl on mission to show China is cool
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Chocolate prices high before Christmas despite cocoa fall
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Austria set to vote on headscarf ban in schools
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Asian traders cheer US rate cut but gains tempered by outlook
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AI's $400 bn problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
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Oracle shares dive as revenue misses forecasts
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US stocks rise, dollar retreats as Fed tone less hawkish than feared
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Divided US Fed makes third straight rate cut, signals higher bar ahead
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Machado to come out of hiding after missing Nobel ceremony
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A student killed a girl and wounded three other pupils in a stabbing spree on Thursday at a private high school in France, prompting the prime minister to urge better security in and around schools to combat "endemic youth violence".
Trump slams Harvard as funding fight heads to court
US President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an "Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution," as the prestigious university battles his administration's funding freeze in court.
Student kills classmate in France knife attack: police source
A student killed one student and wounded three others in a stabbing spree at a private high school in northwestern France before being arrested Thursday, a police source said.
French PM's daughter says priest beat her as a teenager
A daughter of France's prime minister became Wednesday the latest to accuse the clergy running a school in the Pyrenees of systemic abuse including while Francois Bayrou was a local official, saying a priest beat her during summer camp when she was 14.
Four killed after spring storms wreak havoc in the Alps
Alpine ski resorts were getting back to normal on Friday after spring storms the previous day claimed four victims in the French Alps and northern Italy, including a British holidaymaker.
Museums rethink how the Holocaust should be shown
Historians are rethinking the way the Holocaust is being presented in museums as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the last Nazi concentration camps this month.
Spring snow storm wreaks deadly havoc in the Alps
More than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused widespread chaos.
Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds
President Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" Wednesday and said it should lose its government research contracts after the top US university refused to accept demands to come under outside political supervision.
Harvard sees $2.2bn funding freeze after defying Trump
Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.
Harvard defies Trump demands for policy changes, risking funding
Elite US university Harvard risked billions of dollars in federal funding Monday as it rejected a list of sweeping demands that the Trump administration said are intended to crack down on campus antisemitism.
Lessons and liquids: buried alive in Myanmar's earthquake
Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar's devastating earthquake: old school lessons and his own urine.
Young Turkish protesters face rude awakening in police custody
After rising up to rally against the arrest of Istanbul's powerful opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, young Turkish protesters have been forced to wake up to the reality of police custody.
At his academy, Romanian legend Hagi shapes future champions
A huge mural of Gheorghe Hagi graces his football academy, a reminder of Romania's spectacular performance at the 1994 World Cup, when he led the unfancied team to the quarter-finals.
Rubio vows to keep stripping visas after furor over snatched student
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday he has canceled more than 300 visas in a crackdown on anti-Israel activism and vowed to keep doing so, brushing aside furor after masked agents snatched a student.
Trump administration expands university DEI probes to California
President Donald Trump's government said Thursday it will investigate admissions practices at some of California's top universities, broadening a campaign against elite educational institutions.
Has US Education Dept impeded students? False claims by conservatives
Do American students really rank at the bottom of international comparisons and does the United States really spend more per pupil than any other country?
US denies entry to French scientist over 'hateful' messages
France has expressed concern after US border agents read the contents of a visiting French space scientist's smartphone and deported him after accusing him of "hateful" messages against US policy.
In high stakes move, Istanbul University revokes degree of top Erdogan rival
A Turkish university on Tuesday revoked the university degree of Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the biggest political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on grounds it was falsely obtained.
Turkey university cancels Erdogan rival's university degree
A Turkish university said Tuesday that Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu -- a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and already the target of a clutch of court cases -- falsely obtained his university degree.
Trump treatment of Columbia puts US universities on edge
Hit by massive funding cuts and a crackdown on student protesters, Columbia University is under fire from US President Donald Trump, putting the world of higher education on tenterhooks.
Peaceful Czechs grapple with youth violence
When a 13-year-old boy pointed a gun at his teacher in a Czech school in January, she kept cool and slowly cornered him to let his classmates escape.
Top US university says ending 2,000 positions due to Trump cuts
The prestigious Johns Hopkins University said Thursday it is being forced to lay off more than 2,000 employees in the aftermath of the Trump administration's massive reduction in foreign aid funding.
Detained pro-Palestinian activist denied legal calls, lawyer tells US court
A leader of US student protests against Israel's war in Gaza slated for removal has been denied legal advice, a judge heard Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.
Trump admin detains pro-Palestinian campus protest leader
Immigration officers have arrested a leader of the protests at Columbia University against Israel's war in Gaza, authorities said Sunday, after US President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.
French research groups urged to welcome scientists fleeing US
French officials are urging their country's research institutions to consider welcoming scientists abandoning the United States due to President Donald Trump's funding cuts, AFP learned on Sunday.
Phone bans sweep US schools despite skepticism
At a red-brick school in Virginia, Hayden Jones is one of 1,000 students banned from using their phones as part of a trial hoping to boost learning.
Trump cuts $400 mn from Columbia University over anti-Semitism claims
President Donald Trump's administration said Friday it was cutting $400 million in federal grants to Columbia University, accusing it of failing to protect Jewish students from harassment as protesters rallied against Israel's conduct of the Gaza war.
Bangladesh student leader aims to finish what uprising began
Bangladeshi students who overthrew autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina last year have formed a new political party to finish the work that began with her ouster, the group's leader told AFP.
In war-torn Sudan, a school offers a second chance at education
In a worn-down classroom in eastern Sudan, men and women watch attentively from a wood bench as a teacher scribbles Arabic letters on a faded blackboard.
TikTok king Khaby Lame joins UNICEF as goodwill ambassador
The world's most followed TikToker, Khaby Lame, on Friday was named as ambassador for the UN children's agency as he visited Senegal, where the Italian influencer was born.
Survivors strive to ensure young do not forget Auschwitz
On a frosty Polish winter evening, 96-year-old Esther Senot told the 100 or so shivering students at Auschwitz-Birkenau how she was a teenager much like them when she was first brought to the Nazi death camp on September 2, 1943.
France to introduce new sex education guidelines in schools
The French government is putting the final touches on a reformed sex education syllabus for schools, with some topics, notably around gender identity, causing resistance among conservative groups.