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Champagne puts cork in project to expand production area

Websites go dark worldwide as AI exposes critical security flaws

Canadian publisher says novelist Orelien used AI to write novel

Defense in Maradona death trial seeks acquittal of doctor

Trump faces fresh questions over ties to 'humanitarian' Putin

Jansen, Rabada put South Africa in sight of win over Australia

Hansen back in Ireland squad for Nations Championship

Low Rhine weighed on German growth: central bank

Kremlin sees little 'substance' in Ukraine peace ideas

OpenAI says its AI agents disabled their own safety monitors

Top Arab-Israeli election candidate tells AFP Netanyahu win would be 'catastrophe'

Alldritt returns as France call up seven newcomers for Nations Championship

South African rugby player's death due to 'aortic dissection'

UN issues call to arms to combat off-the-charts El Nino

Ukraine sends ground robots

Lyman's surrender crisis

Pakistan’s Taliban dilemma

Venezuela and the Qatar Fund

Judge dismisses Masters winner Reed's defamation lawsuits

Two defamation lawsuits filed by former Masters champion Patrick Reed against golf reporters and media outlets were dismissed on Wednesday by a federal judge in Florida.

NKorea makes nuclear weapons status part of constitution

North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature has enshrined the country's status as a nuclear weapons power in the constitution, state media reported Thursday.

Burkina's military govt says foiled coup attempt

Burkina Faso's military government said Wednesday it had foiled a coup attempt the previous day, almost a year after the country's leader came to power in a coup himself.

Meta putting AI in smart glasses, assistants and more

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said the tech giant is putting artificial intelligence into digital assistants and smart glasses as it seeks to gain lost ground in the AI race.

US soldier 'happy' after being freed by North Korea

US soldier Travis King has been freed by North Korea and is "happy" to be heading home on Wednesday, nearly three months after he ran across the border from the South, US officials said.

Violence, rape, impunity grow worse in Haiti, UN chief warns

Gang-plagued Haiti is sinking further into bloodshed and lawlessness, the United Nations chief warned in a report Wednesday, urging the international community to provide security and financial aid to the troubled Caribbean nation.

Trump, Biden fight next year's battle now in blue-collar Michigan

In the politically crucial US state where workers make cars they could scarcely afford, Donald Trump and Joe Biden face a tough battle for blue-collar votes.

Oil prices finish at highest level in a year

US oil prices closed at their highest level in more than a year Wednesday on a mixed day for global equities as the dollar continued its upward climb.

Man City crash out League Cup at Newcastle

Manchester City crashed out of the League Cup with a 1-0 defeat at Newcastle on Wednesday as Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool booked their places in the last 16.