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UN General Assembly To Address AI's Potential Risks, Rewards

The UN General Assembly chamber is seen in February 2023
The UN General Assembly will turn its attention to artificial intelligence on Thursday, weighing a resolution that lays out the potentially transformational technology's pros and cons while calling for the establishment of international standards.

UK And Australia Sign New Defense Pact

Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles (R) and Britain's Secretary of State for Defence Grant Shapps take part in a signing ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra on March 21, 2024
The United Kingdom and Australia inked a new defense agreement in Canberra on Thursday, as they try to boost a fledgling nuclear-powered submarine program with the United States.
US President Joe Biden speaks at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona

Biden Unveils Almost $20 Bn For Intel To Boost US Chip Production

US President Joe Biden unveiled almost $20 billion in grants and loans Wednesday for Intel's domestic chip-making plants -- his administration's biggest investment yet in the sector as he takes on China's chip dominance and sells his economic achievements over election rival Donald Trump.
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Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong (R) met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Canberra on Wednesday

Australia Hosts China FM, Sees 'Stability' In Ties

China and Australia claimed to have stabilised long-strained relations after talks in Canberra on Wednesday, despite tensions over a high-profile prisoner, trade and China's crackdowns in Hong Kong and elsewhere remaining evident.
AFP news Mar 20, 2024
US President Joe Biden speaks to supporters during a campaign event at the Washoe Democratic Party Office in Reno, Nevada

Biden Says Trump Hates Latinos, In Pitch For Key Vote

US President Joe Biden accused election rival Donald Trump of despising Latinos as the incumbent visited the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday, seeking to shore up support from the crucial demographic himself.
AFP news Mar 20, 2024
Milei met with met with former US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a conservative conference

Success And Setbacks: 100 Days Of Argentina's Milei

Argentina's President Javier Milei has slashed public spending but 100 days into his presidency social tensions are simmering and he is still battling to pass his flagship economic reforms.
AFP news Mar 19, 2024
Donald Trump and his company were found to have unlawfully inflated his wealth and manipulated the value of properties to obtain favorable bank loans

Trump Unable To Post $464mn Bond In New York Civil Case: Lawyers

Donald Trump faced having assets seized in a humiliating blow to his carefully cultivated image as a self-made tycoon as his lawyers acknowledged Monday he doesn't have the cash to appeal a $464 million fine for fraudulently inflating his wealth.
AFP news Mar 19, 2024
Industrial production in China was up 7.0 percent year-on-year in January and February

China Retail Sales Show Shaky Economic Recovery

The performance of China's economy in the first two months of 2024 was mixed, official figures showed Monday, with sluggish household consumption alongside increased industrial production reflecting an uneven recovery.
AFP news Mar 18, 2024
Russia has used the 'V' symbol, associated with its offensive on Ukraine, to promote the election

Polls Open In Russian Vote To Extend Putin's Reign

Russians started voting on Friday in a three-day presidential election set to hand hardline leader Vladimir Putin another six-year term as fresh attacks bring the raging conflict in Ukraine further into Russian territory.
AFP news Mar 15, 2024
A pro-Palestinian rally in Sanaa, Yemen's rebel-held capital, in early March 2023

Missile Hits Ship Off Yemen As Rebels Threaten Wider Campaign

A missile strike damaged a merchant ship in the Red Sea off Yemen, marine security monitors said Friday, as the country's Iran-backed Houthi rebels threatened to expand their months-long harassment campaign which has disrupted global trade.
AFP news Mar 15, 2024
Wearing a black leather jacket, Kim saluted ranks of camouflage-uniformed troops, and watched live-fire 'training march' exercises

N. Korean Leader Unveils And 'Drives' New Battle Tank

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un drove a "new-type main battle tank" while overseeing military training exercises, state media said Thursday, as Seoul and Washington wrap joint drills to improve deterrence.
AFP news Mar 14, 2024
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expects housing costs will fall this year, easing inflation pressures

Yellen Says US Economy Unlikely To See 'Stagflation'

The US economy is not expected to see stagflation, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview broadcast Wednesday, adding that most forecasters expect inflation to cool as housing costs move lower.
AFP news Mar 14, 2024

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