By AFP/Ella IDERobert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the first leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to hail from the United States.Tens of thousands of well-wishers cheered...

By AFP/Ismet HAJDARIKosovo influencer Tringa Kadriu sees the slimming drug Ozempic as a chance to shed excess pounds -- and she is not the only one in her Balkan nation, where more than half the population is overweight."I want to lose 15-16 kilos (3...

By AFP/Maha LoubarisSara, a Dubai-based journalist, joined the US-funded Alhurra TV news channel hoping for job security. But after it abruptly stopped broadcasting and fired most staff, she's wondering how to make ends meet.Alhurra, the only Arabic-...

By AFPOpenAI on Wednesday announced an initiative to help countries build their own artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructures, with the US government a partner in projects.The San Francisco tech firm's move to put its technology at the heart of na...

By AFP/Jastinder KHERAGermany's new government on Wednesday said that it would reject most asylum seekers at its borders as conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz seeks to limit irregular immigration and curb the rise of the far-right.The move is a k...

By AFPBrazil's UN COP30 president on Thursday said he wanted this year's conference to mark a new era of global progress on climate change and was hopeful that countries would deliver more ambitious carbon-cutting plans.The COP30 climate conference i...

By AFPMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence will play a key role in unlocking new tools for health, education and agriculture at a meeting with Indonesia's president on Wednesday.Indonesia is Southeast Asia's biggest economy an...

By AFP/Arunabh SAIKIAAfter India's Maoist rebels executed his father, accusing him of spying, the young tribal man dropped out of university to join a controversial paramilitary group hunting down the insurgents."They claim to be fighting for us, but...

By AFPUS President Donald Trump on Monday ordered new limitations on a form of biological research his administration says caused the Covid-19 pandemic through a lab leak in China.The United States will halt funding in certain countries for so-called...

By AFPCoca-Cola has yielded to EU pressure and vowed to be more transparent about its recycling claims on plastic bottles, the European Commission said on Tuesday.The changes come after European consumer groups in November 2023 accused Coca-Cola, one...

By AFPA US jury on Tuesday handed WhatsApp a major victory in its cyberespionage suit against NSO Group, ordering the Israel-based firm to pay some $168 million in damages.Meta-owned WhatsApp sued NSO in late 2019 in federal court in Northern Califor...

By AFPRecord fossil fuel production kept planet-heating methane emissions near historic highs last year, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday, warning of a surge in massive leaks from oil and gas facilities.Slashing emissions of methane --...