By AFPMeta will train its artificial intelligence (AI) models with its European users' public content and conversations with the Meta AI chatbot, the firm said on Monday.The decision represents a major volte-face from the Facebook and Instagram owner...

By AFPSudan's civil war has displaced 13 million people, the United Nations reported Monday, as the conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces enters a third year."The conflict has provoked the displacement of 13 million people,...

By AFPTanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has survived an assassination attempt that left him riddled with bullets, multiple arrests, and long years in exile -- all in pursuit of democracy in the east African nation.But the 57-year-old lawyer may...

By AFP/Romain COLASWhen Russian drones and missiles pierce the skies above Ukraine at night and air defence begins to thunder, Olga Klimova plunges into a deep sleep -- far from her stay in a crowded psychiatric ward."I take my pills, I sleep deeply,...

By AFP/Rosa SULLEIROAt his farm in southern Spain, Francisco Campos looked worriedly at a green sea of centuries-old olive trees that he fears will face the axe to make way for a proposed solar park."Cutting down olive trees to install solar panels i...

By AFPThe United Arab Emirates wants to support Syria's reconstruction, the Gulf nation's president said as he met Sunday with Syria's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, state media said.At the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan "a...

By AFP/Hazel WARDNobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa was the last survivor of a golden generation of Latin American literary giants, his writing exploring universal themes often set outside his native Peru.Admired for his depiction of social realities...

By AFPFrance's economy minister said Sunday he wants to make a temporary tax on the wealthy into a permanent levy to make government financing "more equitable".Eric Lombard said the measure would be part of efforts to find 40 billion euros next year,...

By AFP/Ulrike KOLTERMANNClaudine Spire pointed to a group of toddlers in a black-and-white photo. "I thought I recognised myself," she said, indicating a girl with curly hair and a short coat. But it was not her.As part of the 78-year-old Frenchwoman...

By AFP/Youssef HassounaAn Israeli air strike Sunday hit one of Gaza's few functioning hospitals, resulting in the death of a child according to the World Health Organization, as Israel warned it would expand its offensive if Hamas does not release ho...

By AFP/Marchio GORBIANOIndonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war, a top industry executive told AFP.Indonesia is the world...

By AFPAlhurra, the Arabic-language network created by the US government after the Iraq invasion, said Saturday it would cease broadcasts and lay off most staff after President Donald Trump's administration shut off funds.The network went on air in 20...