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Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:41:46 GMT
Colombia says reached agreement with ELN rebels on displaced people
Colombian President Gustavo Petro said Saturday the ELN rebel group has agreed to allow a displaced indigenous community to return to its lands in the west of the nation, the first significant achievement in 12 days of peace talks.

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:11:56 GMT
Live: US expects reduced tempo in Ukraine fighting to continue for months
US intelligence expects the reduced tempo in fighting in Ukraine to continue in the next several months and sees no evidence of a reduced Ukrainian will to resist, despite attacks on its power grid and other critical winter infrastructure, the Dire...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 08:02:18 GMT
Liberian president's long stay abroad criticised
Weah went abroad at the end of October for a string of political gatherings in numerous countries -- and to watch his footballer son represent the United States at the World Cup in Qatar. Since then, the president -- himself a former football star ...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:52:14 GMT
War dogs: sausages bolster the fight in eastern Ukraine
Wrapped in buns, toasted and served with an array of condiments, the spirit-raising snack is served at petrol stations, kiosks, and bakeries across the country. Near the front, some petrol stations offer them free to men in uniform, often resultin...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 07:47:58 GMT
Iran to review mandatory headscarf law following Mahsa Amini protests
Iran said Saturday it is reviewing a decades-old law that requires women to cover their heads, as it struggles to quell more than two months of protests linked to the dress code.

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:52:14 GMT
As chatbot sophistication grows, AI debate intensifies
The conversations with ChatGPT, posted on Twitter by fascinated users, show a kind of omniscient machine, capable of explaining scientific concepts and writing scenes for a play, university dissertations or even functional lines of computer code. "...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:38:50 GMT
Indonesia's Mount Semeru volcano alert raised to highest level
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky, prompting authorities to raise the volcano's alert status to the highest level.

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:36:16 GMT
Love behind bars: the Russian imprisoned poet and his fiancee
Showing AFP a scan of the letter on her computer, Popova bursts into laughter, pointing at what looks like a potato with legs. "This is a cat," her prisoner boyfriend had written next to his drawing. Popova, 28, giggles looking at it. She even ...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:18:17 GMT
Afro-Greeks struggle to emulate 'idol' Antetokounmpo
The sport offers the tantalising hope of obtaining Greek nationality -- and the promise of an easier life -- for the children of African immigrants born or raised in Greece but whose presence in the country is questioned. But many of the budding ba...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 06:04:09 GMT
Estrada edges Gonzalez in super flyweight world title triology fight
Mexico's Estrada notched his second straight victory in the triology that began 10 years ago, taking advantage of Gonzalez's measured start before the Nicaraguan, nicknamed "Chocolatito," stepped up the pace at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, ...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 05:16:10 GMT
Warriors shoot down Rockets, Mavs beat Knicks in New York
Wiggins drained a career-high eight three-pointers, five of them in the third quarter when he scored 17 points. Warriors superstar Stephen Curry also had eight treys on the way to 30 points and Jordan Poole added 21 points as the Warriors notched a...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 04:46:08 GMT
Dissident says Cuba regime has unleashed 'repressive fury'
Sanchez, who lives in Havana, said a flareup of street protests in 2021 jolted Cuba's ruling party and led to strict controls. "Repressive fury was unleashed. We have more than 1,000 political prisoners," Sanchez said during a panel at the Internat...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:52:12 GMT
Colombia says pact reached with ELN rebels on displaced people
The ELN, or National Liberation Army, is the sole leftist insurgency yet to lay down weapons in Colombia. "The first point of agreement that we reached with the ELN -- in barely a week of these dialogues -- is the return of the indigenous Embera pe...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:50:19 GMT
Art of noise: UK project aims to save lost sounds
Its ring is one of the world's disappearing noises that his pioneering "obsolete sounds" project is dedicated to preserving. He whips out a hand-held recording device and swings into action, explaining, "I've always had sonic curiosity. "New sound...

Sun, 04 Dec 2022 03:42:19 GMT
UK groups hope creative biodiversity message takes flight
The COP15 talks organisers are preparing for multiple protests, with security measures including a three-metre (nine-foot) high fence around the venue in Montreal, Canada. But a coalition of Britain's leading conservation charities has chosen a mor...



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