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Drones are key to gain advantage over Russia, Ukraine army chief says
(Reuters) - The development of unmanned systems, or drones, is key to give Kyiv an advantage over "a numerically superior" Russian forces, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said late on Monday.
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Reddit, YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter
Reddit and Google’s YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York grocery store.
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AI
Report: Apple in talks to bring Google’s Gemini AI to iPhone
Apple is in advanced negotiations with Google to adopt its powerful Gemini AI models for the iPhone, Bloomberg reported on March 18.
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World
Afghan refugee convicted in New Mexico Muslim killings case
(Reuters) - A New Mexico jury on Monday found an Afghan asylum seeker guilty of murdering a Pakistani immigrant in one of three ambush-style shootings of Muslim men that terrified the Islamic community in the state's largest city during the summer of 2022.
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U.S. stocks close higher on upswing in tech giants' shares
NEW YORK, March 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks ended higher on Monday, driven by large-cap growth stocks like Alphabet and Tesla, which contributed to a recovery in the technology-focused Nasdaq.
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World
World Bank to provide 6-bln-USD support to Egypt: minister
CAIRO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat said on Monday that the World Bank Group (WBG) will offer a financing package for the Egyptian economy worth 6 billion U.S. dollars for the next three years.
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World
France grants Morocco 146 mln USD for education reforms
RABAT, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The French Development Agency on Monday granted Morocco 134.7 million euros (about 146 million U.S. dollars) in loan to finance the North African country's education reforms.
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World
Canada, Germany sign MOU to implement transatlantic hydrogen corridor
OTTAWA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Canada and Germany on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement a transatlantic hydrogen corridor.
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US Senator Graham says Ukraine aid depends on conditions, domestic issues
KYIV (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Monday, after meeting Ukraine's president, that he was confident an aid package stalled in the U.S. Congress would soon be approved, but called for aid to take the form of a low-interest, waivable loan.
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World
U.S. agricultural futures close mixed
CHICAGO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) agricultural futures closed mixed on Monday, with corn and soybean falling and wheat rising.
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World
Roundup: CERAWeek kicks off, focusing on global multidimensional energy transition
HOUSTON, March 18 (Xinhua) -- CERAWeek, known as a superbowl forum in the global energy industry, kicked off Monday in Houston of the U.S. state of Texas, with topics covering the entire energy spectrum but themed on multidimensional energy transition in four fields: markets, climate, technology and geopolitics.
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World
Israeli, German researchers discover new yeast species to prevent life-threatening infections
JERUSALEM, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Israeli and German researchers have discovered a new yeast species that might prevent life-threatening fungal infections in humans, Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) said Monday.
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Trump wants to appeal Georgia ruling that kept prosecutor on his case
(Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday asked a Georgia judge to allow him to appeal a ruling keeping the lead prosecutor on the state's criminal case against the former U.S. president over his attempts to overturn his election defeat.
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World
Passengers at Moroccan airports up 17 pct in Jan-Feb
RABAT, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Moroccan airports recorded 4.55 million passengers in January and February, up 17 percent compared to the same period in 2023, the Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) said Monday.
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World
Mexico presidential candidate Sheinbaum vows to boost state energy sector
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday vowed to keep boosting the activity of the country's state-owned energy companies if she wins the upcoming election, while also pledging to accelerate the transition to renewable energies.
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World
817 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM
TRIPOLI, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Monday said 817 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week.
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Congo court sentences journalist Stanis Bujakera to six months in jail
KINSHASA (Reuters) - A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday found Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera guilty of spreading false information among other charges, and sentenced him to six months in prison, his lawyer said.
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World
Gold rises slightly ahead of Fed's policy meeting
CHICAGO, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meeting.