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Saudi-hosted UN talks end with no drought deal

RIYADH, Dec 14 (AFP): Saudi-hosted UN talks failed to produce an agreement on how to respond to drought, participants said on Saturday, falling short of hopes for a binding protocol addressing the growing scourge.The 12-day meeting of parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), known as COP16,...

Schools targeted with AI learning apps

PARIS, Dec 14 (AFP): Apps infused with AI are being marketed to schools across the world and governments are rushing to embrace the technology, despite experts raising serious doubts.The sector known as Ed Tech exploded during the Covid pandemic as schools closed to stop the spread of infection and millions...

Ex-footballer set to become Georgia's new president

TBILISI, Dec 14 (AFP): Georgian ex-footballer turned far-right politician Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to become Tbilisi's next figurehead president in an indirect election Saturday, denounced as "illegitimate" by the current pro-EU leader.Picked by the governing Georgian Dream party as a loyalist, the former forward for English Premier League champions Manchester...

New Syria authorities sending 'constructive' signals, says UN refugee agency

GENEVA, Dec 14 (AFP): Syria's new interim authorities have asked the United Nations refugee agency to remain in the country following the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad, sending a "constructive" signal, the organisation said Friday.Assad fled Syria on Sunday after a lightning offensive spearheaded by the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham...

Two held as bomb kills 3 at Thai festival

BANGKOK, Dec 14 (AFP/BBC): Authorities in Thailand have arrested two men following a bomb blast at a festival near the border with Myanmar that killed three people and wounded dozens, police said on Saturday.An improvised explosive device went off on a dance floor at a festival in Umphang district in...

Iran confirms increase in IAEA nuclear scans

TEHRAN, Dec 14 (AFP): Iran confirmed Saturday that it has allowed watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to increase the number of inspections it carries out into Tehran's nuclear programme, state media reported."We have increased capacity -- it is natural that the number of inspections should also increase," the...

News in Brief --2024-12-15

One dead, 40 people missing inGreece migrant boat sinkingATHENS, Dec 14: One man died early Saturday when a migrant boat sank off Crete, Greece's coastguard said, leaving 40 people reportedly missing while 39 survivors were rescued. The boat sank 12 nautical miles southwest of the island, according to ERTNEWS, which...