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Nobel Peace Prize winner says Iranian people will prevail against rulers

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – The Iranian people will ultimately overcome authoritarianism imposed by a government that has lost legitimacy and public support, Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said from prison in a speech read by her children on Sunday. The Norwegian Nobel committee in October awarded the prize to Mohammadi, 51, for …

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Navalny camp sets strategy to disrupt Putin’s path to new term

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – With his hands on all the levers of power in Russia, Vladimir Putin appears unbeatable in a presidential election but opposition activists scent a chance to show he is vulnerable. Putin declared his candidacy for another six-year term on Friday and there is no serious rival to challenge him, …

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Iran begins trial of Swedish EU employee detained in 2022

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – An Iranian court has begun the trial of a Swedish national employed by the European Union who was detained last year, Sweden’s foreign minister said on Saturday. “I have been informed that the trial of Johan Floderus has begun in Tehran,” Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom told Swedish news agency TT. “The Swedish …

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Factbox-What are Europe’s landmark AI regulations?

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union policymakers and lawmakers clinched a deal on Friday on the world’s first comprehensive set of rules regulating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in tools such as ChatGPT and in biometric surveillance. They will thrash out details in the coming weeks that could alter the final …

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King Charles selects coronation photo for Christmas card

LONDON (Reuters) – A photograph of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla newly crowned in Buckingham Palace after their coronation has been chosen for the royal couple’s Christmas card, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. Charles was crowned king in May, eight months after he ascended to the throne, in a majestic ceremony at London’s Westminster …

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Europe agrees landmark AI regulation deal

By Foo Yun Chee, Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee BRUSSELS/LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Europe on Friday reached a provisional deal on landmark European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence including governments’ use of AI in biometric surveillance and how to regulate AI systems such as ChatGPT. With the political agreement, the EU moves toward …

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EU condemns ‘out of whack’ OPEC attempt to block COP28 fossil fuel deal

By Kate Abnett and Mohammed Benmansour DUBAI (Reuters) – The European Union’s climate chief on Saturday heavily criticised an attempt by OPEC to derail a COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels, calling the move by the oil producers’ club “unhelpful” and “out of whack”. Nearly 200 countries meeting in Dubai for the U.N.’s COP28 …

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COP28 clashes over fossil fuel phase-out after OPEC pushback

By Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) -Countries clashed on Saturday over a possible agreement to phase-out fossil fuels at the COP28 summit in Dubai, jeopardising attempts to deliver a first-ever commitment to eventually end the use of oil and gas in 30 years of global warming talks. Saudi Arabia and Russia …

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Israel orders more evacuations in Khan Younis after US blocks Gaza ceasefire call

By Bassam Masoud and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel ordered residents out of the centre of Gaza’s main southern city Khan Younis on Saturday and pounded the length of the enclave, after the United States wielded its U.N. Security Council veto to shield its ally from a demand for a ceasefire. Since a truce collapsed …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy travelling to Argentina, hopes to win Global South’s support

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was travelling to Argentina on Saturday to attend the inauguration of new Argentine President Javier Milei, his first trip to Latin America. Zelenskiy’s trip, announced on the Telegram messaging app, will focus on Ukraine’s longstanding bid to secure the support of countries in the Global South in Ukraine’s 21-month-old war …

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