Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon meets Myanmar junta chief
Former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon met for talks with top officials from Myanmar's junta on Monday as the bloody conflict engulfing the country spirals.
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China says it respects sovereignty of ex-Soviet states after uproar
China insisted it respects the sovereignty of all ex-Soviet countries on Monday, after comments by its ambassador to France drew ire in Europe and threw into question Beijing's efforts to position itself as a neutral mediator of the Ukraine war.
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Sunak seeks to boost UK business links amid crisis
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sought to repair the government's tarnished economic record Monday, reaching out to the business community rocked by a scandal engulfing the Confederation of British Industry.
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European summit looks to boost wind energy production
Nine European countries held a summit on Monday aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fallout of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables.
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Police ban 171 Juve fans from stadium for Lukaku racist chants
Police in Turin on Monday said they had fined 171 Juventus fans and banned them from their stadium following racist chants leveled at Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku.
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Writer, adviser, poet, bot: How ChatGPT could transform politics
The AI bot ChatGPT has passed exams, written poetry, and deployed in newsrooms, and now politicians are seeking it out -- but experts are warning against rapid uptake of a tool also famous for fabricating "facts".
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Biden expected to shrug off polls, age doubts, to announce re-election bid
After months of teasing, President Joe Biden is expected finally to announce his bid for a second term Tuesday, defying lukewarm polls and, at 80, boldly pushing what were once considered age boundaries for one of the planet's most stressful jobs.
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Jury selection to begin for Ed Sheeran, Marvin Gaye copyright trial
Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial to determine whether British pop star Ed Sheeran plagiarized American music legend Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" in his 2014 hit "Thinking Out Loud."
Read moreUN warns Sudan 'on edge of abyss' as battles spark mass exodus
Foreign nations pushed on Monday with evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan which, the UN chief warned, is "on the edge of the abyss" after 10 days of brutal fighting between rival forces.
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'We're tired': Ukraine forces hold out in devastated Bakhmut
The basement in Bakhmut -- the epicentre of Ukraine's determined fight against Russia's invasion -- shakes from shelling above ground and a bloodied, pale soldier tumbles from the ambulance outside.
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