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1+ day, 11+ hour ago (12+ words) World Bank launches 'Water Forward' programme to tackle global water stress'Al-Monitor...
Iran war promises green edge for Asia as plastic packaging runs short
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (550+ words) By Minwoo Park, Kaori Kaneko and John Geddie SEOUL/TOKYO, April 15 (Reuters) - An 'eco-friendly' range of paper tubes and pouches touted by Yonwoo, a South Korean maker of packaging for cosmetics, has reaped unexpected benefit from the Iran war, which…...
AI at war: Five things to know about Project Maven
1+ week, 5+ day ago (661+ words) A Pentagon AI program called Project Maven is at the center of the US strikes against Iran and potentially one of the most consequential transformations of modern warfare. - What is it? - Project Maven is the Pentagon's flagship artificial intelligence program,…...
Can AI save Turkey's endangered Laz language?
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (902+ words) ANKARA " In the misty mountains and coastal towns of Turkey's eastern Black Sea, the Laz language, which once echoed through the lanes of small villages, now lingers mostly in the quiet houses of great-grandparents, and activists are turning to AI…...
Exclusive-Ukraine missile maker targets 'game changer' air defence system by 2027
1+ week, 3+ day ago (983+ words) By Max Hunder and Daniel Flynn April 6 (Reuters) - Fire Point, maker of Ukraine's Flamingo cruise missile, is in talks with European companies to launch a new air defence system by next year, a senior executive told Reuters, creating a low-cost…...
Kazakhstan releases endangered saker falcons in Saudi-backed restoration drive
1+ week, 6+ day ago (259+ words) ALTYN-EMEL NATIONAL PARK, Kazakhstan, April 3 (Reuters) - With a loud thwack of their wings, the falcons took flight, quickly soaring high above the rocky desert landscape of Altyn-Emel National Park in southeastern Kazakhstan. The 34 birds were on an important mission: to…...
Israel using AI to fine-tune air raid alert system
1+ week, 6+ day ago (727+ words) During the war in the Gaza Strip and two wars with Iran in the space of a year, Israel has used artificial intelligence to fine-tune its missile early warning system. In last year's 12-day conflict with Iran, incoming missiles would…...
What's real anymore? AI warps truth of Middle East war
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1349+ words) "Is Netanyahu real or AI?" an internet headline blared, pointing to a video that supposedly showed the Israeli prime minister with six fingers. But the clip was real. Speculation spiraled online that Netanyahu might be dead or wounded in an…...
German 'green village' rides out Mideast energy storm
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (634+ words) While the world frets about surging energy prices pushed up by the Middle East war, one small German village has been reaping the benefits of its turn to climate-friendly renewables. Surrounded by wind turbines and studded with solar panels, Feldheim,…...
Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN
3+ week, 4+ day ago (687+ words) The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN warned Monday. The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United…...