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Smart driving new front in China car wars despite fatal crash

Intelligent driving features are the new battleground in China's merciless car market, with competition spurring brands to world-leading advances -- but a recent fatal crash has seen the government intervene to put the brakes on runaway enthusiasm.

Germany marks liberation of Bergen-Belsen Nazi camp

Holocaust survivors on Sunday urged the world to keep their memories alive as Germany marked 80 years since the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp.

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Indonesia palm oil firms eye new markets as US trade war casts shadow

Indonesian palm oil companies are seeking new markets in Europe, Africa and the Middle East as they try to protect themselves from the impact of Donald Trump's trade war, a top industry executive told AFP.

Trump wants to halt climate research by key agency: reports

The Trump administration, pursuing its deeply skeptical approach to climate change, wants to severely cut back the research arm of a government agency that plays a pivotal role in global climate science, US media reported Friday.

Massive black hole 'waking up' in Virgo constellation

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists, a study said Friday.

AI only just beginning to revolutionize the NBA game

It's not a scene out of the future, but a reality on the hard courts of today.

Why did a Dominican nightclub roof cave in?

The government of the Dominican Republic has vowed an exhaustive investigation into why the roof of a nightclub caved in on revellers, killing more than 200.

OpenAI countersues Musk as feud deepens

Artificial intelligence giant OpenAI has filed counterclaims against multi-billionaire Elon Musk, accusing its former co-founder of waging a "relentless campaign" to damage the organization after it achieved success without him.

Amazon satellite launch scrubbed due to weather

Weather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink from lifting off Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network.

Amazon to launch first batch of satellites rivaling Musk

The US retail giant Amazon is preparing to launch Wednesday its first full batch of Project Kuiper satellites, marking a crucial milestone in the battle with Elon Musk's Starlink to provide high-speed internet.

Trump's NASA chief pick says will 'prioritize' Mars mission

NASA will prioritize sending astronauts to Mars, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US space agency said Wednesday, shifting focus beyond a long-planned return to the Moon -- but insisting both were achievable.

French group gets death threats over renaming of 'Negresse' district

A French association behind a campaign to force officials in the resort city of Biarritz to rename the city's La Negresse historic district has received death threats and turned to police, the group said Wednesday.

How tariffs in the EU work

Customs duties, or tariffs, have become a political punching ball as the European Union prepares to respond to US President Donald Trump's recent offensive.

Race to save Sweden's 17th century warship in preservation project

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's most popular tourist attractions.

Trump plants 'MAGAnolia' to replace 200-year-old tree

US President Donald Trump planted a new sapling on Tuesday to replace a nearly 200-year-old tree at the White House -- dubbing it a "MAGAnolia" after his "Make America Great Again" slogan.

'Major brain drain': Researchers eye exit from Trump's America

In the halls of US universities and research labs, one question has become increasingly common as President Donald Trump tightens his grip on the field: whether to move abroad.

The scholar who helped Bad Bunny deal a Puerto Rican history lesson

It was Christmas Eve when multiple new Instagram followers slid into Jorell Melendez-Badillo's DMs, all with the same question: would the historian be interested in collaborating with Bad Bunny?

GA-ASI Inks Collaboration Deal With South Korea's Hanwha

The Companies Will Pursue Global UAS Programs

Teotihuacan altar found at Guatemala Maya site

A 1,000-year-old altar from Mexico's ancient Teotihuacan culture has been discovered in the erstwhile Mayan city of Tikal in Guatemala, providing further proof of ties between the two pre-Hispanic societies, archaeologists said Monday.

'Alarming' microplastic pollution in Europe's great rivers

"Alarming" levels of microplastic have been found in major rivers across Europe according to scientists in 14 studies published simultaneously Monday.

New app hopes to empower artists against AI

In 2008, scriptwriter Ed Bennett-Coles said he experienced a career "death moment": he read an article about AI managing to write its first screenplay.

GA-ASI Expands Targeting Capability for MQ-9B SeaGuardian(R)

New Software Will Provide In-Flight Target Updates

The scientist rewriting DNA, and the future of medicine

A revolution is underway in gene editing -- and at its forefront is David Liu, an American molecular biologist whose pioneering work is rewriting the building blocks of life with unprecedented precision.

Snappy birthday: Germany's Leica camera turns 100

Photographer Franziska Stuenkel likes to take spontaneous urban shots, so she needs a nimble camera that is ready to go when inspiration strikes: her German-made Leica M11.

'I don't have a voice in my head': Life with no inner monologue

Mel May only realised she was different while reading a news article one day.

UK spy agency MI5 reveals fruity secrets in new show

For the first time in MI5's 115-year history, the famous UK spy agency is revealing some of its secrets in a London show featuring confessions from double agents and James Bond-like gadgets.

Greece nixes Acropolis shoot for 'Poor Things' director

Greece's culture ministry has declined a request by the Greek director of the Oscar-winning "Poor Things" to film at the Acropolis, saying the scenes did not align with the storied site's image.

Yana, a 130,000-year-old baby mammoth, goes under the scalpel

Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem.

'It's gone': conservation science in Thailand's burning forest

Scientist Inna Birchenko began to cry as she described the smouldering protected forest in Thailand where she was collecting samples from local trees shrouded in wildfire smoke.

German industry grapples with AI at trade fair

Artificial intelligence is set to bring sweeping change to modern life, but at an industrial fair in Germany many companies wonder how they fit into the tech revolution.

Rising odds asteroid that briefly threatened Earth will hit Moon

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

World's tiniest pacemaker is smaller than grain of rice

Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a grain of rice that can be injected and controlled by light before dissolving.

SpaceX launches private astronauts on first crewed polar orbit

SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday -- a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts.

AstraBit Welcomes John Buckley as Strategic Advisor to Drive Next Phase of Growth

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK / ACCESS Newswire / April 1, 2025 / AstraBit, a leading platform for automated and algorithmic crypto trading, announces the appointment of John Buckley to its Strategic Advisory Board. Buckley brings nearly three decades of experience in global financial markets, including expertise in trading infrastructure, exchange operations, and risk management. His appointment marks a significant milestone as AstraBit prepares for its next phase of institutional expansion and product innovation.

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