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Sexually transmitted infections surge in Europe, latest data shows (www.reuters.com)

Sexually transmitted infections surged across Europe in 2022, with reported cases of gonorrhoea jumping by nearly a half, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said as it released its most recent data on Thursday....

France: public workers may strike during Olympics, "our warnings must be heard. We have been saying the same thing over for months and nobody cares." (www.reuters.com)

Ukrainian drones strike major Russian iron ore plant (www.reuters.com)

Two Ukrainian drones struck fuel facilities at one of Russia's largest iron ore plants on Wednesday, though no one was injured and the plant was working as normal, Russian officials and the owner of the plant said....

Russia says Western envoys at Navalny funeral meddling in Russia (www.reuters.com)

Russia on Tuesday accused Western ambassadors in Moscow of meddling in Russia's internal affairs by attending the funeral of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, saying their behaviour raised questions about the point of such envoys....

Swiss weapons exports plunge as neutral stance hurts trade (www.reuters.com)

Swiss weapons exports fell by more than a quarter last year, the government said on Tuesday, with critics blaming the country's neutral stance which has blocked the re-export of Swiss-made guns and ammunition to Ukraine....

Japanese ex-soldier wins U.S. award for her fight against sexual harassment (www.reuters.com)

The United States on Friday said it would honour former Japan Self-Defense Forces soldier Rina Gonoi with the International Women of Courage Award for bringing about change in the Japanese military with her victory in a sexual harassment case....

Exclusive: Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google (www.reuters.com)

Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said.

Reddit in AI content licensing deal with Google (www.reuters.com)

Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said.

Lockbit cybercrime gang faces global takedown with indictments and arrests (www.reuters.com)

Britain's National Crime Agency Cyber Division, with the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies seized control of websites used by Lockbit the gang and U.S. and British authorities said. The agencies also took the extraordinary step of using Lockbit's own website to release internal data about the...

France's Macron opens door to recognising Palestinian state (www.reuters.com)

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Russia puts Estonian PM on wanted list for 'desecration of historical memory' (www.reuters.com)

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Lawmakers want US to probe four Chinese firms involved in Ford battery plant (www.reuters.com)

The chairs of two U.S. House committees asked the Biden administration to investigate four Chinese companies they say are involved in Ford Motor's (F.N), opens new tab planned Michigan battery plant, according to a letter....

China approves over 40 AI models for public use in past six months (www.reuters.com)

Turkey's Edrogan signs off on Sweden's NATO membership (www.reuters.com)

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Switzerland says Israeli president subject of criminal complaints at Davos (www.reuters.com)

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Dutch parliament considers first step towards asking king to pay income tax (www.reuters.com)

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Ireland launches legal case against UK over Northern Ireland amnesty law (www.reuters.com)

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Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant (www.reuters.com)

Israel grants Intel $3.2 billion for new $25 billion chip plant::undefined

Facebook's Meta fined for breaches of Italian gambling ads ban (www.reuters.com)

Brazil signs on to global climate deal to triple renewable energy (www.reuters.com)

Brazil signs on to global climate deal to triple renewable energy::Brazil has signed onto an agreement to triple renewable energy globally by 2030 and shift away from using coal, the country's Foreign Ministry said on Friday, joining a prospective deal backed by the European Union, U.S. and United Arab Emirates.

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