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'Cool' Macron uses his deepfake videos to promote AI summit

'Cool' Macron uses his deepfake videos to promote AI summit

French President Emmanuel Macron has posted artificial intelligence-generated fake videos that he features in as he promoted a technology summit that opens in Paris on Monday.

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Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites

Iranian schools and offices shut as cold snap bites

Authorities in Iran ordered schools and offices in at least 10 provinces to close on Sunday to conserve energy amid a severe cold snap and heavy snowfall, state media reported.

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Baltic states 'successfully' link with European power grid

Baltic states 'successfully' link with European power grid

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Sunday announced that the three Baltic states had "successfully" joined the European power grid after severing ties with the Russian network.

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Duckett, Root help Engand to 304 in second India ODI

Duckett, Root help Engand to 304 in second India ODI

Opener Ben Duckett and Joe Root hit half-centuries to help England reach 304 all out in the second one-day international against India on Sunday as they look to keep the series alive.

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Von Allmen upstages rivals to win world downhill gold

Von Allmen upstages rivals to win world downhill gold

Swiss tyro Franjo Von Allmen outpaced a host of more experienced rivals to clinch gold in the men’s downhill at the World Ski Championships in Saalbach on Sunday.

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AI app offers a lifeline for S.Africa's abused women

AI app offers a lifeline for S.Africa's abused women

She says she was violated by police. Now she's brainstorming an AI-integrated app with a panic button that alerts private security to help other women caught in South Africa's tragically high rates of abuse.

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Thai hostage freed from Gaza says feels 'reborn' after return home

Thai hostage freed from Gaza says feels 'reborn' after return home

A Thai farm worker held hostage in Gaza for more than a year said he felt "reborn" as he and four compatriots arrived home on Sunday to tears of joy from their relieved families.

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Use armed forces just for legitimate defence, says breathless pope

Use armed forces just for legitimate defence, says breathless pope

Armed forces must only be used as legitimate defence, never to dominate another country, a breathless Pope Francis said Sunday, presiding over an outdoor mass despite a bout of bronchitis.

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Sabalenka 'fully recovered' from Australian Open final loss

Sabalenka 'fully recovered' from Australian Open final loss

World number one Aryna Sabalenka says she has put her Australian Open final defeat to Madison Keys behind her as she shifts her focus to the ongoing Middle East swing.

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Hamas says Israel withdraws from key Gaza road

Hamas says Israel withdraws from key Gaza road

A Hamas official said Israeli troops on Sunday completed their withdrawal from a strategic road bisecting the Gaza Strip, part of a fragile truce deal that Israel said it was implementing.

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