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Increasing reliance on AI-driven chatbots like ChatGPT for information retrieval offers quicker access to summaries and links but raises concerns about misinformation due to ‘hallucination’ and ‘confabulation’ errors.

The last operational blast furnaces in Britain face imminent closure as Jingye, the owner of British Steel, has halted future orders of essential materials required for production.

Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party, was recently convicted by a French court of embezzling European Union funds, resulting in a five-year ban from holding public office. This ruling marks a significant setback for her political career and her ambitions for the presidency.

The ongoing conflict in Gaza has resulted in over 50,000 fatalities and widespread displacement among its 2.3 million residents, making it a highly perilous environment for journalists.

Climate change and overfishing are making it harder to catch the anchovies essential to the condiment that underlies so much of Vietnam and southeast Asia’s food.

Ekrem Imamoglu, a modern and inclusive politician, has gained traction as a popular candidate for the presidency despite facing corruption charges and concerns over terrorism allegations.

Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul since 2019, is recognised for his inclusive political style and has emerged as a potent rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan amidst Turkey’s polarised political landscape.

Windhoek and Leonardville, Namibia – Impo Gift Kapamba Musasa holds a hose pipe in one hand and gestures to a garden of cabbages, onions and turnips with the other. He is a teacher in the crumbling village of Leonardville in rural Namibia, where water is becoming scarce.

The Malaysian government has granted final approval for Ocean Infinity, a marine robotics company, to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over the southern Indian Ocean in 2014.

The United Arab Emirates plans to invest around 100 billion reais ($17.4 billion) in Brazil, targeting the raw materials sector and infrastructure, with a focus on modernising favelas in the Baixada Fluminense region.