1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (295+ words) New York (AFP) - Taylor Swift has filed applications with the US intellectual property office to trademark her voice, a move similar to one made by actor Matthew Mc Conaughey, as AI-generated content surges. The singer submitted two sound recordings to…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (757+ words) Tuareg separatists and their jihadist allies in Mali have seized control of the key northern town of Kidal after coordinated attacks on strategic junta positions, an ally of the local governor and local sources said Monday. Two days of fierce…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (641+ words) An Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group said Saturday that its fighters had joined forces with Tuareg rebels to launch attacks against the army across junta-ruled Mali. Helicopters buzzed over Bamako and around the international airport and fighting was reported at a nearby…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1366+ words) Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of 'carbon-neutral' packaging, an investigation by AFP and The Gecko Project has found. Pulp and paper firm Asia Symbol has a no-deforestation policy…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (400+ words) Luanda (Angola) (AFP) - Pope Leo XIV heads to Angola's remote and diamond-rich northeast on Monday in the latest stop on an Africa tour during which he has spoken out against the country's glaring poverty. On the eighth day of a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (564+ words) Saurimo (Angola) (AFP) - Pope Leo XIV condemned exploitation and corruption by the rich and powerful on Monday during a visit to Angola's diamond-rich northeast, returning to a theme of his 11-day tour of Africa. The American pope, on the eighth…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (543+ words) Paris (France) (AFP) - Elon Musk did not appear Monday for a voluntary interview with Paris prosecutors, who had summoned the American tech billionaire over a probe into his social media platform X and AI chatbok Grok. Prosecutors told AFP they…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (591+ words) Luanda (Angola) (AFP) - Tens of thousands gathered outside Angola's capital Luanda for a giant open-air Sunday mass led by Pope Leo XIV on the second day of his visit to the resource-rich country marked by deep poverty. Leo flew to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (562+ words) Washington (United States) (AFP) - Inflation in the United States rose sharply in March, government data showed Wednesday, as higher energy prices due to the war in the Middle East hit Americans hard. The nationwide sticker shock put pressure on President…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (524+ words) Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainians on Friday were wary of Russia's pledge to pause fighting for an Orthodox Easter ceasefire -- first proposed by Kyiv -- this weekend. The Kremlin said it had ordered a temporary truce to be in effect from Saturday…...