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Taboo to brew: conservative Gulf gets first local beer

Agence France-Presse Inside his Abu Dhabi gastro pub, Chad McGehee inspects shiny steel tanks fermenting a special brew: the first beer made in the conservative Arab Gulf, where alcohol has long been...

Students, activists, entertainers: Minecraft’s global appeal

Agence France-Presse Since the first version of Minecraft was released to the public 15 years ago, the block-based world-building game has become a global phenomenon. Players of all ages and backgrounds have used...

Putin to meet Xi in Beijing seeking greater support for war effort

Agence France-Presse Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China this week, both countries announced Tuesday, meeting his "dear friend" Xi Jinping as he seeks to win greater support from Beijing for his...

AI systems are already deceiving us – and that’s a problem, experts warn

Agence France-Presse Experts have long warned about the threat posed by artificial intelligence (AI) going rogue – but a new research paper suggests it's already happening. Current AI systems, designed to be honest,...

Hotter, drier, sicker? How a changing planet drives disease

Agence France-Presse Humans have made our planet warmer, more polluted, and ever less hospitable to many species – and these changes are driving the spread of infectious disease. Warmer, wetter climates can expand...

Envious shamans and pollution: Diverse threats to Ecuadoran Amazon

Agence France-Presse  When fish numbers diminished in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Siona Indigenous people blamed envious, rival shamans for blocking the animals' passage through the rivers of Cuyabeno, a biodiverse wetland. Experts, however,...

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