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Basel Adra, a Palestinian, and Yuval Abraham, an Israeli, spent five years making a movie that depicts daily life in Adra’s village under Israeli occupation

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A Lebanese judge has charged the country’s detained former central bank governor with illicit enrichment and issued an arrest warrant

OpenAI on Thursday beefed up its ChatGPT generative AI chatbot with search engine capabilities, as the startup takes on Google's decades-long dominance of web search. The upgrade enables users to receive «fast, timely answers» with links to relevant web sources — information that previously required using a traditional search engine, the company said. The significant upgrade to ChatGPT enables the AI chatbot to provide real-time information from across the web.

A Paris commercial court has lifted a ban that had prevented Israeli defense companies from exhibiting weapons used by its military in the Mideast conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon at the upcoming Euronaval trade show

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Bar Fitzgerald in the Hôtel Belles Rives qualifies as one of Europe’s most sybaritic literary shrines. Resembling the interior of a Jazz Age ocean liner and filled with stylish art-deco furniture, it is perched above the glittering waters of Cap d’Antibes, offering voluptuous views across the French Riviera to Cannes.

For the first time in its nearly 20-year history, Reddit is turning a profit

Global markets are mostly lower after a rally in technology stocks propelled the Nasdaq composite to a record high

economic growth beat estimates by accelerating by 0.4% in the third quarter 2024 from 0.2% in the second quarter because of impact of the Paris Olympic Games, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Wednesday. Economists polled by Reuters had an average forecast of 0.3% for third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth. An influx of tourists attending the Paris Olympics boosted consumer spending in the euro zone's second-biggest economy, which grew 0.5% in the third quarter after a flat performance in the second quarter.

A French delegation visiting Morocco with President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled investment plans in the disputed Western Sahara as part of a broader suite of agreements and partnerships between the two countries

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The world needs an effective International Monetary Fund (IMF). Countries have become hugely indebted after the covid pandemic, and the risk of new shocks grows as the world warms and new pathogens emerge.

Lonely Planet reveals its top 10 must-visit destinations for 2025. The travel publishing giant’s list is spread over cities, countries and regions, with Puducherry in India, Osaka in Japan and Edmonton in Canada all making the cut as urban hot spots. Puducherry (formerly known as Pondicherry) is reimagining itself as “a top destination for sand and surf, with an extensive project that’s reclaiming the beaches that eroded into the sea,” Nitya Chambers, Lonely Planet’s SVP, content and executive editor, told CNN.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tucked away in the far northwest of Italy is a city where chocolate reigns. The residents of Turin have been creating—and consuming—chocolate since the 16th century, culminating in a vibrant chocolate scene that now encompasses gourmet chocolatiers, pastry shops, cafes, gelato makers and experimental chefs.

Netflix's Emmy-nominated series Queer Eye is set to premiere its ninth season on December 11. This season introduces a new member to the Fab Five and moves to Las Vegas for unique makeovers.

Brazil's environmental agency levied $64 million in fines against 23 meatpacking and their suppliers companies for buying and selling cattle raised illegally on deforested land in the Amazon

French President Emmanuel Macron is arriving in Morocco, where he is scheduled to meet with the North African kingdom’s leaders and discuss partnerships regarding trade, climate change and managing immigration

King Maha Vajiralongkorn from Thailand, officially known as King Rama X, is the richest monarch in the world. Vajiralongkorn, 66, ascended to the throne after the death of his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2016, according to a report from France24. His father ruled the Buddhist kingdom for 70 years, one of the world's longest-serving monarchs. Vajiralongkorn was crowned in May 2019 when his 88-year-old father Bhumibol Adulyadej passed away on October 13, 2016. What is surprising is that Charles III, the King of the United Kingdom, is a globally influential monarch but he did not make the list of the world’s top 10 richest monarchs. According to the sources, his net worth is estimated to be around $747 million. ALSO READ: Vasundhara Oswal, Indian-origin billionaire's daughter, detained in Uganda. A look at her Rs 1,649 crore house, lavish lifestyle

As wenoted yesterday, debt capital markets (DCM) bankers at Citi in London have been afflicted by unexpected job cuts involving Colm Rainey head of corporate and financial institutions group debt capital markets for UK & Ireland, Christian Rose, an MD in Stockholm, Santhi Athreya, head of corporate DCM for France, Belgium and Luxembourg, Bruno Sáenz de Miera, head of debt capital markets for Iberia and others. 

Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, a well-attended event that drew an order to disperse from police and at least one arrest.

British chef Jamie Oliver is on the case of the stolen cheddar

Narendra Modi has congratulated Arjun Erigaisi, the Indian chess prodigy who recently achieved a significant milestone by surpassing the 2800 Elo rating mark in live chess ratings. This accomplishment makes Erigaisi the youngest Indian and only the second player from the country, after the legendary Viswanathan Anand, to cross this coveted threshold. The 21-year-old grandmaster reached this milestone on October 24, during the 2024 European Chess Club Cup. Representing Team Alkaloid, Erigaisi secured victory in a critical fifth-round match against Russian player Dmitry Andreikin, playing with the White pieces.