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  • BusinessAFP News

    European, US stock markets up as bets build on rate cuts

    Europe's main stock markets mostly rose Wednesday while Wall Street held onto gains as traders ramped up bets on the US Federal Reserve cutting interest rates in the new year.The dollar, which has been under pressure over the prospect of rate cuts, firmed against main rivals Wednesday.

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    One confirmed killed as US Osprey crashes off Japan

    A US Osprey military aircraft crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, killing one crew member and leaving five unaccounted for, the coastguard said, in the latest incident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft.This month five US service members were killed when a helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean during a training exercise.

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    Russia ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine

    Russian forces were ramping up attacks in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, Moscow and Kyiv said, as they vie to secure elusive territorial gains before the end of the year.Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials reported a 68-year-old man was killed in a Russian shelling attack on the suburbs of the southern Kherson city during the day. 

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  • TechnologyReuters

    Google DeepMind AI reveals potential for thousands of new materials

    Google DeepMind has used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the structure of more than 2 million new materials, a breakthrough it said could soon be used to improve real-world technologies. In a research paper published in science journal Nature on Wednesday, the Alphabet-owned AI firm said almost 400,000 of its hypothetical material designs could soon be produced in lab conditions. The discovery and synthesis of new materials can be a costly and time-consuming process.

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    Gazans in midst of 'epic humanitarian catastrophe': UN chief

    Gazans are "in the midst of an epic humanitarian catastrophe before the eyes of the world," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday, while calling for an expansion of the current pause in the Israel-Hamas conflict.The ongoing truce in the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to expire early Thursday after a six-day pause in the fighting, which was sparked by deadly Hamas attacks on October 7 that prompted a devastating Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip

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    French justice minister acquitted in conflict of interest case

    A French court on Wednesday acquitted France's justice minister in a conflict of interest trial that has been an embarrassment for President Emmanuel Macron's government.He is the first sitting French justice minister to have stood trial.

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    OSCE caught in tug-of-war between Moscow and West

    Ministers of the world's largest regional security body are to meet Thursday in Skopje as the 57-member organisation faces its most serious crisis since its creation as tensions from Russia's invasion of Ukraine remain heightened.Kyiv, in turn, wants Russia expelled from the OSCE as the Council of Europe did, warning the body faced a "slow death" if Moscow remained a member.

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