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Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool
Google's technology will not suggest gender-based pronouns because the risk is too high that its Smart Compose technology might predict someone's sex or gender identity incorrectly.
British academic Matthew Hedges pardoned by UAE
The UAE president issued the pardon as part of a mass clemency of more than 700 prisoners to mark the country's National Day
Indian police investigate who helped American missionary killed on remote island
John Chau, 26, was allegedly killed on November 17 by people of the Sentinelese tribe who inhabit the North Sentinel Island in the Andaman and Nicobar island chain.
More than 80,000 Yemeni children may have died from hunger, aid group says
Western countries are pressing for a ceasefire and renewed peace efforts to end the disastrous conflict.
Israel seeks US backing against Airbnb over removal of listings in West Bank settlements
AirBnB decided to remove the approximately 200 'listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians'.
Freed Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi needs German passport to leave Pakistan - lawyer
The lawyer for Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of capital blasphemy charges, appealed on Tuesday to Germany to give her whole family citizenship to start a new life in Europe.
World cannot ignore plight of migrants, says Pope
Pope Francis criticized rising wealth inequality and the treatment of migrants on Sunday, saying the world should not ignore those "tossed by the waves of life".
Egypt's Copts inaugurate newly renovated St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo
After more than three years of renovation, St. Mark's in Cairo, the main cathedral of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, was inaugurated on Sunday.
May staying with draft Brexit deal as opponents seek to make formal challenge
British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed on Monday to stick to her draft European Union divorce deal as dissenting lawmakers in her own party tried to trigger a leadership challenge.
Dozens killed in attack on Catholic mission sheltering refugees in Central African Republic
More than 40 people were killed and dozens wounded in Central African Republic in an attack on a Catholic mission sheltering 20,000 refugees, a regional lawmaker said.
Protests in Norway against changes to abortion law
Thousands of protesters demonstrated in Norwegian cities on Saturday against restricting women's access to abortion, the subject of talks between the ruling minority coalition and a small party seeking to join the government.
At least 56 killed, 130 missing in California's deadliest wildfire
The latest fatality count was announced as authorities released a revised list of 130 people reported missing by loved ones
Cameroon kidnappers free last hostages taken from Christian school
Kidnappers freed on Monday the last of about 80 schoolboys taken hostage last week in a raid on a school in west Cameroon.
Carpenter erects wooden crosses in honour of shooting rampage victims
Greg Zanis has been building crosses to remember shooting victims for more than two decades.
Amnesty International strips Burma leader Aung San Suu Kyi of human rights award
Amnesty International has withdrawn its most prestigious human rights prize from Aung San Suu Kyi, accusing the Myanmar leader of perpetuating human rights abuses by not speaking out about violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority.
Rare gold cross found in medieval Bulgarian fortress
Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a rare gold reliquary cross during excavations at a medieval stronghold dating back to the Second Bulgarian Empire.