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Violent clashes have escalated between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s army and Rwandan-backed M23 Tutsi-led rebels in eastern Congo, killing scores and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Japan aims to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon when it attempts the precision landing of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe on Friday.

Mozambique's lawsuit against Credit Suisse and shipbuilder Privinvest over the decade-old "tuna bond" scandal in London could pitch one of the world's poorest nations against corporate heavyweights in a $1.5 billion-plus battle next week.

King Charles III became monarch of the UK and 14 other realms on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September, and in May he will be crowned in a ceremony full of pomp, pageantry and solemn religious significance.

The delivery of the Leopard tanks to Ukraine could happen anytime once the tanks are repaired, the newspaper reported, citing government sources. U.S. Congress says F-16 sale to Turkey depends on NATO approval The U.S. Congress cannot support the $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara ratifies the NATO memberships of Sweden and Finland, a bipartisan group of senators said on Thursday.

Among the more ambitious hopes for Pope Francis' visit to South Sudan this week is that it will give a jolt to a peace process aimed at ending a decade of conflict that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

The Tesla Optimus machine's leg actuator can lift an entire piano. The giant automaker released a video to show its power.

The Ai-Da robot from Oxford's Aidan Miller made history earlier today. The famed humanoid robot, Ai-Da, reached greater heights as she was able to address the United Kingdom's House of Lords in a parliamentary meeting of the Communications and Digital Committee.

Some people are still skeptical about Tesla's controversial robot, Optimus Robot, that was introduced at AI Day 2022.

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