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Euroviews. Davos elites need to reassure us about our tech-focused future | View

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution takes shape and the surge of Artificial Intelligence gathers pace, the world elites meeting at Davos need to seek to reassure those who most fear our common technological future to avoid people falling under the spell of populism.

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Three of four Americans killed in Syria explosion identified

The Department of Defense said Wednesday that the fourth person not yet identified was a contractor.

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Zimbabwe shuts down internet amid protests over $12 per gallon gas

"The world must quickly step in to remove this blanket of darkness that has been put on the country," one opposition activist said.

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North Korean ex-spy chief arrives in Washington for talks

Kim Jong Un said in a New Year speech he was willing to meet President Donald Trump "at any time."

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Prince Philip in car accident, Buckingham Palace says

The crash happened near Sandringham Estate, about 115 miles northeast of London. The Duke of Edinburgh was not injured.

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Efforts to rescue Spanish boy trapped in well hampered

Attempts to dig an intersecting tunnel to reach the 2-year-old who fell down the hole Sunday are facing complications.

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Russian operative Butina 'wanted to influence society,' sister says

The Russian operative spent years building connections in U.S. political circles and with influential conservative groups.

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Theresa May narrowly survives no-confidence vote after Brexit plan is crushed

"We are living through an historic moment in our nation's history," May said before the vote. "We dearly need to bring our country back together."

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U.S. service members wounded in Syria explosion

The attack comes weeks after President Trump tweeted that the U.S. had "defeated ISIS in Syria."

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Hairs, specialists offer hope to family of toddler trapped in Spanish well

"Now they are making progress ... we have a bit more hope," the two-year-old's father said.

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Another day of Brexit intrigue looms as opponents aim to oust PM May

Before this week, the biggest government loss in the British Parliament was by a margin of 166 votes and came in 1926. May smashed that record on Tuesday.

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More bullets fly the morning after deadly attack on Nairobi hotel complex

"It's so sad that such a bright young person is taken away by terrorism," the mother of the American victim told NBC News.

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Euroviews. Washington continues to underestimate Trump at its peril | View

Trump is an opportunist, but it is his beliefs — and not a thirst for power — that drive him.

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Captured American ISIS member says he 'wanted to go see exactly what the group was about'

A Muslim convert, Warren Christopher Clark and another American were being held in the northern Syrian town of Kobane on the border with Turkey after being captured

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Theresa May's Brexit deal crushed in parliamentary vote

Moments after the vote, Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, announced he would seek to oust May's ruling Conservatives by bringing a motion of no confidence.

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Upscale hotel and office complex in Kenya is 'under attack'

The city suffers from violent robberies but has also been targeted by Somali Islamist militants.

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It's a huge day for Brexit but the divorce deal appears doomed

A lack of consensus in the PM's Conservative Party — and Parliament as a whole — for any one particular type of withdrawal is at the heart of the problem.

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'McJesus' sculpture sparks outrage in Israel

"If we take the art down, the next day we'll have politicians demanding we take other things down and we'll end up only with colorful pictures of flowers."

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Rocket failure dooms Iranian satellite launch

The U.S. is concerned that the long-range ballistic technology used to put satellites into orbit can also be used to launch warheads.

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Protesting teachers in Greece clash with police for second time in a week

The violence broke out when protesting teachers, who are on a 24-hour strike, tried to break a police cordon next to parliament.