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What’s new in robots? An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes poems

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Ameca can speak French, Chinese or dozens of other languages, instantly compose a poem or sketch a cat on request. Ask for a smile, and you'll get a clenched grin on her rubbery blue face. Ameca is a humanoid robot powered by generative ...

NATO to send 700 more troops to Kosovo to help quell violent protests

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that the military organization will send 700 more troops to northern Kosovo to help quell violent protests after clashes with ethnic Serbs there left 30 ...

Notre Dame’s fire-ravaged roof rebuilt using medieval techniques

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-PLAINE, France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre Dame Cathedral more than 800 years ago are being used again today to ...

Panel of historians starts 3-year review of 1972 Munich Olympics attack

BERLIN (AP) — A panel of historians set up to review the 1972 attack on the Munich Olympics is starting its three-year mission to examine what happened before, during and after the events of five decades ago on Tuesday, the German government said. In April, Germany's Interior Ministry named ...

Danish government wants to spend $20.6 billion on defense over 10 years

COPENHAGEN,Denmark (AP) — Denmark's centrist government said Tuesday that it wants to invest some 143 billion kroner ($20.6 billion) in the country's defense over the next decade, citing a "serious threat picture." The government has an ambition to reach NATO's target of spending 2% of gross ...