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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French Army General Vincent Giraud, Chief of the Personal Staff of the French President, attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with French President Emmanuel Macron, several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to attend a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French President Macron Attends A Video Conference On The Situation In The Middle East - Paris

French Army General Vincent Giraud, Chief of the Personal Staff of the French President, attends a video conference on the situation in the Middle East with French President Emmanuel Macron, several European and Arab partners ahead of the U.N. General Assembly during which France and Saudi Arabia will host a meeting of heads of state and government on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 15, 2025. Photo by Benoit Tessier/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows The Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993), top, the U.S Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ariake (DD 109) sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st C

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Sailors signal an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, right, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Blue Blasters” of VFA-34 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a trilateral exercise in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Appre

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows An SH-60K Seahawk, assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adina Phebus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy with aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 sail and fly in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 fly in formation during a trilateral exercise with ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 10, 2024 shows U.S. Sailors perform maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fight Squadron (VFA) 154 on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Krescent Peters via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows The Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993), front, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) sail alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adina Phebus via A

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Year of Dragon celebration held in U.S. wildlife park

STORY: Year of Dragon celebration held in U.S. wildlife park SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 18, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: SAN DIEGO, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Saturday kicked off a two-day special event to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. Paul Baribault, president and CEO of the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, hosted the opening ceremony of the annual event, which was attended by Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Guo Shaochun. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is an international nonprofit conservation organization in California. It has the largest zoological society membership in the world, with more than 250,000 member households and 130,000 child memberships. Besides wishing all visitors and their loved ones good health and prosperity in the Year of the Dragon, Baribault praised the joint efforts of the alliance and its Chinese partners in breeding and protecting giant pandas and other species while

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows the three co-founders of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows the three co-founders of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows the three co-founders of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows the three co-founders of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows co-founder of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, poses during a photo session in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows the three co-founders of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

French co-founder of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, poses during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. The French start-up Mistral AI has just launched its generative artificial intelligence in open source, after raising 100 million euros. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows co-founder of Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch poses during a photo session in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows co-founders of Mistral AI Timothee Lacroix and Arthur Mensch pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows the three co-founders of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows co-founder of Mistral AI, Guillaume Lample poses during a photo session in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated November 17, 2023 shows Co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI Arthur Mensch speaks to the audience during Europe's leading conference on artificial intelligence ai-PULSE in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows co-founder of Mistral AI, Guillaume Lample poses during a photo session in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated November 17, 2023 shows Co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI Arthur Mensch speaks to the audience during Europe's leading conference on artificial intelligence ai-PULSE in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated November 17, 2023 shows Co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI Arthur Mensch speaks to the audience during Europe's leading conference on artificial intelligence ai-PULSE in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows the three co-founders of Mistral AI, Timothee Lacroix, Arthur Mensch and Guillaume Lample pose during a photo session in Paris, France on September 15, 2023. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows co-founder of Mistral AI, Arthur Mensch poses during a photo session in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated September 15, 2023 shows co-founder of Mistral AI, Guillaume Lample poses during a photo session in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Khanh Renaud/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French AI Start-Up Mistral Secures € 2bn Valuation

Photo dated November 17, 2023 shows Co-founder and CEO of Mistral AI Arthur Mensch speaks to the audience during Europe's leading conference on artificial intelligence ai-PULSE in Paris, France. Mistral AI, a Paris start-up founded seven months ago by researchers from Meta and Google, has raised 385 million euros, or about $ 415 million, in yet another sign of feverish interest in a new kind of artificial intelligence that drives online chatbots. The deal values the 22-person company at about $ 2 billion, two people familiar with the deal said. Investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The start-up’s value has increased more than sevenfold in just six months. In the summer, it raised a seed funding round of € 105 million (about $ 113 million) that valued the company at about $ 260 million. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australian roadmap charts path to reducing India's plastic waste

STORY: Australian roadmap charts path to reducing India's plastic waste SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 7, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of CSIRO 2. various of plastic waste in the bin 3. various of waste on India's beach STORYLINE: Australia's national science agency has released a roadmap to significantly reduce plastic waste in India. Published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in collaboration with India's National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Thursday, the roadmap projects that by 2035 single-use plastics could be phased out in India and two-thirds of all plastics could be recycled. According to the report, which is based on three years of collaborative research between Indian and Australian partners, India produces almost 26,000 tons of plastic waste every day, only 8 percent of which is recycled with a large portion going to landfill or into the environment.

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated October 28, 2023 shows the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the U.S. effort to keep the conflict from spreading. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Merissa Daley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 3, 2023 shows the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) steams in formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a photo exercise. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the U.S. effort to keep the conflict from spreading. U.S. Navy photo by Mas

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 23, 2023 shows ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterran

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 3, 2023 shows ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Mediterranean Sea. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as pa