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In May 2024, Google DeepMind released AlphaFold 3, a tool that could predict protein structures. It used an artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict how different proteins were shaped, how they might interact with each other and with DNA, RNA, and other biomolecules of merit. Nobel laureates John Jumper and Demis Hassabis built the new…
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Seoul: A landmark defence pact between North Korea and Russia, signed by its leaders in June, has gone into effect after the two sides exchanged ratification documents, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said Thursday. The formalization of the treaty comes as the United States and South Korea have accused the nuclear-armed North of sending…
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In her first public address after fleeing Bangladesh four months back, ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has mounted a stinging attack on the country’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus, accusing him of perpetrating “genocide” and failing to protect minorities including Hindus. In the remarks delivered virtually to her supporters at an event in New York, Ms….
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India’s Vaibhav Suryavanshi. File | Photo Credit: AP Thirteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi lived up to the hype around his rare talent as India outclassed United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 10 wickets to enter the semifinals of the U-19 Asia Cup here on Wednesday. Electing to bat, UAE lost wickets at regular intervals to be bundled out…
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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday (December 4, 2024) that he has selected a former soldier and Iraq War veteran to serve as secretary of the Army. Mr. Trump said Daniel P. Driscoll had completed Army Ranger school and deployed with…
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France’s hard-left also urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold early presidential elections. Paris: France’s hard left on Wednesday urged President Emmanuel Macron to resign and hold early presidential elections after lawmakers voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. “We are now calling on Macron to go,” Mathilde Panot, the head of the…
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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier reacts after the result of the vote on the first motion of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by the alliance of left-wing parties the “Nouveau Front Populaire” (New Popular Front – NFP). | Photo Credit: Reuters France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote Wednesday (December 4, 2024)…
Dhaka: Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday. Sheikh Hasina fled in August to India, where she remains, as her government collapsed at the peak of a popular revolt. In the weeks…
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Paris: French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which plunged the country further into political chaos. For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence motion that had…
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Seoul: The Korean term for “martial law” was the most-searched word on Google in South Korea on Wednesday, following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law. The word topped Google’s trends chart with the search volume over the past 24 hours surpassing the 2 million mark, up more than a thousand percent from…
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