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The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a U.S.-led AI coalition if they also sign up for Beijing’s competing framework, according to a U.S. official and an internal draft reviewed by Reuters. Washington last year launched…
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Jason Arday. File | Photo Credit: AP More than 31,000 people, including several MPs, have signed a petition urging U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham to hold a public inquiry into alleged media harassment of the late academic Jason Arday, the organisers said Sunday (August 16, 2026). Also read | Jason Arday, former Cambridge University professor…
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The story so far: The Assam government recently announced plans to approach the Centre to shrink the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ), a buffer zone around protected areas, to a minimum of 1 km instead of the default 10 km. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s argument that an ESZ of more than 1 km around Kaziranga National…
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Seven devotees died and 12 were injured in a stampede at Ashok Dham temple in Bihar’s Lakhisarai on Monday morning (August 17, 2026). The injured are admitted in Sadar (town) hospital. The District Magistrate Shailendra Kumar said there was stampede at 6:40 am due to a heavy rush of devotees at the temple. The incident…
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Australia’s humiliating nine-wicket loss to Bangladesh has accelerated calls for regeneration of its ageing Test team with opener Jake Weatherald and the inconsistent Marnus Labuschagne in the firing line. Also read | AUS vs BAN Test Day 3: Bangladesh close in on historic win as Australia falter The clash in Darwin had been touted as…
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Family members walk past caskets carrying their loved ones during a memorial service for the victims of a ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in Kariba, Zimbabwe, on August 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: AP Authorities on Sunday (August 16, 2026) searched for more bodies from an overloaded ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in…
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GCDA is yet to widen the 200 m-long bottlenecked stretch on the eastern end (Thykoodam) of Chilavannur Bund Road in Kochi. File | Photo Credit: H. Vibhu The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has directed the GCDA and the Kochi Corporation to take steps to widen a 200 m stretch on the eastern end of…
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Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard lifts the trophy after his team won the FA Community Shield final match between Arsenal and Manchester City in Cardiff, Wales, on August 16, 2026 | Photo Credit: AP Premier League champion Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield on Sunday (August 16, 2026), giving Mikel Arteta an early-season triumph…
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The story so far: There has been a spate of small earthquakes in Maharashtra over the last fortnight, according to local reports. Of the 29 tremors during this period, 24 were in and around Nashik, four were in Palghar and one was in Nagpur. They weren’t particularly strong — the strongest was in Nagpur on…
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Several aspirants who appeared for the Bombay High Court clerk recruitment typing test launched a protest in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar on Sunday (August 16, 2026), joined by CJP convenor Abhijeet Dipke, alleging technical failures and server glitches during the online examination. Mr. Dipke alleged that several candidates were declared failed without their fault and joined the…