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The woman died from breast cancer in April this year. (Representative Pic) A self-proclaimed “tumour research institute” in China is under investigation after a woman exposed how her cancer-stricken mother was duped into paying a staggering 200,000 yuan (approximately Rs 22.76 lakh) for treatments that include bloodletting and even applying cement to her skin. According…
Some U.S. foreign policy experts believe that Mr. Campbell’s move to the State Department will help maintain momentum for some of Mr. Biden’s initiatives in the Indo Pacific. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden, on Wednesday, announced that he had nominated his Indo-Pacific policy chief Kurt Campbell for the Deputy Secretary of…
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Britain said on Wednesday it would boost funding for two supercomputers. (Representational) London: Britain said on Wednesday it would boost funding for two supercomputers which will support research into making advanced artificial intelligence models safe. Funding for the “AI Research Resource” will be increased to 300 million pounds ($363.57 million) from a previously announced 100…
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Donald Trump is the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. (File) New York, United States: Donald Trump lashed out on Wednesday at the judge presiding over his civil fraud trial in New York and told him ahead of testimony by his eldest son, Don Jr, to “leave my children alone.” Don Jr, 45, and…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers his remarks at the start of the Cabinet meeting amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Wednesday to continue Israel’s war on Hamas despite suffering “painful losses” in ground fighting inside the Gaza Strip. “We have so many important achievements, but…
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The summit is focused on highly capable general-purpose models called “frontier AI”. Bletchley Park, England: China said on Wednesday it wanted to work with international partners to manage the oversight of artificial intelligence as political leaders and technology executives gathered at an inaugural AI Safety Summit in Britain to plot the way forward. Some tech…
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Afghan refugees arrive in trucks to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on October 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: AFP Afghanistan’s Taliban government has urged Pakistan to give undocumented Afghans in the country more time to leave as pressure mounts at border posts swarmed by thousands of returnees fleeing the threat of deportation. The Pakistani…
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The incident occurred on Saturday in New York. (Representative pic) A 43-year-old man in the United States has been arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at a 6-year-old boy over Halloween candy. According to NBC News, the incident occurred on Saturday in New York. Michael Yifan Wen was arrested and charged with menacing and second-degree…
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Rescuers said “whole families” were killed on Wednesday. (File) Palestinian Territories, Gaza: Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said a second Israeli bombing raid in two days had killed and wounded “dozens” Wednesday at the territory’s biggest refugee camp, Jabalia. It said there were “dozens of martyrs and injured in a bombing by the occupation planes”, a…
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Half of the village’s residents have fled north since shells began crashing into hills nearby. Rmeich, Lebanon: At Lebanon’s border with Israel, residents of a Christian village are hoping war can be avoided even as they prepare for the possibility of worsening hostilities between the Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah and Israel. Located just a couple…
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