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President Ranil Wickremesinghe gestures as he arrives at the Election Commission in Rajagiriya to submit his nomination papers for the upcoming Presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on August 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the front runner in the Presidential poll scheduled for next month,…
The 55-year-old CEO then turned himself in to police on August 13. The CEO of a private equity firm in the US has been arrested for allegedly strangling a 15-year-old boy who splashed a woman with water at an In-N-Out restaurant. According to The Independent, the incident took place on August 4. Lucas Kalisher, the…
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“Why harp on the facts, it’s the exaggerations that makes a tale interesting!” A favourite aunt once exclaimed when I tried to fact-check a funny family story she was narrating to a huge, giggling audience two decades ago. Each member of my clan cheered her on and it was the start of a delightful evening….
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The Greenwood Bible, also known as the ‘God Bless the USA Bible,’ includes patriotic texts. Former US President Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure documents show he owns more than $1 million (Rs 8,39,68500) in cryptocurrency and made $300,000 (Rs 2,51,90550) from endorsing branded Bibles. As per the documents released on Thursday, Trump earned $300,000 in…
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Some families of hostages held in Gaza believe the latest round of cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas could be the last best chance to set their loved ones free after more than 300 days of captivity. The families have advocated tirelessly to secure the release of their relatives, who were snatched on October 7,…
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Australia is rejecting the majority of visa applications from Palestinians fleeing Gaza. The air and ground operation has killed more than 40,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas-ruled territory’s health ministry. After Palestinian terrorist group Hamas carried out the deadliest attack in Israeli history on October 7, 2023, Israel responded with a devastating military…
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The demand for AI-related hardware, especially GPUs, has far outstripped supply. Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely regarded as a revolutionary technology, fuelling growth in various sectors and creating a surge in demand for specialised hardware, particularly from companies like Nvidia. According to Forbes, Nvidia’s stock price has more than tripled in a year. Other tech…
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The AI chatbot Grok on X is known for answering questions with humour [File] | Photo Credit: AP Elon Musk’s new AI chatbot Grok 2 mini (beta) generated a summary of the day’s headlines on X where it compared the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war as well as the Kolkata hospital rape and murder case…
The World Health Organization signage is seen outside its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, April 15, 2020. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan has detected three patients with the mpox virus, the health department in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Friday (August 16, 2024). The viral infection was detected in the patients on their arrival from…
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The PKK has been involved in an on-and-off armed insurgency against Turkiye since 1984. | Photo Credit: Reuters Turkiye said on Thursday it had agreed on a military cooperation pact with Iraq that will see joint training and command centres against Kurdish separatists, with Baghdad saying it will ban the PKK as a party. “We…
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