Tokyo: The number of babies born in Japan in the year 2023 fell to a record low from a year earlier as the country’s population shrank by its largest ever margin, government data showed, according to a report by Kyodo News. The figure for babies was down by 5.1 per cent to 758,631, according to preliminary…
If there is one thing that almost everybody is aware of about AI tools, it is that they require large amount of data in order to train. And this data, as of now, comes from the internet, something which is already being debated about. AI tools like ChatGPT are already being accused by many of…
London: Prince Harry lost a court challenge against the UK government on Wednesday over a decision to change the level of his personal security when he visits the country. The youngest son of King Charles III launched legal action against the government after being told in February 2020 that he would no longer be given the…
Islamabad: At least 12 people, including ten security personnel, were killed and 39 others injured in 51 terrorist attacks that took place in Pakistan amid the casting of votes for the general elections on Thursday, The News International reported. The Pakistan-based daily, quoting the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), reported, “Despite 51 cowardly terrorist…
President Joe Biden held a hastily arranged press conference Thursday night, where he vehemently and occasionally angrily refuted suggestions of declining mental acuity. However, the 81-year-old leader’s efforts may have exacerbated his biggest liability in an election year. Summoning reporters to the White House, the president emphasized that his memory was “fine” and expressed offense…
Bangkok: Thai police said Friday they have charged a Canadian who tried to open the door of an aircraft as it was waiting to take off claiming someone was trying to kill him. The 40-year-old attempted to open the emergency exit on a Thai Airways flight to Bangkok from the northern town of Chiang Mai on…
Tech mogul Elon Musk on Friday announced that he plans to use only social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, for messages and audio/video calls and is going to stop using his phone number. “In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls,” he…
Paris: Three people were injured Saturday in a knife attack at Paris’s Gare de Lyon railway station, a major travel hub, police said, adding that the suspect had been arrested. The detained man, whose nationality was not revealed, went on a stabbing spree at around 8:00 am (0700 GMT) at the station, which serves domestic trains…
The Maldives’ government has formally requested the Indian government to provide “comprehensive details” of an incident in which its coast guard personnel allegedly boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels operating within its economic zone. The development is the latest in the diplomatic row between the two nations that led to the strain in bilateral ties after…
Rome: Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy’s last king and member of a dynasty discredited for collaborating with fascism, died in Switzerland on Saturday at 86, his lawyer told AFP. Italian media quoted a statement from the Savoy royal household saying he “passed away peacefully in Geneva surrounded by his family”. In a written…