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…
Beijing: China’s Communist Party on Thursday expelled former defence minister Li Shangfu and his predecessor Wei Fenghe for “serious violations of discipline”, a euphemism for corruption, state news agency Xinhua reported. Li was suspected of receiving “huge sums of money” in bribes as well as bribing others, and an investigation found he “did not fulfill political…
Wellington, New Zealand: The victims and families affected by the 2019 New Zealand volcano disaster, which claimed 22 lives, were awarded total damages of NZ$10 million (US$6 million) on Friday. The sum must be paid by five companies that transported 47 tourists to the volcanic island in December 2019, the day it erupted. Many of the…
Gaza City: Israel said Palestinians could begin returning to the north of the war-battered Gaza Strip on Monday after a deal was reached with Hamas for the release of another six hostages, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.The breakthrough preserves a fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, which has devastated the Gaza Strip and…
Scores of New York police officers entered Columbia University’s campus on Wednesday, a day after pro-Palestine student protesters barricaded and occupied a building inside the campus. Here Are 10 Points On US University Protests Police officers, in tactical gear and helmets, marched into the campus and climbed up to the second floor of Hamilton Hall…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Kairos, a small, solid-fuelled rocket made by Japan’s Space One, exploded shortly after its inaugural launch on Wednesday as the firm tried to become the first Japanese company to put a satellite in orbit. The 18-metre (59 ft) solid-fuel rocket exploded seconds after lifting off at 11:01 a.m. (0201 GMT), leaving behind…
On Wednesday, Samsung launched its latest Galaxy smartphones, incorporating new artificial intelligence features in a bid to reclaim the title of the world’s largest phone seller from Apple. T.M. Roh, the president of Samsung, emphasized the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence on the mobile industry during an event in San Jose, California. Roh highlighted Samsung’s…
Jon Landau, the renowned film producer known for his work on blockbuster hits like “Titanic” and the “Avatar” series, has passed away at the age of 63. Landau’s death marks the end of a significant era in Hollywood, where he was instrumental in bringing to life some of the most iconic films in cinema history….
Japan’s weather agency said Monday that last year was the hottest since records began, mirroring other nations as ever-rising greenhouse gas emissions fuel climate change. Worldwide, 2024 was expected to have been the warmest recorded, the UN’s weather and climate agency said last week, capping a decade of unprecedented heat and other types of extreme…
San Francisco, United States: US media giant NBCUniversal on Wednesday announced that it will use the AI version of a legendary sports broadcaster to narrate personalized daily recaps of Olympic game events. Narration by Hall of Fame announcer Al Michaels generated using artificial intelligence will voice the recaps that will be personalized to individual viewers of…