Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has predicted that AI chatbots will help children learn to read and enhance their writing skills in just 18 months’ time. As CNBC reports, the billionaire philanthropist said at the ASU+GSV Summit in San Diego that AI will “be as good a tutor as any human ever could.” Ever since […]
Dubai: After already writing on the pages of history by becoming the first Arab astronaut to go on a long-term mission in space, Sultan Al Neyadi has now become the first astronaut to conduct a spacewalk. Sultan Al Neyadi and NASA astronaut Steve Bowen concluded their 7-hour-long spacewalk at 1.42 AM IST on Saturday, April […]
United Nations: The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working for the United Nations in Afghanistan, calling on the de facto authorities to “swiftly reverse” policies and practices that restrict women and girls from exercising their human rights. The 15-nation Council, under the current Presidency […]
Beirut: The sounds of air strikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum early on Saturday and dark smoke rose over parts of the city, as fighting in Sudan entered a third week. Fighting between the army and a rival paramilitary force continued despite the announcement of a 72-hour ceasefire extension on Friday, […]
Moscow: Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold a new round of talks in Washington on Sunday to try to normalise relations, the spokesperson of Armenia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Tensions have been rising again between the two countries over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, where Russian peacekeepers were deployed in 2020 to end a war, the […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to join US President Joe Biden and his counterparts from Australia and Japan at a summit of the Quad leaders in Sydney on May 24 that is expected to focus on implications of the Ukraine conflict and the overall situation in the Indo-Pacific. Before travelling to Australia, […]
New Delhi: Fighting in Sudan continued for the tenth day in a row on Tuesday, though a US official said that a three-day ceasefire had been negotiated by the United States and Saudi Arabia. Media reports said that sounds of heavy gunfire and explosions rang through the capital city of Khartoum. Meanwhile, the Indian government […]
New Delhi: US President Joe Biden will be running for re-election as the President of the United States. Biden on Tuesday formally announced that he seeks a second term as the US President. This sets up the possibility of a rematch with Donald Trump, The New York Times reported. “Every generation has a moment where […]
Colombo: Normal life was disrupted in Sri Lanka’s northern and eastern provinces on Tuesday due to widespread protests by the main Tamil party Tamil National Alliance against a new controversial anti-terrorism bill drafted to replace a draconian counter-terrorism law. The new Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) will replace the much-maligned Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) of 1979. […]
Sanaa: At least 85 people were killed while over 322 others were injured in a stampede that broke out during a charity distribution event in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa on Thursday, according to the Houthi-run health authority, reported ChinaDaily.com.cn. At least “85 were killed and more than 322 were injured” after the stampede in the Bab […]