The leader of an Islamic State-linked militant network in Indonesia was killed in a shootout with security forces, police said Sunday.
Formal announcement to come in the next few days, says a home ministry official Amid a decline in Covid cases in the country, India may soon reopen its doors for foreign tourists for the first time in one-and-a-half years, officials said.
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Beijing says plant pests have been found in sugar and wax apples imported from Taiwan, but the island’s authorities say no proof was provided.
The Captain has resigned but clearly the game is not over in Punjab
United Russia party is set to win the polls after Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s allies barred from running in June.
DTEK on Sept. 16 agreed with the American company HC Trading (Heidelberg Cement Group) on the supply to Ukraine of two shiploads of American thermal coal with a total volume of 150,000 tonnes, the company said in a press release. It is expected that coal…
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India reported 30,773 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the federal health ministry said on Sunday, taking its COVID-19 tally to 33.4 million cases.
The U.S. tech giant faces mounting criticism from the Russian opposition and abroad for backing down to demands from Russian authorities.
Since Punjab’s reorganisation in 1966, Capt Amarinder Singh is the 11th Chief Minister who has failed to complete the full term in office.
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The bodies of Indonesia’s most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group and a follower, who were killed in a jungle shootout with security forces, were evacuated early Sunday to a police hospital for further investigation, police said.
Russia heads to the polls in the country’s parliamentary elections in which most vocal Kremlin critics have been barred from running.
Ambika Soni ‘refuses’ top job | Resolution asks Sonia to take final call The suspense over the successor to Capt Amarinder Singh just got a little longer with the CLP awaiting the final nod from Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Select Hong Kong residents are voting for members of the Election Committee that choose the city’s leaders
HONG KONG (AP) — Select Hong Kong residents voted for members of the Election Committee that choose the city's leader in polls Sunday that Chief Executive Carrie Lam called “very meaningful” as the first under reforms meant to ensure candidates with Beijing loyalty.
Some 4,800 people will select the Election Committee following China’s changes, compared with 233,000 five years ago.
China will suspend sugar apple and wax apple imports from Taiwan to prevent disease carried by a pest found on the fruits from entering the country, its customs office said on Sunday.
China halts Taiwan sugar apple, wax apple imports to prevent disease
Six prisoners had tunneled out of a maximum-security facility on Sept. 6, in an embarrassment for Israel.
Hong Kong voters will be outnumbered by riot trained-police as an elite group elects the committee of Beijing loyalists that will next year pick the financial hub’s leader.
The formation of the election committee on Sunday is the first poll to be held under the patriots rule imposed by Beijing
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Russians vote on Sunday in the final stretch of a three-day parliamentary election that the ruling party is expected to win after a sweeping crackdown that crushed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's movement and barred opponents from the ballot.
Developments in Chandigarh have shown that essentially Congress MLAs are loyal to Gandhis than to any regional satraps.
The last two of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped a maximum-security Israeli prison two weeks ago were rearrested early Sunday, the Israeli military said. The two were captured during an Israeli army raid in their hometown of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, closing an…
For the Amarinder Singh government, on government schools, it may have been a matter of too little too late. But in Amritsar, his is a wan and besieged presence in other conversations about other crises, too.
Pro-democracy candidates are almost absent from Hong Kong's first election since Beijing overhauled the city's electoral system to ensure that "only patriots" rule China's freest city.
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Fewer than 5,000 Hong Kong people from mostly pro-establishment circles vote on Sunday for candidates vetted as loyal to Beijing, who will pick the city's next China-backed leader.
Hong Kong's political elite will select a powerful committee on Sunday which will choose the city's next leader and nearly half the legislature under a new "patriots only" system imposed by Beijing.
Germany's departing chancellor leaves a vacuum on world stage
With the Taliban in power in Kabul, the gap will now only widen
The usual Liberal approach during elections, which is to paint the Conservatives as extreme, isn’t resonating.
Following American Samoa’s COVID protocols, the infected person was transported to a government isolation facility, health officials said.
Pakistan News: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he believed US President Joe Biden was targeted with "unfair criticism" over troops withdrawal from Afghan
"I have initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for an inclusive Afghan government to include Tajiks, Hazaras and Uzbeks," says PM Imran Khan without giving more details on the dialogue with Afghanistan's new rulers.
Although the polls to form the high-powered committee that chooses the future chief executive and some lawmakers are beyond the reach of millions of people, it would be wrong to say they are of no concern to the wider community.
A snap election that was supposed to be a show of strength has instead allowed opponents to highlight the prime minister’s weak points.
Indonesia's military says security forces have killed the country's most wanted militant with ties to the Islamic State group
Central Sulawesi province’s military chief says Ali Kalora of East Indonesia Mujahideen shot during gun battle with security forces
Asks US to devise a strategy if a humanitarian crisis breaks out in Afghanistan.
Imran Khan says his initiative follows talks with leaders of Afghanistan’s neighbours
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Canada's election is in a dead heat two days before the Sept. 20 vote, according to a new poll on Saturday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Conservative rival both campaigned in the same seat-rich region to scour up votes.
That’s one way to commemorate an outgoing head of state.
Witnesses say a series of three explosions that targeted Taliban vehicles in the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province has left at least three dead and 20 wounded, No one immediately took responsibility for the attack Saturday in Jalalabad, but the increasingly violent Islamic State…
Residents of Vinnytsia are most satisfied with the level of spheres and services among all cities of Ukraine, according to the results of a study conducted by the Rating sociological group on behalf of the Center for Analysis and Sociological Research of the International Republican…
Documents reported by The Wall Street Journal earlier this week revealed a secret system at Facebook to coddle the posts of politicians and celebrities, as well as internal stats on the full extent of psychological harm that Instagram causes teen girls.
The Chinese property giant owes $300 billion and is on the hook for as many as 1.6 million apartments. It may owe tens of thousands of its employees money, too.
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China Evergrande Group (3333.HK) kicked off a process on Saturday to repay investors in its overdue investment products with discounted properties, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.
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China's top securities regulator defended their crackdown on various industries in a private meeting with Wall Street executives, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.
Three Texas women who were seen in a video allegedly attacking a NYC restaurant hostess after their vaccination cards were questioned said they were racially profiled and called the n-word.
A popular drug to curb smoking habits is being recalled over consumer safety concerns.
The issues of content moderation, mental health risks and misinformation are complex and defy simple policy solutions, according to a statement from Nick Clegg, Facebook’s head of global affairs
Three Texas tourists accused of attacking a hostess at an Upper West Side restaurant for questioning their COVID-19 vaccination cards claim they were racially profiled and demand the hostess — who they say was the aggressor — be fired. “This hostess clearly has some anger…
(Bloomberg) -- China Evergrande Group bondholders are about to find out if the property giant’s liquidity crisis is as dire as it appears.Interest payments on two Evergrande notes come due Thursday, a key test of whether the developer will continue meeting obligations to bondholders even…
China Evergrande Group bondholders are about to find out if the property giant’s liquidity crisis is as dire as it appears.
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday compares how effective each of the three COVID-19 vaccines are in preventing hospitalization from the virus.
Boston's "Skinny House" -- an iconic structure and must-see tourist attraction known as the narrowest home in the city -- just sold for more than $1.2 million.
Boston’s famous Skinny House has sold for a nice fat price.
Police say the three attacked a 24-year-old white hostess at Carmine’s on Broadway near W. 91st St. Thursday afternoon.
The company’s vice-president of global affairs said the paper had not presented the whole picture on the ‘difficult issues’
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Facebook Inc on Saturday slammed a Wall Street Journal series of articles about the social media company's platform as containing "deliberate mischaracterizations" and said the articles "conferred egregiously false motives to Facebook's leadership and employees."
Can't wait to celebrate National Cheeseburger Day this year! 🍔
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faces a communication challenge in the coming week as he leans toward paring back stimulus while trying to avert speculation that such a shift presages future interest-rate increases.
An alarming number of companies have warned that profits won’t meet expectations when they report in a month.
(Bloomberg) -- Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faces a communication challenge in the coming week as he leans toward paring back stimulus while trying to avert speculation that such a…
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration panel on Friday rejected Pfizer’s request to administer a third COVID-19 booster shot to the general public.
LOS ANGELES — Amid persistent concerns that the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines may be waning, a report released Friday by the Centers for...
Boston’s famous “Skinny House” sold for a hefty price tag on Thursday.
Here's where you can satisfy your cheeseburger cravings on Saturday.
A study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday compares how effective each of the three COVID-19 vaccines are in preventing hospitalization from the virus.
A federal advisory panel has recommended Pfizer booster shots, but only for people 65 or older, or those who run a high risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
Following American Samoa’s COVID protocols, the infected person was transported to a government isolation facility, health officials said.
Three-fourths of restaurant employees report lower tips as a result of having to enforce COVID restrictions.
PM Naftali Bennett went against the WHO's recommendation by approving the booster shot for the COVID-19 vaccine.
China Evergrande is struggling with more than $300 billion in debt. At its Shenzhen headquarters, angry suppliers and investors demand overdue pay.
China Evergrande is struggling with more than $300 billion in debt. At its Shenzhen headquarters, angry suppliers and investors demand overdue pay.
Expert advisers said the Pfizer boosters should be available for people older than 65 and for those at risk of severe illness.
The mayor's executive order mandating proof of vaccination in order to dine inside took effect on Sept. 13.
Elizabeth Holmes’ biotech company was once considered the hottest startup in Silicon Valley. But for lab techs working in Theranos’ blood lab, it didn’t exactly feel like a dream job.
Several fast food places in our area have special deals going on to commemorate the occasion.
The 10.4-foot-wide house is Boston's skinniest home, and legend has it that it was built after two brothers feuded over a piece of inherited land.
Long-term ingestion of the drug can lead to a "potential increased cancer risk in humans, but there is no immediate risk to patients taking this medication."
The panel recommended against blanket access to Pfizer boosters for those 16 and older, but urged offering them to those 65 and older and “at high risk,” a term that offers the White House some room to expand access.
The estimated Mega Millions jackpot is now at $432 million.
What are ordinary Americans to do when the scientists and the experts don’t agree?
CLEVELAND (WJW) — No one has claimed a winning ticket for last night’s Mega Millions drawing and now the jackpot climbs to $432 million. The numbers were: 17-32-40-59-61, Mega Ball: 18,…
Former HHS Acting Secretary and Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan says the FDA has been rightfully cautious about approving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.
Boosters have been only been recommended for certain groups of people. Here's why.
The company founder’s family and other supporters have been attending the proceedings to hear lawyers and witnesses lay out the case.
A shift in the weather accelerated the fires in the Sequoia National Park on Friday. The flames scorched a grouping of sequoias that mark the entrance to a grove of 2,000 sequoias.
General Sherman, the world's largest tree, is from the raging KNP Complex wildfire in California — for now.
Cecil Lapeyrouse's grocery has been through two world wars, depressions, storms and pandemics, but it’s never see anything like Ida.
Crews are watching the weather this weekend as they battle two California wildfires that have burned into groves of gigantic sequoia trees
The KNP Complex fire reaches the edge of the Giant Forest, which is home to about 2,000 giant sequoias.
The KNP Complex fire reaches the edge of the Giant Forest, which is home to about 2,000 giant sequoias.
ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) — At the edge of a sandstone outcropping, Teresa Leger Fernández looks out on the Rio Chama. The river tracks a diverse landscape from the southern edge of the Rocky Mountains through rugged basalt hillsides, layers of volcanic tuff, and the red…
The tropical air mass in place continues to produce a cloudy sky and wet conditions across much of Alabama. We have been dealing with very heavy rainfall across the area already this morning, and t…
Global Warming, a pressing issue, was proliferated in the discourse surrounding the planet’s health through the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
More than a third of the world's sharks and rays are threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
National Weather Service issues weather watch for critical fire conditions in Sequoia national park
Flames from a growing wildfire reached the Giant Forest, the most famous grove of giant sequoias in California, late Friday night.
The initial fire was caused by lightning on Sept. 9 and prompted Sequoia National Park to close its doors to visitors.
The initial fire was caused by lightning on Sept. 9 and prompted Sequoia National Park to close its doors to visitors.
Officials are banking on a history of prescribed burns in Sequoia National Park to help keep destructive flames from reaching the towering trees of Giant Forest.
The plastics industry kickstarted recycling to avoid bans on plastic packaging. Decades later, BP invented the carbon-footprint calculator.
Scientists with the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service announced that the hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole is now larger than Antarctica.
Most Americans aren't aware of the consistent environmental disparities between white Americans and Americans of color..
When mass evacuation becomes the primary response to hurricanes and wildfires, leaders are admitting that they cannot protect their citizens from threats of climate change.
The changing climate is everywhere Gustavo Carranza looks when he walks through his undulating citrus farm here in this tiny town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
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Isolated showers are still possible for the morning, but most of our activity will occur in the afternoon
Overblown fears that the coronavirus could be transmitted through surfaces have created a stigma around handling nonhazardous trash, experts say. Some recyclable waste has been junked or burned.
Tropical Storm Odette slogged off the mid-Atlantic coast Saturday morning and was expected to weaken Saturday night as it approaches eastern Canada. Odette was traveling northeast at 15 mph (24 kph) and was centered about 225 miles (360 kilometers) south of Nantucket, Massachusetts, according to…
The Duke of Cambridge tried out his typing skills on a typewriter to announce some news about his Earthshot Prize on Friday.
Crews are watching the weather this weekend as they battle a California wildfire that has burned into groves of gigantic sequoia trees.
Any half-decent near- or post-apocalyptic movie imagines the world of tomorrow as something out of Mad Max. With all the basics gone, what sense is there for comfort, let alone luxury?
“The Road Home program, which was designed by the state (after Katrina), was inherently discriminatory and inherently unfair because it limited the reimbursement.”
The hole in the ozone layer that reemerges with the changing of the seasons has now grown bigger than the size of Antarctica.
Environment groups decry protection ‘downgrade’ that would affect Tasmanian devil, whale shark and Kangaroo Island glossy-black cockatoo
General Sherman, the world's largest tree, now wrapped in a fire-resistant blanket, is among the giant sequoias threatened by the KNP Complex.
Analysts Apply New Approach To Understand Consumer Decisions About Aging Modules, Identify Secondary Markets Toward a Circular Economy
Temperatures stay unseasonably warm this weekend with chances for a few afternoon and evening thundershowers Saturday. Humidity drops Sunday.
California firefighters are wrapping the bases of several sequoias, including the world's largest tree, in fireproof aluminum blankets as a blaze approaches.
His new initiative aims to reward "the best ideas to confront the urgent environmental problems facing the world."
Most countries are failing to follow through on promises to meaningfully cut greenhouse gas emissions. A UN analysis shows that actions so far will allow emissions to keep increasing
The KNP Complex Fire on Friday continued to race toward the General Sherman, the...
Climate changes is a global problem that we must address in our own lives.
The Bureau of Land Management relocated its headquarters to the Western Slope in 2020. The decision was widely questioned.
Enbridge has been ordered by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to pay $3.32 million for breaching an aquifer containing groundwater during construction of a trench.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has ordered Enbridge Energy to pay more than $3 million and is recommending prosecution.
A United Nations report released Thursday compiles the latest scientific findings on climate change and shows a gathering disaster unless nations take swift, dramatic action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
The president announced new global emissions goals ahead of the Glasgow climate conference.
An accounting of promises made by countries in the years since the Paris accord found that they are not enough to avoid drastic impacts from climate change.
CALGARY — Enbridge Inc. has been fined for breaching Minnesota environmental laws during the construction of its Line 3 pipeline replacement. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has ordered Enbridge to pay $3.32 million for breaching an aquifer containing groundwater during construction of a trench…
Under current emissions commitments, the world is careening toward warming of 2.7 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to the UN.
Despite the hole's size in 2021, the ozone layer is still on a long-term path to healing.
Stricter discharge limits have never been tested under low river conditions.
Researchers have developed a new hurricane model that could help predict storms in the...
Israel assassinated nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh using an AI-powered weapon that required no on-site operatives, per The New York Times.
The presence of cancer of the lymphatic system is often determined by analyzing samples from the blood or bone marrow.
Iran's top nuclear scientist was assassinated by Israel's national intelligence agency using a high-tech remote-controlled machine gun, according to a report published Saturday in The New York Times.
Some would say that the operation succeeded in throwing Iran’s nuclear program into chaos for some months, but that Tehran has long since recovered.
In 2019, cybersecurity researchers created a machine learning model that could detect malware based on images created from the content of application files.
Israel allegedly used a remote-controlled, AI-boosted gun to assassinate an Iranian nuclear scientist..
Israel allegedly used a remote-controlled, AI-boosted gun to assassinate an Iranian nuclear scientist.
Stanford's latest release of its ongoing 'One-Hundred-Year Study on Artificial Intelligence' urges a greater blending of human and machine skills.
A recent Eightfold user conference outlined trends in applying AI to talent management and employee development.
The decisions made now could determine AI's trajectory — for good and for ill
A new report about artificial intelligence and its effects warns AI has reached a turning point and its negative effects can no longer be ignored.The big picture: For all the sci-fi worries about ultra-intelligent machines or wide-scale job loss from automation — both of which…
GPT-3 is a smart and poetic AI. It also says terrible things about Muslims.
Israeli agents had wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist for years. Then they came up with a way to do it with no operatives present.
GTPlanet met with Gran Turismo series creator Kazunori Yamauchi earlier this week to ask some of the GT community's questions about Gran Turismo 7, but we weren't the only outlet invited for an interview. A handful of our colleagues from the wider gaming industry were…
Colonialism’s painful legacy can be found everywhere—from tech to attempts at allyship.
The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission has teamed up with Deloitte on a new guide to help organizations combine their risk management efforts with their artificial intelligence initiatives.
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Some include cybersecurity, talent management and even software development.
The Israeli government is ramping up its rhetoric, but political and military constraints are too great.
The studio behind Gran Turismo 7 has revealed that ray-tracing is going to be included for PS5, but only during replays.
Real estate companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence in every aspect of buying, selling and home financing.
Square acquired this Toronto-based AI technology firm that helps combat deepfake AI cybercrime. Can it also help Square build its next-gen Cash App products?
From surveillance technology to content moderation, AI is a high-risk game. UN commissioner Michelle Bachelet is pushing for a ban where the technology is contrary to human rights.
In a new interview, artificial intelligence expert Kai Fu-Lee attributed the rise of wealth inequality in part to the tech boom in recent decades, predicting that the trend will worsen in coming years with the continued emergence of AI.
Polyphony Digital has said that its Gran Turismo 7 online requirement is to prevent save data modification and cheating.
Even if you have no previous knowledge or experience, you can learn highly valued skills that will allow you to start and move up in an exciting new tech career without taking any time off from your current job.
Airbnb built an algorithm to close the earnings gap between Black and white hosts. But Black hosts were significantly less likely to use it.
What happens in the near term is unknown, so protect your portfolio with this fintech pioneer.
And here's why campaign mode is always online
The United Nations has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) systems may pose a "negative, even catastrophic" threat to human ...
Artificial intelligence is the future, you and I believe. Artificial intelligence could ruin the future is what UN believes. Read on
Researchers from China have developed a method to copyright-protect image datasets used for computer vision training, by effectively ‘watermarking’ the images in the data, and then decrypting the ‘clean’ images via a cloud-based platform for authorized users only. Tests on the system show that training…
The U.S. military should ready itself for a warfighting environment in which the PLA’s realizes its vision of "intelligenization."
BetterUp, the inventor of virtual coaching and global leader in whole person transformation for the enterprise, has acquired two advanced technology s
The UN just called for nations of the world to halt all AI applications that threaten human rights! And without naming countries, the risk is growing.
A remotely commanded tugboat is set to circumnavigateDenmark in a multi-week, 1,000 nautical mile vo...
Bringing awareness to climate change.
Artificial intelligence will be used to develop personalised treatments while investigating role of genetics
But that's what UN group has done
Partnership with Argo AI to test autonomous technology in dense urban settings
The always-online requirement prevents cheating, GT7 producer Kazunori Yamauchi says.
Unilateral and coercive sanctions imposed by governments can create severe and undue suffering for innocent people who bear no responsibility for alleged misconduct, the UN rights chief warned the
Studio president says it’s to prevent cheating and save file manipulation
After the IAEA struck a breakthrough agreement with Iran last weekend, Israel quickly sought to escalate tensions by accusing Iranian-backed forces of using drones to attack US forces in Iraq.
A new report by the U.N. human rights office warns that artificial intelligence has the potential to facilitate "unprecedented level of surveillance across the globe by state and private actors."
A new study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has pitted English teachers against crowdsourced workers at Amazon Mechanical Turk in assessing the output of Natural Language Generation (NLG) systems, concluding that lax standards and the ‘gaming’ of prized tasks among AMT workers could be…
The UN Human Rights chief called for a moratorium on the sale and use of artificial intelligence systems including facial recognition.