Long before cities rose across Mesopotamia and centuries before writing first appeared on clay tablets, the landscape of western Asia was being shaped by forces hidden deep beneath the ground. The Euphrates River, later associated with some of humanity’s earliest urban societies, did not always follow its familiar course. Its path emerged gradually through geological…
US President Donald Trump turned 80 on Sunday, a milestone he has admitted he is not particularly fond of, saying it is “not a number” he likes.Just days before his birthday, Trump told Dr Mehmet Oz, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, that turning 80 was not something he was looking forward…
A Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report said that Amazon research may be behind the Trump administration’s decision to block foreign access to Anthropic’s most advanced AI models – Fable 5 and Mythos 5. Now, the publication reports that the decision was also influenced by conversations between Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and senior US government officials….
Mahua Moitra; Sudip Bandyopadhyay NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Sunday accused veteran party leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay of lying about his health after he joined TMC’s rebel MPs and met Union ministers Amit Shah and Bhupender Yadav in Delhi.Also Read: In late flip, Sudip Bandyopadhyay joins TMC rebel camp, meets Amit Shah…
British forces have intercepted a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the English Channel for the first time, in what the government described as a major operation aimed at disrupting Moscow’s ability to fund its war in Ukraine.The vessel, SMYRTOS, was boarded in the early hours of Sunday by Royal Marine Commandos and specially trained…
BENGALURU: A late-night drive in a Mercedes-Benz SUV ended in tragedy near Hoskote after the vehicle crashed into a divider on the Satellite Town Ring Road shortly after Friday midnight, killing two occupants.Car dealer Rizwan, 30, who was driving the SUV, was thrown out of the vehicle and fell into a water-filled area below the…
A 22-year-old woman from Sikkim, working as a receptionist at a salon in Bengaluru, was found murdered at her rented residence in Doddakannahalli, Bellandur, police said. BENGALURU: A 22-year-old woman from Sikkim, working as a receptionist at a salon in Bengaluru, was found murdered at her rented residence in Doddakannahalli, Bellandur, police said.The victim, identified…
Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and Indian men’s team rallies behind Women in Blue ahead of the T20 World Cup. (Video grabs) NEW DELHI: As India gear up for their highly anticipated ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 opener against arch-rivals Pakistan, the Women’s team received a major boost with members of the men’s side sending…
The United States government’s decision to restrict global access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 marks a defining moment in the geopolitics of artificial intelligence. What began as a regulatory intervention has now snowballed into a broader national security doctrine, signalling that frontier AI models are no longer just commercial tools but strategic assets.From…
A diplomatic outreach campaign by the US Embassy in Delhi has run into trouble after several auto-rickshaw drivers were seen tearing down posters of President Donald Trump from their vehicles. This comes days after three Indian sailors were killed in a US strike on a tanker in Oman.The “#Freedom250” campaign had placed Trump-themed covers and…