A zoo in southwestern China’s Sichuan province has raised safety concerns by selling tiger urine as a purported treatment for rheumatism. The Yaan Bifengxia Wildlife Zoo, a popular tourist attraction, is offering bottles of “medicinal tiger urine” from Siberian tigers for 50 yuan (Rs 596) each, South China Morning Post reported. The bottles, containing 250g … Read more
Washington DC: US President Donald Trump said Monday he had signed an executive order ridding the military of what he called “transgender ideology,” in a potentially major setback for LGBTQ rights. In a series of orders related to the military that Trump told reporters he had signed on Air Force One, he also called for … Read more
Talk of an artificial-intelligence upstart in China behind a formidable ChatGPT rival had been building for days. At the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, some mentioned Hangzhou-based DeepSeek and its recently released R1 model as a prime reason for countries such as the US to be doubling down on AI advancements. On tech … Read more
Survivors of the Holocaust have entrusted their memories of the Nazi death camps to artificial intelligence to ensure that generations to come can access recollections of the genocide of six million Jews. The project at the Museum of Jewish Heritage (MJH) in New York saw 10 survivors undertake interviews on a range of topics to … Read more
A Pennsylvania family of four was found dead in their home, in what officials suspect to be a murder-suicide, New York Post reported. The victims include Paul Swarner, 35, his wife Karen, 32; their two young children, Evelyn, 5, and Connor, 1. According to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s report and police, the bodies were discovered on … Read more
US President Donald Trump said Monday he would sign an executive order ridding the US military of what he called “transgender ideology” in a potentially major setback for LGBTQ rights. “To ensure that we have the most lethal fighting force in the world, we will get transgender ideology the hell out of our military,” Trump … Read more
The US Justice Department fired more than a dozen officials who worked on investigations that former Special Counsel Jack Smith led into Donald Trump’s actions following the president’s 2020 election loss. Acting Attorney General James McHenry removed the officials because he didn’t believe those staff members could be trusted to implement the president’s agenda due … Read more
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is planning for his to travel to Washington DC next week to meet with US President Donald Trump, The Times of Israel reported. The trip has not been finalised and will be dependent on Netanyahu’s health, as he recovers from prostate surgery, but the plan is for him … Read more
“Elon Musk is creating a threat to democracies,” French PM Francois Bayrou said. Paris: Billionaire Elon Musk, the owner of social media network X, poses a threat to democracies, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said on Monday. “Elon Musk is creating a threat to democracies,” Bayrou said in a local TV interview. “Money should not … Read more
Washington: A man charged over the January 6, 2021 assault on the US Capitol, and pardoned by President Donald Trump, was killed by police during a traffic stop, according to officials. Matthew Huttle, 42, was killed by a sheriff’s deputy Sunday after he “resisted” arrest during a traffic stop in northwest Indiana, a state police … Read more
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Monday the low-cost Chinese AI model DeepSeek was a “wake up call” for US firms, after its emergence caused a rout in tech shares. “Hopefully, the release of DeepSeek AI from a Chinese company should be a wake up call for our industries that we need to be laser-focused … Read more
Trump said Monday he would sign an executive order to start building an “Iron Dome” air defense system. Washington: President Donald Trump said Monday he would sign an executive order to start building an “Iron Dome” air defense system for the United States, like the one that Israel has used to intercept thousands of rockets. … Read more