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A 22-year-old UK man has been jailed for life for the murder of Saudi Arabian student Mohammed Algasim, who was fatally stabbed outside student accommodation in Cambridge.Chas Corrigan was sentenced at Cambridge Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 22 years and six months. The sentence follows his conviction for the murder…
Former US ambassador Carla Sands said Indians in America earn more because they are fraudsters. Former US ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands has stoked a major controversy as she said Americans are superiors than Indians as they believe in the Ten Commandments and are not fraudsters. Appearing on President Donald Trump’s aide Steve Bannon’s show,…
Indian techie says though his company applied for his Green Card in 2017, he sees himself eventually returning to India. (Photo: Seattle Times) When President Donald Trump announced the $100,000 fee for H-1Bs last September, Indian techie Abhishek Abhyankar was in India for his wedding. At that time, it was not immediately clear who will…
UAE announces public holiday for Islamic New Year 2026/Image: Getty Images The United Arab Emirates has declared Monday, June 15, a public holiday for both government employees and private sector workers to mark the Hijri New Year 1448.The announcement was made by the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources and the Ministry of Human Resources…
Chinese intelligence operatives are posing as job recruiters on professional networking and employment platforms to trick government employees, military personnel and other individuals with access to sensitive information into disclosing confidential details, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance has warned.In a joint security bulletin issued by intelligence agencies from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada…
A devastating fire at an elderly care home in western Sri Lanka has killed at least 12 residents and left seven others injured, police said on Thursday.The blaze broke out at around 5.30pm on Wednesday at the Mawpiya Sevana Elderly Care Home in Anguruwatota, about 65 kilometres southeast of Colombo in Kalutara district. More than…
Most drones rely on GPS and powerful computers to find their way around. That makes them heavy, expensive, and power-hungry, basically not practical for anything small. But honeybees? They navigate perfectly with brains smaller than a grain of rice. Now, scientists at Delft University of Technology have figured out their secret and built drones that…
UK MP takes on Elon Musk’s xAI in groundbreaking deepfake legal challenge / Image: File A British Labour MP has launched a groundbreaking legal challenge against Elon Musk‘s artificial intelligence company xAI, arguing that AI developers should be held accountable when their systems create harmful content.Jess Asato announced that she has filed a claim in…
In a cold store in northern Italy, Ötzi the Iceman lies behind controlled glass and steel, kept at a steady chill that mimics the glacier that once sealed him away. He has been there since 1991, when hikers stumbled upon what appeared to be a recent body lodged in the melting ice of the Ötztal…
It is not often that a handful of pale yellow fragments lying quietly in desert sand end up pulling scientists back into questions about ancient catastrophe and planetary violence. Libyan Desert Glass has been sitting in museum drawers and scattered across remote stretches of North Africa for decades, sometimes even cut into jewellery that once…
