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- Technology
China’s DeepSeek rolls out long-anticipated update of its AI model
Hong Kong: DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup that shook world markets last year, launched preview versions of its latest major update Friday as the AI rivalry between China and the US…
- World
Austrian prez trolls Trump, says autocrats attack truth to stay in power
Vienna: Taking a dig at Donald Trump, Austria’s president has said that in this age of misinformation, anyone with a computer can depict himself as Jesus or a doctor, and the fundamental…
- World
Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial opens in New York for third time
New York: Prosecutors once again portrayed Harvey Weinstein as a onetime Hollywood power player who used his sway as a tool of sexual assault, repainting a familiar but fraught picture Tuesday at…
- World
US delegation meets Cuban officials as tensions rise over Trump threats
Washington: An American delegation recently met with Cuban government officials in the island nation, marking a renewed diplomatic push even as US President Donald Trump has threatened to intervene, and Cuba’s leader…
- Telangana
Telangana invites US firms to invest in aerospace, defence sectors
Hyderabad: Telangana’s IT and Industries minister, D Sridhar Babu, has called on American companies to explore investment opportunities in the state’s rapidly expanding aerospace, defence, and space industries. The appeal was made…
- Hyderabad
Protolabs to set up Global Capability Centre in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: US-based digital manufacturing company Protolabs will establish a Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Hyderabad as part of its India expansion plans. The development was announced by Telangana IT and Industries minister…
- World
Trump vows to ‘kill’ Iranian warships that get near US blockade
Washington: The US military announced it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday, tempering US President Donald Trump’s previous vow to entirely block the strategic Strait…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra student dies in US crash; family crowdfunding to bring her home
A 23-year-old student from Guntur, pursuing her Master’s degree in the United States, died on April 9 after battling critical injuries sustained in a road accident near Pittsburgh. Navya Nelakuditi had recently…
- World
Artemis II: 1st crewed lunar voyage in 50 yrs ends with pacific splashdown
Houston: Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century. It was a…
- World
Artemis II completes record-breaking trip around moon
Houston: Emerging from behind the moon, the Artemis II astronauts pointed their capsule toward home Monday night after beholding views of the lunar far side never before witnessed and setting a new…
- Middle East
US special forces were on ground in Iran as part of rescue mission
Washington: The special operators were part of the teams sent in to retrieve the pilot and weapon systems officer of a downed fighter jet in Iran, according to a US official who…
- World
Halfway to the moon, Artemis crew deals with faulty space toilet
Houston: Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts. On the downside, their…
- World
Lung diseases among workers who built major US Hindu temple: Report
Workers who helped construct the BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple in New Jersey, one of the largest Hindu temples outside India, have developed serious respiratory illnesses, including silicosis, an incurable lung disease linked…
- World
Epstein victims may benefit from $72.5M Bank of America settlement
New York: Lawyers say up to 75 women who were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein since 2008 may benefit from a USD 72.5 million fund set up as part of a settlement…
- World
Artemis II astronauts capture stunning Earth views en route to moon
Cape Canaveral: The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon. NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, one-and-a-half days into…
