New York City recorded its most significant snowfall in several years, with 4.3 inches covering Central Park by Saturday (AP photo) A powerful winter storm sweeping across the US Northeast and Great Lakes disrupted peak post-Christmas travel, grounding thousands of flights and prompting emergency declarations in several states. Snow and ice battered major transport hubs […]
Dhaka madrasa blast injures four DHAKA: Four people, including a child, were injured after a powerful explosion rocked a madrasa in the Bangladesh capital’s Hasnabad area on Friday, with police recovering bomb-making materials from the site. The explosion led to collapse of walls of two rooms of the Umm Al Qura International Madrasa. The madrasa […]
Looking to tighten rules around the use of human-like artificial intelligence, China on Saturday said service providers must inform users that they are dealing with AI when they log in to a service, and at two-hour intervals, or when signs of overdependence can be detected. AI systems that are designed to act like humans should […]
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot threw his weight behind Florian Wirtz after the German midfielder finally opened his account for the club with a crucial winner in Saturday’s 2-1 Premier League victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Anfield. The goal, Wirtz’s first in Liverpool colours, helped the Reds climb into the top four and ease growing […]
File photo: Muhammad Yunus DHAKA: Editors’ Council president Nurul Kabir on Saturday said “some part” of the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government allowed the vandalism and arson at the offices of the country’s leading newspapers Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, and at cultural centre Chhayanaut in Dhaka – attacks that took place following radical leader […]
Representative image (Picture credit: NYT) Five weeks into a strike at the crowdfunding site Kickstarter this fall, employees were getting anxious. Their union’s strike fund was dwindling, making it harder for some to cover living expenses, and they were unsure if the firm would make more concessions. But the next week, Kickstarter made offers the […]
CHANDRAPUR: The SIT probing illegal sale of a farmer’s kidney in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, has uncovered a direct operational link to China. Fresh disclosures indicate that a Chinese surgeon, Dr Chiang, conducted transplant procedures in Cambodia and supplied harvested organs to clients in his home country.The revelations, based on statements of two key accus-ed during interrogation, […]
Star strikers Victor Osimhen and Sadio Mane scored on Saturday as Nigeria qualified for the knockout stage of the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, and Senegal edged closer to joining them. Osimhen opened the scoring for the Super Eagles just before half-time, and they built a three-goal lead before surviving a late Tunisia rally […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia could see Kyiv was in no hurry to end the Ukraine conflict by peaceful means, Interfax news agency reported on Saturday.Putin said that if Ukraine did not want to resolve the conflict peacefully then Russia would accomplish all goals of its “special military operation” by force, Russian state […]
Family and friends pay tribute to Anjel Chakma at his home in Tripura DEHRADUN: A 24-year-old MBA student from Tripura, who confronted a group of men hurling racial slurs at him and his younger brother, died in a Dehradun hospital on Friday after fighting for his life for over 14 days. The stabbing happened on […]
