“I wouldn’t, probably help you”: President Donald Trump tells 10-year-old rescued by teen lifeguard he “wouldn’t” have risked his life to save him
Nathanial Rai had been swept off his feet along the California coast and was rescued by a 16-year-old lifeguard, Ryder Williams. The video of the brave rescue went viral across social media, enough to be noticed by the United States President Donald Trump. On Monday, August 17, he invited both Rai and Williams to the […]
Two pairs of North American raccoons were released in Germany’s Kassel, today it is called the ‘raccoon capital of Europe’ with a population of around 30,000 animals and a disturbed public life
Raccoons are loved by some, despised by others. Some feed them nearby their homes and others keep weapons ready at their disposal. But in Germany they hold a reputation that exceeds any. Labelled as “bandits,” due to the distinctive black strip across their eyes, they regularly make headlines for breaking into hospitals, zoos, power plants […]
Boiler Explosion in Tamil Nadu Steel Plant Claims Life of Migrant Worker
Chennai, July 14: A tragic incident occurred at a steel melting unit in the SIPCOT industrial area of Gummidipoondi, Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a migrant worker and serious injuries to four others. The explosion of a boiler led to a massive fire in the factory, prompting extensive rescue […]
Ex-Meta techie wraps up 14 years of life in US after layoff, says he’s tired of immigration clock
Former Meta techie says he has to make the tough decision of returning to India after being laid off. A former techie at Meta who got laid off in the latest round of firing that happened in May said he had to make the hard decision of leaving the US, the country where he built […]
Quote of the day by Will Smith: “If you’re not making someone else’s life better, then you’re wasting your time.” | World News
Two people can spend the same hour on their phones and come away completely differently. One scrolls, argues in a comment section, and feels drained by the time they put it down. The other uses that same hour to check in on a friend, share something useful, or make someone’s day a little easier, and […]
UK brothers sentenced to life for 1984 murder of civil servant Anthony Littler after decades-long cold case | World News
Anthony Stewart and Michael Stewart. Two UK brothers have been sentenced to life in prison for the 1984 murder of a civil servant in north London, more than four decades after the killing remained unsolved.Anthony Stewart, 60, and Michael Stewart, 57, were convicted of murdering 45-year-old Anthony Littler, who was attacked while walking home in […]
Weizenbaum: Computer scientist who created world’s first chatbot in the 1960s spent his whole life warning that AI should never replace humans, and the reason will shock you
Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people” Joseph Weizenbaum set out to prove that computers could imitate conversation. Instead, his experiment convinced him that people could become emotionally attached to machines far more easily than he had imagined. That discovery changed the course of […]
‘Lust for murder’: German doctor who killed 15 patients gets life term; suspected in 76 more deaths
German doctor given life in prison for 15 murders, suspected on 76 more A German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients, with prosecutors investigating 76 other cases that could make it one of the worst serial murder cases in Germany’s history.A court in Berlin found the […]
An indigenous Yurok family from California brought a dying river back to life after leading a decades-long fight to remove four dams | World News
Yurok attorney Amy Bowers Cordalis and the Klamath River, where her family helped lead a historic river restoration effort. More than a century after four dams cut off the Klamath River’s natural flow, salmon are finally swimming freely upstream again. The historic comeback follows the completion of the world’s largest dam removal project in October […]