Google launches ChatGPT rival Bard in EU, Brazil
Paris: Google announced Thursday that its AI chatbot Bard was now available in around 50 more countries, including all 27 EU nations and Brazil, as it expands access to its answer to Microsoft-backed...
Race against time to find missing toddler in French Alps
France: Rescue services said they still hoped to find a toddler who went missing in a hamlet in the French Alps as the third day of searching got underway on Tuesday.Emile, who is two and a half, was...
Six killed in China kindergarten attack
Beijing: Six people were killed and one wounded in a kindergarten stabbing in southern China's Guangdong province on Monday, local officials said.The victims include one teacher, two parents and three...
UK PM 'in trouble' a year on from Johnson's downfall
London: Twelve months since Boris Johnson announced his resignation, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is courting disaster in coming electoral tests and struggling to honour his flagship policy...
Musk predicts Tesla self-driving cars 'later this year'
Shanghai: Electric car giant Tesla is set to realise fully autonomous vehicles "later this year", CEO Elon Musk said Thursday, in the billionaire's latest forecast for the long-anticipated...
Monday world's hottest day on record, initial measurements show
Paris: Monday was the world's hottest day on record, exceeding an average of 17 degrees Celsius (62.6 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first time, according to initial measurements taken on Tuesday by US...
Netherlands to ban mobile phones from classrooms
The Hague: The Netherlands said Tuesday it will ban mobile phones from classrooms in a bid to stop tech disrupting lessons.Mobiles, tablets and smartwatches are getting in the way of students'...
Afghan Taliban order women's beauty parlours to shut
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, the vice ministry confirmed Tuesday, the latest curb to further squeeze women out of...
In AI tussle, Twitter restricts number of posts users can read
New York: Elon Musk announced Saturday that Twitter would temporarily restrict how many tweets users could read per day, in a move meant to tamp down on the use of the site's data by artificial...
All five on Titanic sub dead after 'catastrophic' implosion
All five people aboard a submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic died -- likely in an instant -- when their vessel suffered what the US Coast Guard said Thursday was a...
Musk meets Modi to discuss investment in India
New Delhi: Twitter owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday he discussed potential "significant investments" in India after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the United States. Musk, one of...
French football star Kante joins Saudi side Al Ittihad
Riyadh: France's World Cup-winning midfielder N'Golo Kante has joined Saudi Arabian champions Al Ittihad, the club said in a statement on Wednesday, joining up with compatriot Karim Benzema."Kante is...
Chinese tech giant Alibaba names next CEO
Beijing, June 20: Chinese tech giant Alibaba announced on Tuesday that it will replace chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang with current executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai in September.Zhang said in a...
Spain beat Croatia on penalties to win Nations League
Netherlands: Dani Carvajal chipped home a Panenka penalty to win Spain the Nations League on Sunday, with a 5-4 shoot-out victory over Croatia, after a tense match finished 0-0 following...
Gales lash India and Pakistan coast as cyclone approaches
India: Howling gales and crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on Thursday hours before a powerful cyclone was due to make landfall, with those unable to flee seeking shelter...
Mbappe future with PSG in major doubt
Paris - Kylian Mbappe told Paris Saint-Germain on Monday that he would not be taking up an option to extend his contract until 2025, raising the spectre of him following Lionel Messi out of the club...
Italy's former PM Berlusconi dies at 86
Rome - Silvio Berlusconi, who dominated Italian public life for decades as a billionaire media mogul, businessman, and prime minister, has died aged 86.The larger-than-life character, who once...
India crash probe focusing on manual bypass of track signal
NEW DELHI - An official probe into India's rail crash is focusing on suspected manual bypassing of an automated signaling system that guides train movement - action investigators believe sent a packed...
Boris Johnson quits as MP, claiming a witch-hunt
London - Britain's former prime minister Boris Johnson on Friday said he was quitting as a member of parliament, claiming he had been forced out in a stitch-up by his political opponents.The...
Indian train service to resume after crash
Kolkata - One of the train services involved in a triple collision in India's deadliest railway disaster in decades was set to resume Wednesday, as officials revised the death toll up to 288."The...