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Following national rioting, Bangladesh on Thursday outlawed the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student branch, Islami Chhatra Shibir, under anti-terrorism law, citing the fundamentalist party’s threat to public security. On Thursday, the Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a statement confirming the ban on the Islamist party, a crucial partner of former Prime … Read more
According to The Information, OpenAI plans to spend all of its funds on current expenses within the next 12 months. The San Francisco-based AI startup leader is on course to lose $5 billion, owing to large capital expenditures on cloud infrastructure required for training and running AI systems, like ChatGPT. OpenAI has traditionally relied on … Read more
On Thursday, the Democratic Party began the formal vote to nominate Vice President Kamala Harris for president, launching a virtual roll call that will solidify her role as the party’s standard-bearer moving into November. Less than two weeks after Joe Biden ended his re election bid, his 52-year-old vice president is in full control of … Read more
Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, attended Iran’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian’s inauguration ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday, reflecting the two nations’ close ties. Pezeshkian was sworn in as Iran’s ninth president more than three weeks after defeating hardliner Saeed Jalili in a runoff election. The presidential election was triggered by the … Read more
The World Health Organization announced on Monday that Sinergium Biotech, a company that develops bird flu vaccines, will provide manufacturers in low- and middle-income nations with access to its data in order to accelerate a fair pandemic rollout. The Argentine private sector biopharmaceutical company is at an early stage of developing mRNA vaccines against the … Read more
The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was assassinated in Tehran, Iran, according to a statement from the Gaza government, which held Israel accountable for his death. According to the statement, Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards perished after the building in which they were lodging was struck. Haniyeh was in Tehran on Tuesday to … Read more
A recent bug at Google Chrome has wiped stored passwords for an estimated 15 million Windows users. According to a report by Forbes, it happened on July 24 and 25. This stressed critical sectors such as healthcare, airlines, and banks. The issue was linked to one of the changes made in the way Google Chrome … Read more
The vice president’s campaign has raised USD 200 million, according to Al Jazeera, almost a week after US President Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential contest and nominated his deputy Kamala Harris as his replacement. The campaign, which published its latest fundraising total on Sunday, claimed the majority of the funds (66%) were from first-time … Read more
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro won reelection with 51.2% of the vote on Sunday, according to the electoral council, following a campaign marred by allegations of opposition intimidation and fraud. Elvis Amoroso, president of the CNE electoral board, which is overwhelmingly sympathetic to the government, informed reporters that 44.2 percent of votes went to opposition candidate … Read more
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has officially endorsed Masoud Pezeshkian as the ninth president of the Islamic Republic. The announcement was made during snap elections won by the reformist camp’s candidate, who secured over 16 million votes or about 54% of the 30 million ballots cast. Pezeshkian is due to be sworn in before … Read more
Humanity is experiencing a “extreme heat epidemic,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, demanding action to alleviate the impacts of heat waves caused by climate change. “Billions of people are facing an extreme heat epidemic — wilting under increasingly deadly heat waves, with temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius around the world,” said Mr. Trump. “That … Read more
Sayed Zulfi Bukhari, Imran’s adviser on international matters, said Geo News that Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan would run for the position of Oxford University Chancellor. Mr Bukhari told a Pakistan-based media site on Thursday that the Chancellor’s position became vacant after Lord Patten, 80, retired after 21 years of service. Mr Khan, … Read more
Elon Musk’s estranged transgender daughter, who he had alleged was “killed” by “woke mind virus”, has “disowned” him. The world’s richest man had claimed in a recent interview that during the pandemic, he was tricked into signing documents for “one of his older boys” Vivian Jenna Wilson. He had even referred to gender-reassignment surgery as … Read more
Kamala Harris, the vice president, formally announced her candidacy for the US presidency on Saturday, July 27. She gave off the impression that her party would win. In a post on X, Harris announced, “Today, I signed the forms officially declaring my candidacy for President of the United States.” “I will work hard to earn … Read more
Residents in many European destinations, host to large masses of tourists, are increasingly protesting against mass tourism. Many initiatives have been started and implemented in an effort to regulate the overwhelming number of visitors and their impression in many cities, from Barcelona to Venice. Here’s a rundown of what some of these places are doing … Read more