Piddington, a central English village of 350 people, held a symbolic “independence referendum” on Tuesday to protest against plans to house more than 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby disused military site.The Oxfordshire village, 25km from Oxford, asked residents to vote “Yes” or “No” on whether it should seek to secede from the UK and…
A former Google DeepMind employee Monday became the latest AI researcher to warn that the technology could “kill all humans”, saying time could be running out to avoid the outcome. Public alarm about the potential danger posed by AI is growing, after Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said last week he had resigned, in part because…
Dhaka: Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Tuesday sentenced seven Awami League leaders, including party general secretary and former minister Obaidul Quader, to death for crimes against humanity committed during the July 2024 mass uprising that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister.Like Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, who were…
PewDiePie (Image via Getty) PewDiePie has found himself at the centre of an unexpected online debate after an old family vlog resurfaced, showing his three-year-old son Björn wearing dresses. What began as a playful moment during a family outing quickly became a talking point across social media, with viewers split over the clip. While some…
Simone Biles built a custom $3 million waterfront mansion in Texas; after years of planning and delays, the Olympian settled into the lakefront estate following a prior $1.1 million property buy Simone Biles and her husband Jonathan Owens have finally moved into the Texas home they spent years planning and building. The custom lakefront mansion…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s public event outside London’s iconic Shard skyscraper after the Metropolitan Police raised concerns over crowd safety.Hundreds of fans had gathered at the venue, with several waiting for hours to see the actor-turned-politician. Vijay’s team announced the cancellation over a loudspeaker, citing the lack of police permission…
PM Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi raised Indian concerns in ties with China with President Xi Jinping when the two met last week on the sidelines of the Brics summit, saying both sides need to show sensitivity to each other’s core concerns, according to the Indian government.The MEA assertion…
NEW DELHI: IPS officer Sanjukta Parashar, called the ‘Iron Lady of Assam’, has become the first woman officer to lead CRPF’s jungle warfare commando unit, CoBRA.Parashar, a 2006-batch officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, earned the moniker of Iron Lady after leading the crackdown against militant outfit National Democratic Front of Bodoland in 2013-14 as the…
Rahul Gandhi slams PM Modi New Delhi: Assailing govt over its decision to start charging for UPI transactions, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said, “Just like with the US trade deal, compromised PM Modi is once again surrendering to American pressure.“Rahul said, “American payment companies have long opposed India’s zero-MDR policy. Now, Modi govt has…
NEW DELHI: For 15 days, Sunaina Devi (55) survived on river water and the fragile shelter of a half-submerged thatched hut, after being swept 50km downstream by the monsoon-swollen Ganga. She was found alive Monday by fishermen who heard her cries.Devi, from Kapurpatti village in Bihar’s Buxar district, had gone to bathe on Aug 30…