India crush New Zealand to win third T20 World Cup title
AHMEDABAD (AFP) : India won a record third T20 World Cup title and became the first team to defend their crown with a 96-run thumping of New Zealand in a lop-sided final on Sunday. Suryakumar Yadav’s India were also the first team to lift the trophy on home soil as
X probes offensive posts by xAI’s Grok chatbot, Sky News reports
Social media platform X is investigating “racist and offensive” posts by xAI chatbot Grok, Sky News reported on Sunday. X and xAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Reuters could not immediately verify the video attached to the Sky News post on X. X and its safety
Shakira sets up record for largest concert ever in Mexico City
LOS ANGELES (Showbiz Desk): Singer-songwriter Shakira has set a new record after her recent live performance. The singer performed to more than 400,000 people at Mexico City’s Zocalo over the weekend, the largest crowd ever recorded at the iconic square. The free event turned the capital into a full scale
AI tech as geopolitical force
We are living in an age where cutting-edge AI models are introduced on a near-daily basis. Tech giants such as Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI invest billions of dollars to develop these new models. At its core, an AI model – a large language model (LLM) in this case –
UK’s Starmer speaks with US President Trump on Middle East
LONDON (Reuters): Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke with US President Donald Trump on Sunday, less than a day after Trump mounted his latest criticism of the British leader over a perceived lack of support for the US campaign against Iran. “The leaders began by discussing the latest situation in the
Lebanese health ministry says death toll from Israeli strikes up to 394
BEIRUT (News Desk) : Israeli strikes on Lebanon have killed 394 people in the past week, including 83 children and 42 women, the country’s health minister said Sunday. Rakan Nassereddine also said at a press conference that nine rescue workers were among the dead, condemning attacks on medical teams and
Pope Leo urges end to bombing, calls for dialogue amid Iran, Middle East violence
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) : Pope Leo said on Sunday that deeply troubling news continued to arrive from Iran and across the Middle East, urging an end to the violence and renewed efforts to open space for dialogue. Speaking at the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, the pope said the
Trump says new Iran leader won’t last long without his approval
TEHRAN (Web Desk) : US President Donald Trump warned on Sunday that Iran’s next supreme leader would not last long without his approval, as Tehran prepared to reveal the successor to the slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Nine days after US-Israeli strikes on his compound killed Khamenei and plunged the Middle
Iran announces Mojtaba Khamenei as new supreme leader
DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) : Iran on Monday named Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father Ali Khamenei as supreme leader, signaling that hard-liners remain firmly in charge, as the week-old US-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil above $100 a barrel. Mojtaba, a cleric with influence inside Iran’s security forces and vast business
After Trump’s ‘no Churchill’ jibe can the special relationship recover
Oodles of diplomatic energy have been expended on the unlikely relationship between the former human rights lawyer, Sir Keir Starmer and the former real estate magnate turned reality TV star, Donald Trump. It was a political double act that long appeared unlikely and, for a while at least, appeared much