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5.2 magnitude earthquake jolts Swat and surrounding areas

April 26, 2025

Mild earthquake jolts in Quetta, surrounding areas

April 14, 2025

Danish supercomputer powers AI care ‘companion’ for hospitals
Danish startup Teton has used Gefion, one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers, to turbocharge the development of its AI “care companion” for hospital staff. Teton installs cameras and sensors in hospital rooms to gather real-time data. This gets fed to an AI algorithm, creating a virtual “digital twin” of the room. The model monitors patient…
China-linked group accused of meddling in Australia election
SYDNEY — A Chinese Communist Party-linked group has mobilized volunteers to support an independent candidate ahead of Saturday’s federal election in Australia, a video indicates, spurring allegations of foreign election interference. The Australia Hubei Association, a Chinese diaspora group with known links to the United Front Work Department, the CCP’s network that seeks to advance…
Singer Jill Sobule, known for ‘I Kissed a Girl,’ dies in house fire
Singer Jill Sobule, known for the 1995 song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday morning, her representatives said. She was 66. Details about where the fire happened were not clear from the representatives’ statement, and there was no immediate response to a request for more details Thursday night. “Jill Sobule was…
China deploys ceasefire monitors to Myanmar border region
TOKYO — China has sent observers to Myanmar to oversee a local truce it mediated, expanding Beijing’s influence in the Southeast Asian country’s prolonged internal conflict. The ceasefire monitoring team’s main task is to oversee a smooth handover of the urban areas of Lashio, the de facto capital of northern Shan state, from ethnic rebels…
HHS breaks with major U.S. medical groups in review of pediatric gender care
The Department of Health and Human Services released a review on Thursday that found that the quality of evidence regarding the effects of transition-related care for minors “is very low,” and that, as a result, many U.S. doctors have managed to unintentionally “fail their patients” by providing them with such care. “A central theme of…
Meet the New England team working to rescue the seals
BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — The Mystic Aquarium Animal Rescue Team has never been busier. Looking through binoculars, program manager Sarah Callan scanned the shoreline for a growing problem on Block Island, Rhode Island — entangled seals. When fishing gear, garbage or a balloon gets wrapped around a gray seal’s neck, it tightens as the marine mammal…
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers try to poke holes in Miriam Haley’s testimony during cross-examination
Harvey Weinstein’s defense team on Thursday deployed a pit bull lawyer with a history of defending notorious men to try and poke holes in the testimony of a former “Project Runway” production assistant who has accused the Hollywood mogul of sexually assaulting her twice. When Miriam Haley took the stand for the third day, defense…
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirms he rejected plea deal ahead of sex trafficking trial
Sean “Diddy” Combs confirmed at a hearing Thursday that he had rejected a plea deal from federal prosecutors in his sex trafficking case, paving the way for his trial to begin next week. “Have you rejected the government’s offer?” U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, who is overseeing his trial in New York, asked him. “Yes,…
China powers forward in hydrogen patents, outcompeting Japan
TOKYO — China has surpassed Japan to become the most competitive country when it comes to hydrogen-related patents, a new study has found, bolstering its position as a leader in carbon-free energy combined with its edge in solar and wind. Tokyo-based research company Astamuse, in which Nikkei has a stake, looked at roughly 180,000 hydrogen-related…