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Washington, Aug 29 (UNI) Tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will attend a congressional forum on artificial intelligence (AI) next month alongside other industry leaders, Axios reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Musk and Zuckerberg will participate in a closed-door AI insight forum on September 13, the report said on Monday. The forum…
Canberra, Aug 29 (UNI) Australian doctors have found a live parasitic worm in a woman’s brain in a world-first discovery. In a new study published on Tuesday, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and Canberra Hospital detailed the discovery of the parasitic roundworm. The eight-cm Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm, which is usually found in pythons,…
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 29 (UNI) Nine bodies, including three children, were discovered on Monday in Salvador, capital of eastern Bahia state, Civil Police said. The bodies, some charred, were left in two adjoining houses in the municipality of Mata de Sao Joao in Salvador’s greater metropolitan area. The bodies of two women with gunshot…
New York, Aug 29 (UNI) In the past week, several shootings in the U.S. states of Kentucky, Florida, and California have claimed eight lives, not including the shooters. Most recently, on Sunday early morning, a shooting occurred at a restaurant in downtown Louisville, the U.S. state of Kentucky, killing one and injuring six. No arrests…
Beijing, Aug 29 (UNI) A 7.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Bali Sea region of Indonesia at 3:55 a.m. Tuesday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 6.80 degrees south latitude and 116.60 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 520 km, said the CENC.
Moscow, Aug 28 (UNI) Russia’s air defense systems downed two Ukrainian drones over Crimea on Monday, the Defense Ministry said. Earlier in the day, Crimean head Sergey Aksyonov said that two reconnaissance drones have been destroyed in the region. “Today, at around 10.30 [07:30 am GMT], another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out…
Kochi, Aug 28 (UNI) A call threatening that a bomb was kept within a Bengaluru-bound flight at Cochin International Airport sent security personnel into a tizzy on Monday. The aircraft which was already pushed back for scheduled departure at10-30 am was brought back to the stand after the call was received at the CISF Control…
Dhaka, (UNI) Chief of Bangladesh’s Army Staff Lieutenant General SM Shafi Uddin Ahmed said that Bangladesh Army does not hesitate to sacrifice itself for the sake of the country. He said, in the unfavorable situation of the country, the Bangladesh Army moved to the grassroots level. Besides, the Bangladesh Army is showing great efficiency outside…
Islamabad, (UNI) The Counter Terrorism Department of Police in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province arrested 42 terrorists from banned organizations in August, according to official data. The data shared by police with Xinhua on Sunday revealed that the arrested terrorists include eight from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, three from Islamic State (IS) and two from al-Qaida, who were…
Changsha, Aug 28 (UNI) More than 3,000 people have been evacuated after heavy rain lashed parts of central China’s Hunan Province from Saturday to Sunday, according to the provincial flood and drought control headquarters. Torrential rain has been battering northwestern Hunan since Saturday, with emergency response for flooding launched in the counties of Sangzhi, Shimen…
