Updated: Aug 27th, 2025 Tech giant Google announced that it has added two new features to Google Translate that allow for real-time conversation translation and tailored language practice. “Using the advanced reasoning and multimodal capabilities of Gemini models, we’re bringing two new features to Translate to help with live conversations and language learning,” Google announced....
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended a proposal to grant 600,000 student visas to Chinese nationals, arguing that American colleges rely heavily on their enrollment. The remarks came as Washington and Beijing continued trade negotiations, and they quickly drew criticism from conservative allies who viewed the move as inconsistent with Trump’s America First agenda...
Updated: Aug 27th, 2025 Colombo Fort Magistrate Nilupili Lankapura on Tuesday granted bail to former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on three surties of five million Lankan rupees each. Wickremesinghe has been named as a suspect in connection with the alleged misuse of government funds worth 16.6 million Lankan rupees for private overseas visit taken...
Even as he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “a very terrific man”, US President Donald Trump stuck to his threats of “a very strong tariff system” against anyone over the Ukraine-Russia war, and gave an embellished narrative of his role in ending the Operation Sindoor conflict. With the 25% punitive sanctions for buying Russian...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Valentina Gomez (image: X) A woman name Valentina Gomez, affiliated with Republican Party, a MAGA activist and a staunch Trump supporter, sparked online outrage for posting a video where she burnt Quran, the holy book of Islam. In the video, Gomez was seen holding a flamethrower-like object, and before setting the...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Image source: NASA website NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on August 6 using its Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), according to the space agency’s website. The research team is currently analysing Webb’s data, with a preprint already available online. While interstellar comets pose no threat to Earth,...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said he deeply regretted the tragic mishap that occurred at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza. The attack on the Nasser Hospital killed 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom was working for Reuters. Following the incident, Israel faced global backlash over the deaths...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 US President Donald Trump said that he hopes to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), later this year. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Monday during the outset of his meeting with visiting South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Trump said...
Updated: Aug 26th, 2025 Three people have died and one remains in serious condition after a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight in Britain, police said. “We can confirm that three people have died following a helicopter crash on the Isle of Wight this morning. Four people in total were on board, with one...
Postal services in Australia and Switzerland have become the latest to announce a suspension of deliveries to the United States, joining a growing list of countries halting shipments in response to the Trump administration’s sudden tariff changes. The move comes ahead of new levies set to take effect on Friday, August 29. Several other countries,...