Updated: Aug 13th, 2025 Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, was briefly taken offline from X on Monday after it claimed that Israel and USA were committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza. Upon being reinstated, the bot turned its criticism towards Musk, accusing him of censorship. The suspension led to conflicting explanations. Grok...
Updated: Aug 13th, 2025 Greece is battling dozens of wildfires across the country, forcing mass evacuations and damaging homes, farmland, and industrial facilities as extreme winds and heat hamper firefighting efforts. 82 wildfires in the past 24 hours, with 23 still active by nightfall Tuesday. Gale-force winds of up to nine on the Beaufort scale...
Updated: Aug 13th, 2025 The White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has approved a proposed rule that could change how H-1B visas for specialty occupations are allocated, according to a Bloomberg Law report. The decision suggests the regulation could be released soon for public review. The measure is expected to revive a Trump-era...
Following his declaration of a criminal emergency in Washington, DC, President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of approximately 800 National Guard personnel to the nation’s capital, according to reports. The move, announced Tuesday, also places the city’s police department under federal control for an initial period of up to 30 days, as permitted by...
Plane crash at Montana airport Four people escaped with minor injuries after a small aircraft crashed at Montana’s Kalispell City Airport on Monday afternoon (local time). According to the Kalispell city government, the incident occurred at around 2.08 pm when the plane, carrying four out-of-state occupants, lost control while attempting to land. The aircraft struck...
US President Donald Trump has extended the trade ceasefire with China for another 90 days, postponing what could have been another escalation in tensions between the world’s largest economies. Announcing the move on his Truth Social account on Monday, Trump said he had signed an executive order for the extension and confirmed that “I have...
Updated: Aug 12th, 2025 A shooting at a Target store in Austin, the capital city of the US state of Texas, left three people dead, authorities said. Austin police said in a social media post that the suspect had been detained. The shooting happened just on Monday around 2 pm local time (1900 GMT), said...
A local newspaper journalist was seriously injured after he was brutally assaulted in Bangladesh’s Kushtia district on Monday, local media reported. The incident unfolded in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia, where Firoz Ahmed, a correspondent of local daily ‘Daink Ajker Sutropat’ and joint general secretary of Upazila Press Club, was attacked with hammers, rods, and bricks....
Updated: Aug 11th, 2025 Amid a severe outbreak of chikungunya, a team of scientists in China has achieved a breakthrough in preventing mosquito-borne diseases by developing an intelligent vector mosquito surveillance system that offers scientific guidance for disease control. Developed by a team led by Chen Xiaoguang, a professor at Southern Medical University, this monitoring...
Updated: Aug 11th, 2025 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his government’s controversial plan to take full military control of Gaza City, describing it as the “speediest and most effective way” to end the ongoing war. In a press conference, Netanyahu insisted that Hamas’ continued refusal to surrender its weapons has left Israel with...