MANILA: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Saturday (Aug 3), the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The shallow quake hit just before 6:30am local time about 20km from the village of Barcelona on the east of...
When my husband bought the then-5-year-old a Nintendo Switch, I made a list articulating all my reservations about my child having a gaming console so young. I worried about the dopamine of it all, about my son becoming accustomed to getting the immediate gratification that comes from a game and how it would impact his...
(Reuters) - Global mega tech companies' market capitalisation dropped sharply in July, in response to disappointing quarterly results and concerns over high valuations, prompting investors to shift their focus away from the AI sector. In the first half of 2024, investors pushed tech stocks higher on expectations that AI advancements would boost earnings. But the second-quarter...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected Donald Trump's challenge to a gag order in his hush money criminal case, where the former U.S. president was convicted in May on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. The decision by the Appellate Division in Manhattan means Trump,...
BEIJING: Torrential rains in China have killed at least 30 people and left dozens more missing, state media said on Thursday (Aug 1), as the country grinds through another summer of extreme weather. Confirmation of the deaths came the same day that weather authorities said July was China's hottest month since records began six decades ago. China...
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned far-right demonstrators after outbreaks of violence in London and elsewhere following the killing of three young girls in Southport, northwest England. "As far as the far-right is concerned, this is coordinated, this is deliberate," he told a press conference, referring to the violent clashes this week. "This is...
BERLIN (Reuters) - Vadim Krasikov, a Russian freed from jail in Germany on Friday in a prisoner swap between Moscow and the West, was convicted of the murder in 2019 of a former Chechen militant as he walked in broad daylight in a park in central Berlin. The brazenness of the murder, committed a few minutes'...
CHATEAUROUX, France (Reuters) - For each of the 40 years since Leonel Martinez competed in the 1984 Olympics, his memories of Los Angeles have got sweeter. His photographs faded and his exploits became an ever more distant memory as he founded a business and started a family back in his Venezuelan home of Ciudad Ojeda. What...
TEHRAN: A funeral ceremony is underway in the Iranian capital for Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh who was assassinated by the Zionist Israeli regime in Tehran, Iranian News Agency (IRNA) reported. According to IRNA's report, the ceremony to bid farewell to martyr Ismail Haniyeh started Thursday (Aug 1) morning at the University of Tehran. Supreme Leader...
Google is making adjustments to its search engine to reduce the prevalence of sexually explicit fake content high in results, responding to the explosion in non-consensual unsavory content people have created using generative artificial intelligence tools. When that AI-generated content features a real person’s face or body without their permission, that person can request its removal...
