With Pentagon confirmations of North Korean troops joining Russian forces in the ongoing Ukraine war, the conflict is escalating in troubling ways. Reports suggest that up to 10,000 elite North Korean forces, the “Storm Corps,” are either en route to or already embedded with Russian troops, with at least 3,000 confirmed to be in training…
Jerusalem: Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main U.N. agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it and labeling it a “terror organization.” The laws, which do not immediately take effect, signal a new low for…
Sydney: In 2014, the British philosopher Nick Bostrom published a book about the future of artificial intelligence (AI) with the ominous title Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. It proved highly influential in promoting the idea that advanced AI systems – “superintelligences” more capable than humans – might one day take over the world and destroy humanity….
Melbourne: Is Donald Trump a fascist? General Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump, thinks so. Trump is “fascist to the core”, he warns. John Kelly, Trump’s former chief of staff, agrees. So does Vice President Kamala Harris, his opponent in this year’s presidential election. But political commentators who…
Bengaluru: Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Tuesday said that the Congress government in the state and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah were not honest on internal reservation among SCs and were only trying to use the issue for politics ahead of bypolls for three Assembly segments. The Karnataka Cabinet on Monday gave its consent to…
In his special interview given on the occasion of Haryana-Diwas, Dr. ‘Manav’ said that the state of Haryana was formed separately from Punjab based on language, but due to the government’s negligence, Haryanvi kept lagging. Dr. Ramniwas’ Manav’, who has spent fifty important years of his life in research and preservation of Hindi and Haryanvi…
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Jammu: Security forces on Tuesday morning gunned down two terrorists holed up in a forest area near a village in the Akhnoor sector in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the number of militants killed in the 27-hour gunfight near the Line of Control (LoC) to three, officials said. One of the three terrorists who fired at…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that efforts were made to erase and undermine Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s legacy and he was deprived of Bharat Ratna for a long time. Flagging off a ‘Run for Unity’, ahead of the birth anniversary of Patel, he said it was due to the foresightedness and…
Our Political Desk Actor Vijay’s recent move into politics with the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has stirred debates over the likelihood of success for his party in a landscape dominated by established Dravidian parties and an increasingly influential BJP. Vijay’s entrance recalls previous attempts by popular actors, including Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth, to break into…
