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Eight trapped in illegal Indonesia gold mine feared dead: official

Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, launched his long-teased artificial intelligence startup xAI on Wednesday, unveiling a team comprised of engineers from the same big US technology firms that he hopes to challenge in his bid to build an alternative to ChatGPT. The startup will be led by Musk, already the …

An explosives attack on a police patrol left six people dead and 14 wounded in one of the regions of Mexico worst hit by drug cartel-related violence, authorities said Wednesday. “It’s an act of brutal terror,” said Enrique Alfaro, governor of the western state of Jalisco. The attack Tuesday night …

  By Sardar Khan Niazi During the Indian Prime Minister’s three-day visit to the United States, Indian and non-Indian rights groups in the United States have held protests over Modi’s rule being marred by human rights violations, suppression of dissent, and persecution of religious minorities, particularly Muslims and Christians. Protestors …

  By Sardar Khan Niazi Drawing on the dark history of the burning of the Holy Quran, an anti-Muslim far-right provocateur has once again publicly set fire to the Holy Quran in Stockholm. Sweden’s government must call it a hate crime. Pakistan has strongly condemned the despicable act of burning …

President Joe Biden announced Friday that the United States has fully destroyed its decades-old stockpiles of chemical weapons, a milestone hailed as completing the elimination around the world of all known stores of the agents of mass death. “Today, I am proud to announce that the United States has safely …

Pakistan men’s cricket team’s training camp for the upcoming two-match away Test series against Sri Lanka will kick off on Tuesday, July 4. According to the details, the Sri Lanka-bound contingent will report at a local hotel in Karachi on Monday before starting their preparations a day later. The four-day …

ISTANBUL: Turkey has rescued 95 migrants from three overloaded boats in the Aegean Sea, the interior ministry said on Monday, accusing Greece of “pushing back” the dinghies from its shores. Two inflatable boats carrying 37 people and 47 people respectively were rescued off the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, …

PARIS: A collection for a French policeman who sparked nationwide riots last week by shooting a teenager dead during a traffic stop reached more than 850,000 euros ($924,000) on Monday morning. Just under 40,000 people had made donations to the online fund set up on the website Gofundme.com by a …

DANANG, Vietnam: A US aircraft carrier arrived in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Sunday, AFP journalists saw, weeks after Hanoi protested against Chinese vessels sailing in its waters. The USS Ronald Reagan’s port call in Danang comes as the US and Vietnam celebrate the 10th anniversary of their …