Many are demanding accountability, early warning systems, and a model that doesn’t treat such tragedies as inevitable. As Pakistan reels from yet another monsoon tragedy, celebrities have raised their voices over the flash floods in Swat that claimed the lives of at least 17 people on Friday. The victims, many of whom were children and young adults,…
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard and actor-director Guillaume Canet announced their separation Friday after 18 years and two children together, breaking up a power relationship of French cinema. Cotillard won an Academy Award in 2008 for her performance as the legendary French singer Edith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose” and is one of France’s best-known…
Indian actress and model Shefali Jariwala, best known as the “Kaanta Laga Girl,” has passed away at the age of 42. The actress reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest late Friday night and was rushed to Bellevue Multispeciality Hospital in Andheri by her husband Parag Tyagi and others, but was declared dead on arrival. Hospital officials…
A T-shirt worn by Beyoncé during a Juneteenth performance on her “Cowboy Carter” tour has sparked a discussion over how Americans frame their history and caused a wave of criticism for the Houston-born superstar. The T-shirt worn during a concert in Paris featured images of the Buffalo Soldiers, who belonged to Black U.S. Army units…
At least 11 tourists were drowned Saturday in the Swat River which caused widespread grief and anger across the Pakistani citizens. The common people demanded accountability of the high-ups for their gross negligence in performing their duties. The hapless family waited for several hours for help which did not arrive. Not only the laymen, the…
After Matthew Schaefer pulled the blue-and-orange sweater over his head at the NHL draft, his eyes already glistening with tears, he glanced down at his left shoulder and saw a pink ribbon. The symbol of breast cancer awareness was the New York Islanders’ tribute to his mother, Jennifer, who died of the disease just 16…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s data protection commissioner has asked Apple (AAPL.O), and Google (GOOGL.O), to remove Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country due to concerns about data protection, following a similar crackdown elsewhere. Commissioner Meike Kamp said in a statement on Friday that she had made the request because DeepSeek illegally transfers users’ personal…
(Reuters) – OpenAI has recently begun renting Google’s (GOOGL.O) artificial intelligence chips to power ChatGPT and its other products, a source close to the matter told Reuters on Friday. The ChatGPT maker is one of the largest purchasers of Nvidia’s (NVDA.O) graphics processing units (GPUs), using the AI chips to train models and also for…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) may face daily fines if EU regulators decide the changes it has proposed to its pay-or-consent model fail to comply with an antitrust order issued in April, they said on Friday. The warning from the European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, came two months after it…
(Reuters) – Ripple Labs will withdraw its cross-appeal against the US Securities and Exchange Commission in a prolonged legal battle tied to the sale of its XRP tokens, the crypto firm’s CEO said on Friday. “We’re closing this chapter once and for all,” Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse said in a post on X, adding…
