The rare ruling is the latest twist in an ongoing legal battle between Afghan and US couples for three-year-old girl. In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge in Virginia has voided a United States Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan more than a year after he took the three-year-old girl away from…
United States President Joe Biden has toured the wreckage in Mississippi a week after a major storm tore across the US south, killing 26. Speaking from the hard-hit Mississippi community of Rolling Fork, Biden said on Friday that the federal government would cover for 30 days the full cost of the state’s emergency measures in…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $15.6bn support package for Ukraine to assist with the conflict-hit country’s economic recovery, the fund has said. The Russian invasion has devastated Ukraine’s economy, causing activity to contract by around 30 percent last year, destroying much of its capital stock and fuelling poverty, according to the IMF….
From: Inside Story Elon Musk and many other tech experts call for a six-month pause on AI systems. A group of tech and industry experts have written an open letter warning of possible risks with artificial intellegence. It was in response to OpenAI’s recent release of GPT-4, a more advanced successor than its widely used…
The Vatican said the 86-year-old pontiff had a pizza and baptised a baby after recovering from a bout of bronchitis. Pope Francis has been cleared by doctors for discharge on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff had pizza one evening with medical staff…
Authorities report a spike in seismic activity, including rock fracturing and earthquakes, around the snow-capped peak. Authorities in Colombia have warned of an increase in seismic activity around the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, a peak responsible for triggering the country’s largest recorded natural disaster, killing 25,000 people in 1985. On Friday, President Gustavo Petro said…
California will require nearly half of all heavy truck sales to be electric by 2035 as the state aims to cut emissions. The administration of United States President Joe Biden has approved a plan for California to gradually phase out the use of carbon-emitting heavy trucks, as the state makes a push to cut emissions…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has announced financial assistance to the affected families whose beloved ones lost their lives in a stampede at a Karachi factory, ARY News reported on Friday. Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah announced Rs500,000 in financial assistance to the families of the deceased persons who lost their lives in…
The drought-hit country announced other tight restrictions on water usage as it braces for another baking summer. Tunisia will cut off water supplies to citizens for seven hours a night in response to the country’s worst drought on record, state water distribution company SONEDE has said. The drought-hit country announced other tight restrictions on water…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has encouraged Chinese President Xi Jinping to talk to the Ukrainian leadership and learn firsthand about Kyiv’s peace formula to help bring an end to Russia’s invasion. Sanchez told a news conference in Beijing on Friday he had informed Xi, who visited Moscow on March 20-21, that Spain supported the…