Millions of black plastic balls floating on a drinking water reservoir might sound like an environmental disaster, but for Los Angeles, they became an ingenious solution to several major challenges. The unusual sight attracted worldwide attention and left many wondering why a city would deliberately cover its water supply with 96 million plastic spheres. Far…
Netherlands’ Justin Kluivert (7) reacts after a missed penalty. (AP Photo) Football can be cruel, and for the Kluivert family, it delivered an extraordinary case of history repeating itself. Nearly 26 years after Patrick Kluivert’s heartbreaking penalty miss ended the Netherlands’ European Championship dream, his son Justin Kluivert endured an almost identical fate as the…
Hidden deep in the heart of the Sahara, a jet-black volcano draped in the remnants of ancient lava flows sits beside one of the most striking geological features on Earth, a volcanic crater so perfectly skull-shaped it looks almost deliberate. A photograph taken by an unnamed astronaut aboard the International Space Station on September 23,…
Represenatative Image (Noah Berger/AWS via AP Content Services) Amazon is following the leading AI labs OpenAI and Anthropic as the company’s cloud unit Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces that it is investing $1 billion in a new Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) unit that will help its customers build and roll out artificial intelligence (AI) systems….
Complaint filed over alleged conspiracy to topple TVK-led Vijay government NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu Police arrested 3 people in connection with an alleged political horse-trading bid after Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA N Ilaiyaraja claimed he was offered Rs 35 crore to influence his vote on a proposed resolution in the state assembly against…
On the outskirts west of Jerusalem, a burial chamber was disturbed long before scientists reached it, its contents partly scattered and partly preserved by chance. What remained did not look remarkable at first glance: broken pottery, mixed human remains, and soil already altered by construction and looting. Yet within that disorder lay material that would…
It is clear that Russia continues to be India’s single most important crude supplier and remains at the core of the country’s import strategy. (AI image) The US-Iran war has pushed India’s crude oil imports from Russia to an all-time high – beyond levels seen when Russian crude was available at big discounts in the…
By the 1980s, Costa Rica was facing an environmental crisis that few could have imagined just decades earlier. Once blanketed by lush tropical forests, the Central American nation had lost nearly half of its tree cover as logging, cattle ranching and agricultural expansion rapidly transformed the landscape. Wildlife habitats shrank, biodiversity declined, rivers became increasingly…
‘Welcome to the Jungle’ continues its steady march through its opening week at the box office. Directed by Ahmed Khan and led by an ensemble cast headlined by Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal, the film has shown resilient weekday holds after a strong opening weekend. Day 5 collections came in at Rs 9.25…
UAE to witness major changes in July From transport upgrades to tourism boosts and regulatory shifts, July is going to be a landmark month for residents across the UAE. Several policy changes and seasonal events take effect this month, affecting education, travel, business compliance, and lifestyle across the Emirates. Schools go on long summer break…