Facing more than 250 lawsuits alleging the sexual abuse of minors by clergy and other employees since the 1950’s, the Diocese of Sacramento, California, has filed for bankruptcy as a means to provide compensation to victim-survivors of the abuse.
The arrest in recent days of a former Austrian intelligence officer on serious allegations of spying for Russia suggests that Vienna needs to boost its security to thwart Russian infiltration, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said.
Federal Court Justice Michael Lee will allow Ten to call former a Seven producer to give evidence as part of its defence to Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case.
The Federal Court is hearing an urgent bid by Network Ten to reopen its defence and call a new witness in the former Liberal staffer’s defamation case.
Yaduveer Krishnaraja Datta Wadiyar, head of the former Mysore royal family and BJP candidate for the Mysore Lok Sabha seat, challenges the stereotypical image of royal wealth with his modest asset declaration of 9 crore rupees, as per his election affidavit
VIP Industries, led by Neetu Kashiramka, focuses on regaining lost market share through product enhancements, e-commerce optimization, and market strategy improvements, targeting a significant growth in the luggage industry. Kashiramka says: "From Q4 onwards, it will be double digit growth. So, you will start to see some market share gain starting from Q4 itself."
‘Poor Things’ writer, Tony McNamara is penning the the new adaptation
Police in India arrested two people – including a clergyman – on Sunday under charges of “religious conversion attempt” on over 100 people.
The BJP has fielded candidates in all the 50 seats that are going to the polls, while the opposition Congress is fighting in only 19 seats
Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus has declared he's returning to the negotiating table for Inter Milan.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been sent to Tihar jail for the third time, along with three other AAP lawmakers. This comes after a Delhi court's decision related to the excise policy case. Kejriwal's past jail terms include involvement in the Lokpal Bill protest in 2011 and a defamation case in 2014. In jail, he has a prescribed routine and permission for home-cooked meals, along with access to limited TV channels and family visits twice a week.
Calling it 'always special', KL Rahul said that for him playing at the Chinnaswamy is like home.
The Chatterjee Group (TCG) is in discussions with local and global firms to collaborate on a more than $10 billion oil-to-chemical project in southern India, aiming for financial closure by end-2024. Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) plans to boost profits by locally producing specialty chemicals to meet India's growing demand.
THEY were quoted a staggering £5,000 for a new fence.
So a couple have shown how they managed to do it themselves, for a fraction of the price.
A couple have shown how they transformed their fence themselves, after being quoted £5,000 to get it donetiktok/@thesurreyrenovation And the finished look is incredible – with people praising them for “polishing a turd”tiktok/@thesurreyrenovationThey took to their Surrey Renovation page on TikTok to share a step by step video of the process... Читать дальше...
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2024 - As the world eagerly anticipates the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, NASA is preparing for an extraordinary opportunity for scientific discovery, open collaboration, and public engagement. At the heart of the agency's approach to this unusual event lies a commitment to open science, ensuring that the data captured during the eclipse is readily accessible to all.
During a total solar eclipse the normal rhythms of Earth are briefly disrupted, providing... Читать дальше...
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 01, 2024 - The ESA-led Solar Orbiter and the NASA-led Parker Solar Probe are capitalizing on their nearest approach to the Sun to undertake a joint investigation into the solar wind, the stream of plasma ejecting from the Sun that influences the entire Solar System. This collaborative effort is timed perfectly with the upcoming total solar eclipse, providing a unique opportunity for scientific advancement.
As both spacecraft are in the closest phase of their highly elliptical orbits around the Sun... Читать дальше...
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2024 - US communities along the path of the April 8 total solar eclipse are preparing for the year's biggest astronomic event, with millions of visitors expected to brighten local economies -- and snarl up logistics.
Near the US-Canada border in Burlington, Vermont, which is set to experience the totality just before 3:30 pm (1930 GMT), many hotels have been sold out for months.
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 19, 2024 - Forty-four high school teams showcased their engineering prowess at the FIRST Robotics Los Angeles regional competition, where hand-crafted robots competed in a spirited showdown.
Over the weekend, the annual Los Angeles regional FIRST Robotics Competition saw a dazzling display of student ingenuity as 125-pound robots, created by 44 high school teams, navigated through a series of challenges on the Da Vinci Schools campus in El Segundo. This event, bolstered by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory... Читать дальше...
Washington (AFP) Mar 28, 2024 - "Concrete safeguards" for government use of artificial intelligence were announced by the White House Thursday, as it vowed they would serve as a model for "global action."
"When government agencies use AI tools, we will now require them to verify that those tools do not endanger the rights and safety of the American people," Vice President Kamala Harris said as she briefed reporters on the new rules laid out by the Office of Management and Budget.
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Washington DC (UPI) Mar 31, 2024 - A new language model unveiled by ChatGPT creator OpenAI can clone a person's voice using just seconds worth of audio, the company revealed as it shared preliminary insights from studying the technology's capabilities.
The artificial intelligence model, named Voice Engine, needs just a single 15-second audio sample to generate speech mimicking that of the original speaker, OpenAI announced in a blog post Friday. The technology was first developed in late 2022... Читать дальше...
An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesman said Monday.