London : A US radio journalist who had lost his voice two years ago due to a rare neurological condition has regained the ability to speak, thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), the media reported. Jamie Dupree, 54, a political radio journalist with Cox Media Group, got a new voice that trained a neural network to […]
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3 killed in London train accident
London : Three people died on Monday after being struck by a train near Loughborough junction in south London, the British Transport Police (BTP) said. Officers were called to the station at 7.30 a.m. after receiving reports of multiple bodies being found, the Independent reported. London Ambulance Service paramedics said the three people were pronounced […]
Audi CEO arrested in diesel emissions probe
Madrid : Rupert Stadler, the Chief Executive of German carmaker Audi, was arrested on Monday in connection with an investigation into the diesel emissions scandal. German prosecutors named Stadler and one other Audi executive as suspects for fraud and false advertisement in the car maker’s continuing emissions scandal, Efe news reported. Nicolai Laude, a spokesperson for […]
‘Allahu Akbar’ shouting woman injures two people in France
Paris : A woman, shouting “Allahu akbar”, attacked and injured two people with a cutter on Sunday in France’s Var department, media reports said. She has been taken into custody. The woman, dressed in black, assaulted a customer at a supermarket in the town of La Seyne-sur-Mer in Var at around 10 a.m. (local time), […]
Hawking rests between Newton, Darwin at Westminster Abbey
London : The ashes of the late British physicist Stephen Hawking have been laid to rest at London’s iconic Westminster Abbey alongside the graves of two of humanity’s greatest scientists, Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, while a satellite dish beamed a recording of his distinctive voice into a black hole in deep space. Relatives, scientists, […]
Nawaz Sharif’s wife suffers cardiac arrest
London : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz has suffered a cardiac arrest in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a London hospital, her family said on social media. Kulsoom Nawaz is in the advanced stages of lymphoma (throat) cancer. Her health deteriorated late on Thursday and she collapsed in the ICU […]
10-year-old bag sold for $217,144 in London auction
London : A 10-year-old second-hand Hermes Birkin bag has sold for $217,144 in London, a new European record for the most expensive handbag sold at an auction. The 2008 Himalaya Birkin, with an 18-carat white gold diamond encrusted lock, exceeded its list price of 100,000-150,000 pounds on Tuesday, reports the BBC. The record for a […]
North Korea-US summit to help settlement on Korean Peninsula: Russia
Moscow : The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the historic meeting of the leaders of North Korea and the United States is a step further toward an all-round political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issues. Earlier on Tuesday, North Korea’s top leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump held an unprecedented summit […]
Bring Netaji Bose’s remains to India: Daughter Anita
London : The remains of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose should be brought to India from Japan, said the daughter of the Indian freedom fighter, Anita Bose Pfaff. “I hope that we get closure on this matter and that we get the remains returned and I hope we can do this without controversy because that would […]
2 lions, 2 tigers and jaguar escape from German zoo
Berlin : Five dangerous animals including two lions, two tigers and a jaguar escaped from a zoo in western Germany on Friday leading to a massive manhunt, police said. They were later found inside the zoo compound in Luenebach after the search involving a drone, officials told the German media. Earlier reports said that the […]