SpaceX Acquires xAI, Musk Confirms
Texas, February 3 (ANI): Elon Musk confirmed that SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence start-up xAI.
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Singapore Advises Nationals in Delhi Amid Hazardous Air Pollution
The High Commission of Singapore in New Delhi has issued an advisory urging Singapore nationals in the Delhi National Capital Region to take precautions after Indian authorities activated Stage 4 of the Graded Response...
Punjab records 50,000 flu cases in 12 days
Punjab is reporting a sharp surge in influenza-like illness, with more than 50,000 people treated in government hospitals across the province over a 12-day period, officials said. The rise is concentrated in major...
Poliovirus Detected in Rawalpindi Sewage Ahead of Drive
Two environmental samples from Rawalpindi district have tested positive for poliovirus just days before the final anti-polio vaccination drive of 2025, officials said. The four-day campaign is scheduled for December...
Two Years On, UAE Consensus Guides Practical Multilateral Climate Action
Abu Dhabi — Today marks two years since the UAE closed COP28 and formally adopted the UAE Consensus, a milestone that has shaped a pragmatic, multilateral approach to the climate challenge. Under the UAE's facilitative...
South Korea Plans Lunar Orbiter in 2029, Lander in 2032
South Korea will send a lunar communications orbiter in 2029 and an unmanned lunar lander in 2032, KASA chief Yoon Young-bin announced at a policy briefing to President Lee Jae Myung in Sejong. The schedule is part of a...
Global renewable water per person drops 7% in decade
Rome, December 13 — Renewable freshwater available per person fell by 7% over the last decade, and pressure on scarce water resources has risen in several regions, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports in...
Israel Signs 10-Year Strategic Space Pact with NASA
Tel Aviv , December 13 (ANI/TPS): Israel's Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Gila Gamliel signed a ten-year strategic space agreement with NASA during an official working visit to the U.S. agency's...
H3N2 Influenza Cases Rising in Karachi
Karachi is seeing a marked increase in influenza infections driven by the H3N2 strain after an earlier H1N1 wave, health officials told local media. Children, older adults and pregnant women are among the groups most...
Reddit Challenges Australia's Under-16 Social Media Ban
Reddit has filed a High Court challenge to Australia’s pioneering law that bars children under 16 from holding accounts on major social networks. The California-based company lodged its suit on Friday, joining a...
Trump signs order to preempt state AI regulations
Washington DC , December 12 (ANI) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a broad Executive Order intended to prevent a “patchwork” of state-level artificial intelligence rules, saying inconsistent laws threaten...
Family Sues OpenAI, Microsoft After ChatGPT-linked Connecticut Murder
Heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging the ChatGPT chatbot intensified her son’s paranoid delusions and helped direct them toward his mother...