TOKYO: Two people died and 16 others were feared dead, local media said Sunday (Jul 5) after torrential rain in western Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides. A woman and a man in their 80s in different towns in the western Kumamoto region died in mudslides, according to national broadcaster […]
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WASHINGTON: A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say may reinforce racial bias. While the protests have focused on police misconduct, activists point out flaws that may lead to unfair applications of technologies for law enforcement, including […]
WASHINGTON: American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday (Jul 4) that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. “We must now realise the promise of America […]
ACCRA: Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo will self-isolate for 14 days on the advice of doctors after a person in his close circle tested positive for coronavirus, the government said in a statement late on Saturday (Jul 4). “He has, as at today, tested negative, but has elected to take this […]
The American launch company that flies its rockets out of New Zealand has lost its latest mission. The Electron mission was lost late in the ascent from Mahia Peninsula Rocket Lab said its Electron vehicle failed late in its ascent from Mahia Peninsula on North Island. All satellite payloads […]
LONDON: Chelsea manager Frank Lampard said his team must embrace the pressure in their remaining Premier League matches as they look to secure a top-four finish and qualify for next season’s Champions League. First-half goals from Olivier Giroud and Willian and a late strike from Ross Barkley earned Lampard’s fourth-placed […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: Carlos Sainz is relishing the opportunity to hog the limelight of being a Ferrari driver in 2021 but won’t even think about it until the last lap of the last race of this truncated season is over. The Spanish driver has been handed the task of filling the […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: Lewis Hamilton will begin his campaign for a record-equalling seventh world title on Sunday (Jul 5) on a grid where rivals are pushing back at his passionate anti-racism message after he suggested they lacked understanding of the issues. Hamilton will start the delayed season opener at the Red […]
WASHINGTON, DC: Florida and Texas, two states that have emerged as the latest hot spots of the US coronavirus outbreak, both reported new single-day record increases in confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday (Jul 4), with nearly 20,000 additional infections combined. For a second straight day, Texas also registered an all-time […]
LONDON: A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge University and been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins. The comments from Professor David Starkey came during a period of soul searching in Britain over its colonial past. The Black Lives Matter movement […]