Around 5.8 million refugee children did not attend school in 2025, according to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, leaving 44 per cent of the world’s 13.2 million school-age refugee children without
Scientists have uncovered the first member of a promising new class of antibiotics, and the discovery came as a surprise. The compound, called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, demonstrates strong activity against drug-resistant bacteria,
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In a column for Times UK, former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged Britain to embrace artificial intelligence as a force for job creation, rather than fearing it will make humans redundant.
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Just months after its highly anticipated debut, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile is already reshaping astronomers’ understanding of galaxy evolution. Its massive camera, the largest digital imaging device ever built,
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Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang has turned to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) for more chip supplies as the artificial intelligence boom shows no signs of slowing. Speaking to reporters
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Seven families filed lawsuits against OpenAI on Thursday, claiming the company’s GPT-4o model was released before proper safety testing and safeguards were in place. Four of the lawsuits center on ChatGPT’s alleged
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James Watson, the American biologist co-credited with discovering the double-helix structure of DNA, has died at the age of 97, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory announced Thursday. Watson spent much of his career
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Boeing Co. will not face criminal charges over two fatal 737 Max crashes after a federal judge in Texas approved a settlement requiring the aircraft manufacturer to pay $1.1 billion in fines
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The Gates Foundation, alongside partners including the European Union and the German government, has supported the establishment of a laboratory in Cape Town that will allow The Biovac Institute to develop vaccines
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AstraZeneca has reported its largest quarterly revenue in company history, with third-quarter sales rising 10% to $15.2 billion, exceeding analyst expectations of $14.8 billion. The FTSE 100 pharmaceutical company said it remains
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China has issued new guidance requiring all state-funded data centre projects to exclusively use domestically made artificial intelligence chips, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Regulatory authorities in recent weeks
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The global surge of investment into artificial intelligence has ignited fears of a new financial bubble, with companies pouring trillions into the sector amid sky-high valuations and mounting investor euphoria. The warnings
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OpenAI is expanding its AI-powered social video app, Sora, to Android devices, following its highly downloaded and controversial launch on iPhone last month. The app will initially be available by invite only
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has placed artificial intelligence at the center of his administration’s economic vision, pledging to transform industries, public services, and national defense through aggressive AI investment and
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The era of nearly free money in Japan is over—and the nation’s companies are responding with unprecedented vigor on the global stage. According to Bloomberg, Japanese firms have raised $132 billion so
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President Donald Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire founder of Binance Holdings Ltd., marking one of the most controversial acts of clemency in his second term. As Bloomberg reports, Zhao, one
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