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Fifteen years after a tiny finger bone unearthed in Siberia launched one of the most surprising chapters in human evolutionary science, researchers are still unraveling the mystery of the Denisovans — an
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A new analysis has raised alarm over an explosion of low-quality biomedical research papers that may have been generated or heavily assisted by artificial intelligence (AI). The study, published this month in
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At this year’s Google I/O, the tech giant made one thing abundantly clear: artificial intelligence is no longer just a buzzword—it’s becoming an invisible layer woven into the fabric of everyday technology.
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Former FBI director James Comey has once again found himself at the centre of a political storm, this time over a beachside Instagram post that triggered intense backlash from Donald Trump’s supporters
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A high-stakes diplomatic meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa took a contentious turn Wednesday, as Trump publicly rejected Ramaphosa’s insistence that there is no genocide against
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Before the Local Government (LG) elections, U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung met with President Anura Kumara to discuss the prevailing political climate. During the meeting, she mentioned that a recent opinion poll she
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A second mass grave site linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been uncovered in western Mexico, again with the help of relatives of the country’s more than 120,000 missing
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A single unremarkable tower in southern China has become a global symbol of the illicit smartphone trade, as a Financial Times investigation uncovers how stolen iPhones from Western cities like London and
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There hadn’t been a previous instance of India having to contradict a sitting US President, literally, to his face. But, the swift Indian rejection of President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate in
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In an abrupt and devastating move, Next Manufacturing Pvt Ltd, a major garment exporter in the Katunayake Free Trade Zone, shut down its operations overnight on May 19th, 2025—without any prior notice—leaving
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The promotion of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah yesterday, 20 May 2025—the first such elevation since Muhammad Ayub Khan in 1959—revives a fraught chapter in
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