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Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia
Washington: Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia. Writing on social media, Musk said that “Grokipedia.com version 0.1 is…
- Middle East
Hamas expands search for hostages’ bodies in Gaza
Cairo: Hamas expanded its search for the bodies of hostages in new areas in the Gaza Strip Sunday, the Palestinian group said, a day after Egypt deployed a team of experts and…
- World
Two suspects arrested over Louvre jewel heist in Paris
Paris: Suspects have been arrested in connection with the theft of crown jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday, a week after the heist at the world’s most…
- World
Rubio to follow Vance’s Israel visit, aims to sustain momentum on Gaza ceasefire
Jerusalem: As US Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Israel comes to a close, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would be travelling to the country to keep the momentum…
- Middle East
Israel ‘not a US protectorate’, says Netanyahu ahead of Gaza talks
Tel Aviv: Israel’s prime minister toughened his stance Wednesday by declaring that his country is in charge of its own security and isn’t an American protectorate as he prepared to discuss progress…
- Offbeat
This seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 restaurant chairs in Spain
Madrid: Spanish police have busted a criminal group dedicated to stealing your seat. Literally. Spain’s National Police said Wednesday that they had arrested seven people suspected of stealing more than 1,100 chairs…
- Middle East
Video: Israeli settlers attack Palestinian olive farmers in West Bank
Ramallah: Israeli settlers descended on Palestinian olive harvesters and activists this week in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, beating them with clubs in an attack Palestinian health officials said sent at least one…
- World
Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan’s first female Prime Minister
Tokyo: Sanae Takaichi, a star of ultraconservative Japanese politics and a rare woman to rise in its male-dominated hierarchy, has been elected the country’s first female prime minister. Takaichi, 64, is also…
- World
Portugal parliament passes bill to ban face veils in public
Madrid: Portugal’s parliament on Friday approved a bill banning face veils worn for “gender or religious” reasons in public, in a move seen as largely targeting the face coverings worn by some…
- Middle East
Iran hangs man for spying for Israel’s Mossad
Tehran: Iran executed a person convicted of spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad in the city of Qom, the official judiciary news agency reported Sunday. The sentence was carried out early Saturday…
- World
Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s gas plant, Kazakhstan flow halted
Kyiv: Ukrainian drones overnight struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire and forcing it to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan, Russian and Kazakh authorities said…
- Middle East
Israel bids farewell to Nepali student killed in Hamas captivity
Jerusalem: Israel on Sunday, October 19, bid farewell to a Nepali student, who was abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and later killed in captivity, the Israeli foreign ministry said. The…
- Middle East
Houthis detain 24 UN staff in Yemen’s capital
Cairo: Iranian-backed Houthi rebels detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, a UN official said. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the…
- Middle East
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Tel Aviv: Israel’s military said it struck multiple targets on Sunday in Gaza, using aircraft and artillery, after it said Hamas militants shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area still…
- Middle East
Israel says Rafah crossing to stay closed until further notice
Cairo: The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will stay closed “until further notice,” Israel said Saturday, after the Palestinian embassy in Egypt said the territory’s sole gateway to the outside…
