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Despite a fragile US-brokered ceasefire, Israel has unleashed a series of bombardments on Gaza this week.Published On 30 Oct 202530 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareTurkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised Germany over what he called its ignorance of Israel’s “genocide” and attacks on Gaza.At a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan noted Israel’s access to nuclear and other weapons, saying it was using them to threaten Gaza, and adding that Hamas was not as well equipped.He said Israel had once again attacked Gaza in recent days despite a ceasefire…

Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday officially announced Abhishek Nayar as their new head coach, as was reported by The Indian Express on October 26. Interestingly, though, the three-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions’ social media post announcing the development came about 15 minutes after Mumbai Indians cheekily indicated that their veteran former captain Rohit Sharma is not leaving the team. MI attached a picture of Rohit Sharma in their post and said: “Sun will rise tomorrow again ye confirm hai but at (K)night… mushkil hi nahi namumkin hai (It’s not just difficult, it’s impossible),” with the second half of the…

YouTube also added that it will expand the thumbnail file limit from 2MB to 50MB [File] | Photo Credit: AP YouTube on Wednesday (October 29, 2025) introduced a new AI-powered feature to automatically generate higher resolutions for videos. “We’re starting with videos uploaded below 1080p, upscaling them from SD to HD, with the goal to support resolutions up to 4K in the near future. Creators will retain complete control over their library, as both original files and original video resolution will be kept intact, with a clear option to opt-out of these enhancements,” said YouTube in a blog post.The company…

This neighborhood guide is curated by one of our New York City–based editors who calls it home.The West Village is home to me, even if it’s not the address on my gas bill. I’ve lived all over New York City in the last 12 years, but as a gay New Yorker, I forever feel a pull to this slice of Manhattan, where so much of LGBTQ+ history is anchored in places like the Stonewall Inn, Julius’, and Marie’s Crisis. Sure, there’s more to the neighborhood than just gay bars then and now: cultural establishments like the Village Vanguard jazz bar…

As recently as one year ago, the Supreme Court’s Republican majority was determined to reduce executive power.Joe Biden, a Democrat, was in the White House, and the Republican justices were very concerned that the executive branch was claiming “highly consequential power beyond what Congress could reasonably be understood to have granted.” To keep the executive in check, the Republican justices invented a legal doctrine, known as “major questions,” which was supposed to prevent the president or his subordinates from enacting new policies with “vast ‘economic and political significance’” — at least without getting very specific authorization from Congress first.Flash forward…

A new population-based study published in The Lancet has found that Tamil Nadu’s agricultural workers face a growing risk of kidney disease linked to heat exposure, dehydration and long outdoor work hours.Conducted between August and December 2023, the Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown etiology (or uncertain cause) CKDu – AGRI study surveyed agricultural workers across all five agro-climatic zones of the State — the North-East, North-West, Western, Cauvery Delta, and Southern regions. Using a stratified multi-stage cluster sampling method, researchers studied 3,350 farm workers from 125 villages, collecting data on occupation, health and environmental exposures.Heat and kidney injuryThe researchers observed a…

In what can be described as a move to expand access to its advanced AI tools, Google on Thursday, October 30, announced a strategic partnership with Reliance Intelligence. Under this partnership the company will offer its AI Pro plan which includes the latest version of Gemini, free for select Jio users.  As part of this initiative, users of Jio’s Unlimited 5G plan aged between 18 and 25 years will get complimentary access to Google’s most capable AI offerings for 18 months. The company also plans to expand the programme to all eligible Jio subscribers in the coming months. With this…

The India Meteorological Department on Thursday issued a red alert for four flood-hit districts in north Bengal – Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar – with warnings of heavy rains and landslides on Friday.A collapsed portion of the road after a landslide following heavy rainfall in Darjeeling, West Bengal, earlier this month. (ANI File Photo)Severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ has weakened into a low pressure and was lying over Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh as of Thursday morning, but the weather system is expected to trigger heavy to very heavy rains in the four districts, with extremely heavy rains in some areas.“Heavy to…

Grokipedia, Elon Musk’s attempt at creating an alternative to Wikipedia, is now live. Early analysis suggests that the site — powered by Musk’s xAI and fact-checked by Grok, the company’s right-leaning AI assistant — is already a sort of self-sustaining nuclear reaction of misinformation.More than anything, though, Grokipedia represents another front of Musk’s war on wokeness and another example of Musk taking a thing that works — in this case, Wikipedia — creating a broken version of it, and declaring the battle won.If Musk gets his way and Grokipedia does become a real Wikipedia competitor, the average internet user faces…

President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, shake hands after their U.S.-China summit meeting at Gimhae International Airport Jinping in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP GYEONGJU, South Korea– President Trump said he and Chinese leader Xi Jinping “agreed to almost everything” in their nearly two-hour meeting in South Korea, which Trump said was “friendly.” It was Trump’s last event after a week of summits, trade talks and other diplomatic events in the Indo-Pacific. On the flight back to Washington, Trump told reporters traveling with him that he…