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The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency warned…

BEIJING: The death toll from recent flooding in China's capital rose to 33, including five rescuers, and another 18 people are missing, officials said Wednesday, as much of the country's north remains threatened by unusually heavy…

A man holds an umbrella in the rain at a waterfront, amid a typhoon warning, in Hong Kong. (Image: Reuters)The red alert will be in force from 8 pm local time (1200 GMT), and covers an area of several hundred million inhabitants, including…

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Dangerous heat is forecast to “engulf” much of the eastern half of the United States as extreme temperatures spread from the Midwest into the Northeast and mid-Atlantic where some residents will see their hottest temperatures of the year,…

Jagjit Singh's life as a flood rescue volunteer has been filled with lost-and-found stories, but little did he know that fate had a momentous reunion in store for him - a reunion with his long-lost mother after more than three decades.The…

Hotels in New York’s Adirondack Mountains are having an easier time hiring this summer, partly as immigrants enter the country in greater numbers and provide a steady supply of seasonal help that was hard to come by in and just after the…

As flood waters receded on Sunday in the rain-battered Junagadh district of Gujarat a day after torrential rains, the focus now was on restoring normalcy, officials said, adding nearly 3,000 people have been shifted to safer places in the…

Last Updated: July 23, 2023, 14:51 ISTZabihullah Mujahid said urgent aid was being rushed to the disaster zone in the Jalrez district of Maidan Wardak province. (Representative image: Twitter)Flash flood in central Afghanistan kills 12 and…

The tipping point phenomenon has led to the collapse of local ecologies before, said Simon Willcock, an interdisciplinary researcher at Rothamsted Research in the UK. One good example is the Sahara Desert, which has gone from lush to dry in…