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Captain Kirk to the holodeck: Shatner beams in to remote meeting
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES: More than half a century after he materialised on far-flung planets as Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise, William Shatner has beamed into a distant land in a demonstration of hologram technology.
Indictment puts Trump and democracy on trial
AFP, Published on 03/08/2023
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's historic indictment for trying to overturn the 2020 election paints a picture of a former president so determined to hang on to power that he put the very foundations of American democracy at risk.
LeBron James' son stable after suffering cardiac arrest in practice
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Bronny James, the eldest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, is in a stable condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a practice with his college basketball team, the James family said on Tuesday.
In age of AI, women battle rise of deepfake porn
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - Photo apps digitally undressing women, sexualized text-to-image prompts creating "AI girls" and manipulated images fueling "sextortion" rackets -- a boom in deepfake porn is outpacing US and European efforts to regulate the technology.
Greece facing 40C weekend while record US heat wave set to expand
AFP, Published on 22/07/2023
» ATHENS - Greece was Saturday facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), while a record-breaking heat wave stretching across the southern United States was expected to expand in the coming days.
Growing climate risks fuel surge in US home insurance costs
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - When Jack Hierholzer moved back to Pensacola in the Florida panhandle, it felt like a homecoming.
No stars? Comic-Con returns to roots as Hollywood strikes
AFP, Published on 21/07/2023
» SAN DIEGO - Comic books, video games and colorful "cosplay" outfits took center stage at Comic-Con as the giant pop culture event kicked off Thursday without its usual A-list stars due to the Hollywood strike.
Rapper's Delight as New York celebrates 50 years of hip-hop
AFP, Published on 20/07/2023
» NEW YORK: From a display of Jay-Z lyrics on the facade of the Brooklyn Library to a concert of rap pioneers at Yankee Stadium, New York is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, a genre born in its ghettos and now dominant around the world.
Extreme heat sparks wildfires, health warnings
AFP, Published on 19/07/2023
» ROME - Extreme heat was forecast across the globe on Wednesday, as wildfires raged and health warnings were in place in parts of Asia, Europe and North America.
Scorching heatwave threatens to break top temperatures
AFP, Published on 17/07/2023
» ROME: Scorching heat across the Northern Hemisphere threatened to break records and whip up wildfires on Monday as the dire consequences of global warming take shape.