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Chatty robot ElliQ helps seniors in US fight loneliness through AI companionship
Although a device like ElliQ might have short-term benefits, it could make people less likely to seek human contact.
13 unaccompanied minors among the more than 300 Indian passengers held in France
The civilian protection unit of the Marne department said the Airbus jet was carrying 13 unaccompanied minors as well as accompanied minors with ages ranging from 21 months to 17 years.
Nowhere safe in Gaza, UN says after Israeli evacuation order
The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees tweeted that the latest order would affect more than 150,000 people, with an estimated 1.9 million people displaced by the war.
One person killed, another injured in shooting at Florida shopping mall
Several other mall patrons also suffered injuries during the shooting, with one person having chest pain and another reporting a broken arm, police said.
Prague university shooting: Czech Republic holds a national day of mourning for the victims
Authorities said that 13 people died at the scene in the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and one died later in a hospital.
China earthquake death toll rises to 148
The quake was China's deadliest since 2014 when more than 600 people were killed in southwestern Yunnan province.
Three foreign nationals are among the wounded in a Prague university shooting that saw 14 killed
Police have so far given no details about the victims or a possible motive for the shooting at the building located near the Vltava River in Jan Palach Square.
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities
The revised text was negotiated during a week and a half of high-level diplomacy by the United States, the United Arab Emirates on behalf of Arab nations and others.
United States to impose sanctions on banks that help Russian war in Ukraine
The United States has been stepping up the use of secondary sanctions, despite concerns among some policymakers and experts that it will encourage other countries to move away from the dollar.
France grounds flight carrying 303 Indians on human trafficking suspicion: Reports
The aircraft carrying passengers "likely to be victims of human trafficking" was detained on Thursday after an anonymous tipoff, the Paris public prosecutor's said.
US temples to organize week-long celebrations of Ram Mandir inauguration
Every participating temple will receive a certificate of participation and 'Prasad' from Shree Ram Janam Bhumi Teerth Kshetra Trust.
UN Security Council to vote on Gaza aid measure after delays
The resolution also requests the appointment of a UN humanitarian coordinator to oversee and verify third-country aid to Gaza.
Indian student dies from carbon monoxide poisoning in Canada after car is left running
In all, seven individuals were found to be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning and transported to a hospital.
‘We’ve deepened our partnership with India through Quad’: US Secretary of State…
Blinken said that Washington's partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region have never been stronger and the US will continue to engage with China from a position of strength.
‘No functional hospitals left in northern Gaza’, says WHO
The UN health agency said it had led missions to two badly damaged hospitals, Al-Shifa and Al-Ahli, in the north of the Palestinian territory on Wednesday.
Countries around us reached the moon but Pakistan not rising from the Earth: Nawaz Sharif
Early this week, Sharif had said neither India nor the United States are behind Pakistan's miseries. "No one else but we are responsible for our downfall as we shot ourselves in the foot."
UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are ‘starving’ because of war
Bombardment and fighting continued Thursday, but with Gaza's internet and other communications cut off for a second straight day, details on the latest violence could largely not be confirmed.
At least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Prague university, police chief says
The violence in the city's historic centre sparked frantic evacuations, a massive response by heavily armed police and warnings for people to stay indoors.
China has started erecting temporary housing units after an earthquake destroyed 14,000 homes
Search teams were using excavators to dig out a thick sea of mud that covered roads and encased and blocked entry to buildings.
Parents and uncle convicted of murdering Pakistani teen in Italy for refusing an arranged marriage
An autopsy revealed the young woman had a broken neck bone, possibly caused by strangulation.