AUGUST 28, 2023
A satellite image showing Tropical Storm Idalia on Sunday. - NOAA
Florida is bracing for Tropical Storm Idalia, which formed on Sunday and could strengthen to a hurricane in the next two to three days, forecasters said.
Idalia, the latest named storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season, also threatens to bring heavy rains to Georgia and the Carolinas,...
Business
Sam Altman said Indians would fail at building ChatGPT, Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani says challenge accepted
AUGUST 28, 2023
Two months ago, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI and a key man behind ChatGPT, said that Indians could try to create something like ChatGPT AI system but it would be futile. On Monday, speaking at the 46th Reliance Annual General Meeting (AGM) event, the company Chairman - Mukesh Ambani - in a way accepted the challenge. Ambani...
AUGUST 28, 2023
Britain's oldest man celebrates his 111th birthday with family and friends and gets a birthday card from none other than King Charles and Queen Camilla.
John Tinniswood, Britain's oldest man, celebrated his 111th birthday at The Hollies care home in Southport. Born in 1912, the same year as the Titanic's fateful voyage, Mr. Tinniswood enjoyed the festivities surrounded...
AUGUST 28, 2023
BEIJING — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Monday it was “profoundly important” that the United States and China had a stable economic relationship, grounded in “direct, open and practical” communication.
Raimondo met her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, in Beijing after arriving in the Chinese capital Sunday night, becoming the latest in a string of senior Biden administration...
AUGUST 18, 2023
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican.
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has lamented what he called a "reactionary" Catholic Church in the United States, where he said political ideology has replaced faith in some cases.
In the 10 years since his election, Francis has been criticised by conservative sectors of the U.S. Church...
AUGUST 28, 2023
Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani.
Reliance AGM 2023 or annual general meeting will be held on Monday, August 28. Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) 46th AGM is expected to unveil its business blueprint for the future.
While chairman Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate is set for its 46th AGM, investors have been eagerly waiting for announcements on the timeline...
Astronomy
India has received best picture of Moon, all payloads have time till September 3 for all tests: Isro chief
AUGUST 27, 2023
NEW DELHI: Days after leading the country’s elite space agency to do the most difficult task in the world of landing a spacecraft on the most difficult terrain on the lunar south pole where nobody has ventured before, Isro chairman S Somanath said on Sunday that India has the “best picture of the Moon”.
Somanath told the media...
AUGUST 27, 2023
FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines operate at sunrise in Texas.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Texas' electric grid operator asked residents and businesses to conserve energy on Sunday as its reserves were expected to decrease during a scorching heat wave that has caused demand to surge.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) issued an appeal for conservation from 4 p.m. to...
AUGUST 26, 2923
Rishi Sunak has an opportunity to cement his legacy through locking the UK into an Atlantic-Pacific trade deal - Leon Neal/Getty Images
It won’t be his efforts to get schools to focus more on maths. Or his drive to get us playing more chess, as worthwhile as that might be. And it definitely won’t be his management of...
AUGUST 26, 2023
A person holds an image of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as they listen to speakers during the 60th Anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands converged Saturday on the National Mall for the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King...