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A US jury ⁠on Monday ruled against Elon Musk in ⁠his lawsuit against OpenAI, finding the artificial intelligence company ⁠not liable to the world’s richest person for having allegedly strayed from its original mission to benefit humanity.
In a unanimous verdict, the jury in Oakland, California federal court said Musk had brought his case too late.
The jury deliberated less than two hours.
The trial had widely been seen as a critical moment for the future of OpenAI and artificial intelligence…

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In the drought-ridden Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco, women have adopted fog-harvesting technology to extract potable water from clouds that pass over the fringes of the Sahara Desert. In the villages surrounding Ait Baamrane, a lack of water sources, desertification, climate change, and the drying up of wells previously made it necessary for women and children to spend hours each day fetching water in large containers. Thanks to the installation of enormous fog-collection nets on Mount Boutmezguida, the lives of many have been changed forever. It is an initiative led by the women of the Dar Si Hmad Foundation that has become one of the world’s best-known fog-collection ventures.Fog harvesting in Morocco: How the system worksThe fog harvesting process is both simple and efficient. Huge mesh nets are suspended in mountainous areas where there is a high probability of thick fog from the Atlantic Ocean passing through. Tiny droplets are collected in the net, converte..

Police launch probe after fatal robbery attack in UK's East Belfast
A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a man, who was attacked by robbers in an apartment building in East Belfast. Nicholas, also called Nicky, Gordon, died after sustaining severe injuries as a result of being assaulted by intruders inside the apartment building, during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Gordon was taken to the hospital, where he died.The police service was informed about the incident at 08:25 BST on Tuesday, despite the actual occurrence being around 04:45 in the morning, as reported by BBC. Speaking to the press, Detective Chief Inspector Duffie stated that a “number of intruders” entered the apartment building and “attacked another male before making off”. Ambulance crews attended the scene shortly afterwards.Two suspects were charged with aggravated burglary with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. The two suspects included a 24-year-old male and a 49-year-old fe..

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TOI correspondent from Washington: American late-night television, that unique, risque institution where presidents are mocked, celebrities flattered and the audience applauds on cue, is preparing for a funeral. After 33 years, CBS is pulling the plug on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, with its eponymous host taking his final bow this week – ending not merely a show, but perhaps an era when comedians doubled as the political opposition.CBS insists the decision is “purely financial,” which, as one wag remarked, may be true in the same way the Titanic had a “water management issue.” According to the network, late-night television is bleeding money in the streaming age, with younger audiences migrating to social media memes, clips, and podcasts hosted by hosts broadcasting from basements and bunkers . Advertising revenues for late-night TV have plunged dramatically in recent years even as production costs have soared.Yet few in America believe money alone..

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had almost completed a key goal of the war in Gaza – eliminating all those responsible for orchestrating the October 7 attack.
His remarks followed the Israeli military’s announcement that Ezzedine al-Haddad, commander of Hamas’ armed wing, had been killed in an air strike in Gaza on Friday.
In the aftermath of the October 7 assault, Netanyahu pledged to target and eliminate the masterminds behind the attacks, which, according to an…

AdvertisementAnimalsWorldEuropeGerman police kill escaped tiger, animal handler seriously injuredPolice said the injured man, a volunteer, was inside the tiger enclosure when the animal broke free from a private facility near Leipzig
2-MIN READ2-MIN ListendpaPublished: 1:19am, 18 May 2026German police shot dead a tiger that escaped from a private facility near the eastern city of Leipzig, with a 73-year-old man seriously injured in the incident, authorities said on Sunday.
Police said the man was inside the enclosure when the animal broke free in Schkeuditz, on the outskirts of Leipzig.
He was described as a volunteer authorised to be on the premises and was taken to hospital with serious injuries.
Advertisement“The tiger left its enclosure. It was then found by police officers near a garden area,” a police spokeswoman said. The animal was then shot dead at the scene to eliminate any danger to the public.
A large police operation was launched at the scene, with some officers carrying h..

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At least eight people were injured on Saturday after a car drove into pedestrians in the centre of the northern Italian city of Modena. According to police, the driver was arrested shortly after the incident and authorities said there was no further danger to the public.Modena mayor Massimo Mezzetti said four people were seriously injured, with two victims reported to be in critical condition, Reuters reported. The driver, described as a man in his thirties and an Italian national of North African origin from the Bergamo area, allegedly drove deliberately onto the sidewalk before crashing into a shop window.”It seems the driver deliberately drove onto the sidewalk, hitting several people and crashing into a shop window. He then got out of his car and brandished a knife,” Mezzetti said.A man who attempted to stop the driver suffered minor injuries during the incident. Witnesses told local media they heard people falling and saw the car speeding toward pedestrians, with o..

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There are some quotes that immediately sound powerful because they are dramatic. Then others work differently. They feel quiet at first. Simple. Almost ordinary. Then, after reading them a second time, they begin to settle in your mind a little more.This quote from Queen Elizabeth II feels very much like that.At first glance, the words seem gentle. Almost like advice somebody older in the family might give after observing people for decades. But then you realise something interesting. Queen Elizabeth was not speaking after a few years of experience. She spent more than seventy years on the throne, met thousands of people across different countries, cultures, backgrounds and professions, and watched several generations grow and change.That gives the quote a slightly different weight.Because these are not words based on one moment or one emotional reaction. They sound more like an observation gathered slowly over a lifetime.And perhaps that is partly why people still ..

AdvertisementItalyWorldEurope8 injured as man rams car into pedestrians in Italy’s ModenaThe driver is said to have got out of the vehicle and brandished a knife before being arrested
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenReutersPublished: 2:03am, 17 May 2026Eight ⁠people were ⁠injured on Saturday when ⁠a car drove into pedestrians in the centre of the northern Italian city of Modena, police and the city’s mayor said.
Police said they ‌arrested the driver, a man in his thirties, and there was no further danger.
Among the injured, four people are in a serious condition, the city mayor, Massimo Mezzetti, told broadcaster RaiNews24.
AdvertisementThe driver ⁠is an Italian national born in Bergamo, of North African ‌origin, and a resident of the Modena area, the mayor added.
“It seems [the driver] deliberately ‌drove onto the sidewalk, hitting several people and ⁠crashing into ⁠a shop window. He then got out of his car and ‌brandished a knife,” Mezzetti said.
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Israel’s military on Saturday said it had killed the chief of Hamas’ military wing in an air strike on Gaza the previous day, the most senior Hamas official killed by Israel since ‌an October US-backed ceasefire agreement that was meant to halt fighting.
A senior Hamas official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, confirmed Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who was born in 1970, was killed in the attack. Hamas Gaza spokesperson Hazem Qassem later said in a video statement published on Facebook that…