ANDREW TATE AND BROTHER TRISTAN ARRESTED IN ROMANIA ON U.K. WARRANT

Tue 12 March 2024: Social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over allegations of sexual aggression. The brothers were detained on Monday night on charges that date back to between 2012 and 2015. They were handed a European arrest warrant issued by Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London – […]

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UK GOVERNMENT PLEDGES ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO PROTECT MUSLIM COMMUNITIES

Tue 12 March 2024: The United Kingdom will pump an additional 117 million pounds ($150m) into protecting Muslim communities, the government said. The new funding, announced on Monday as the Muslim month of Ramadan began, will be used to install security cameras, alarms, and fences in mosques, Muslim faith schools, and other community centres. The move comes […]

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THREE OUT OF FOUR TEENS SAY THEY ARE HAPPY OR PEACEFUL WITHOUT THEIR SMARTPHONE

Tue 12 March 2024: Nearly three out of four teenagers in the United States say they feel happy or peaceful when they do not have their smartphone with them, a survey has found, underscoring concerns about the effects of digital media on minors. But despite their positive associations with putting their smartphone away, only 36 […]

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WITH A 1,000-HORSEPOWER ENGINE, PORSCHE UNVEILS ONE OF THE FASTEST ROAD CARS IN THE WORLD

Tue 12 March 2024: Porsche unveiled its most powerful production, or mass-produced, vehicle on Monday. Arriving this summer, the 1,093-horsepower electric Taycan Turbo GT has already broken two racing records for the fastest electric vehicle. It even beat a Tesla Model S record by an astonishing eighteen seconds. The Taycan Turbo GT set a world record lap time on Germany’s renowned Nürburgring Nordschleife, a tight, demanding track where automakers regularly test their most competitive sports cars. The previous record holder on the […]

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KYIV NEEDS WEAPONS, NOT WHITE FLAGS: NATO CHIEF TO POPE

Tue 12 March 2024: Pope Francis is continuing to face criticism over his remarks that war-torn Ukraine should have the “courage of the white flag” and negotiate an end to the war triggered by Russia’s invasion. This time, the pope’s remarks have been criticised by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. On […]

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NEW AI VIDEO TOOLS INCREASE WORRIES OF DEEPFAKES AHEAD OF ELECTIONS

Mon 11 March 2024: The video that OpenAI released to unveil its new text-to-video tool, Sora, has to be seen to be believed. Photorealistic scenes of charging woolly mammoths in clouds of snow, a couple walking through falling cherry blossoms and aerial footage of the California gold rush. The demonstration reportedly prompted movie producer Tyler […]

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OPPENHEIMER SWEEPS UP AT 96TH ACADEMY AWARDS BY WINNING 7 OSCARS

Mon 11 March 2024: “Oppenheimer” swept the board on Sunday at theOscars, Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, with seven awards including best picture and best director, crowning a triumphant year for filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Nolan’s masterful drama about the father of the atomic bomb, half of last summer’s massive “Barbenheimer” phenomenon, also bagged acting […]

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