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Louise Matsakis: I got to say, I think calling this a migration is maybe underselling it. This is an evacuation, no? I find this sad in a lot of ways just because I remember when Tuvalu was kind of the poster child for climate change, and it was like, we have to save places like this island nation, and it just sort of feels like, I think practical and understandable and humane, but also, I don’t know, an indication that we’re giving up and that there’s sort of defeat of we’re actually just going to move people. I don’t know.…

On Thursday, indie gaming platform Itch.io began re-indexing some of the adult content it had delisted last month amid pressure from conservative groups and payment processors over its hosting of NSFW titles. While the move returns some content to the site’s searchable catalog, it impacts only those games, comics, and other offerings that are already free and therefore not caught in the current payment debacle.“We are still in ongoing discussions with payment processors and will be reintroducing paid content slowly to ensure we can confidently support the widest range of creators in the long term,” Itch founder Leaf Corcoran wrote…

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said Friday that the country’s top court will not yield to sanctions or foreign pressure over the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, which is expected to take place later this year.De Moraes, who is overseeing the criminal case against Bolsonaro, did not mention the United States or Donald Trump in his remarks, but tensions between the U.S. and Brazil escalated this week.On Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against De Moraes for alleged suppression of freedom of expression, and Trump signed an executive order imposing a 50%…

Fox Police procedurals are a dime a dozen on television, which makes it all the more important for a new series in the genre to put its own spin on the formula. Fox’s “Alert: Missing Persons Unit” did just that with the story of Jason and Nikki, a divorced duo who reunite as members of a special police task force focused on missing persons. But they have their own personal stake in their work, because their own child went missing years before, and in between cases, they do whatever they…

SrinagarAug 1, 2025 21:45 IST First published on: Aug 1, 2025 at 21:45 IST Share The special debate on Operation Sindoor in Parliament found a mention in the sermon of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq here on Friday, with the Hurriyat Conference chief offering rare praise for the speeches made by three MPs from Jammu and Kashmir during it.National Conference parliamentarians Mian Altaf Ahmad (Anantnag-Rajouri seat) and Aga Ruhullah Mehdi (Srinagar) were among those who spoke during the debate, as did Independent MP Engineer Sheikh Rashid (Baramulla). Jailed in Tihar on UAPA charges, Rashid got permission from court to attend the House…

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP have taken up the role of hitting out at Trump’s policies, with some BJP MPs suggesting the government diversify its trade to other countries, namely Latin America, Africa and the Global South, and, like Vajpayee, who faced US sanctions, choose a new path. Even RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch slammed America for adopting coercive tactics to gain access to sensitive sectors of the Indian market. BJP Lok Sabha MP Nishikant Dubey took a dig at Trump’s recent…

The Commissioner of Metro Railway Safety (CMRS) Friday gave the safety clearance to Bengaluru Metro’s 18.82-km-long Yellow Line, clearing the way for commercial operations on the stretch.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO This development comes nearly eight years after the civil works for the Yellow Line were awarded in 2017. The Yellow Line connects RV Road with Bommasandra via Electronic City. A Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL) spokesperson told The Indian Express, “We have received the safety clearance report from CMRS with certain general observations. We will now inform both the state government and the central government, seeking permission to operationalise the…

In 2002, artificial intelligence was still in winter. Despite decades of effort, dreams of bestowing computers with humanlike cognition and real-world understanding had not materialized. To look for a way forward, a small group of scientists gathered for “The St. Thomas Common Sense Symposium.” AI pioneer Marvin Minsky was the central presence, along with his protégé Pushpinder Singh. After the symposium, Minsky, Singh, and renowned philosopher Aaron Sloman published a paper on the group’s ideas for how to reach humanlike AI.The paper speaks to the struggles of early-century AI. But one sentence truly stands out today. In a brief paragraph…

Bengaluru: Digital evidence including videos, DNA from the rape victim’s clothes and her testimony—this is what led to the conviction of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, accused of raping a woman who worked for the family. After the verdict, the 34-year-old grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, was seen walking out of the special Bengaluru court sobbing. The quantum of the sentence will be given on 2 August. The prosecution, according to details accessed by ThePrint, used a combination of digital evidence, including the videos recorded by Prajwal himself, DNA residues on the victim’s clothing as well as…

The winners of the 71st National Film Awards were officially announced today at the National Media Centre, New Delhi, following the jury’s submission of the final report to Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of State Dr. L Murugan at 4 PM.Also read: 69th National Film Awards 2023 announced, here is the complete list of who won what!The awards celebrate excellence in Indian cinema, recognizing top talent in feature films, technical artistry, and performance across various languages and genres.Shah Rukh Khan shared the prestigious Best Actor award for Jawan alongside Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail. Rani Mukerji…