LONDON: A nurse on trial for allegedly killing seven babies at a UK hospital where she worked was a “very calculating woman” who murdered “many children”, a court heard on Friday. Lucy Letby, 33, who is also accused of attempting to kill another 10 babies in the neo-natal unit of
WHEN the Beatles broke up more than 50 years ago, devastated fans were left yearning for more. Now, artificial intelligence is offering just that. From “re-uniting” the Fab Four on songs from their solo careers, to re-imagining surviving superstar Paul McCartney’s later works with his voice restored to its youthful
Annecy, France: The Syrian refugee detained in the stabbing of six people, including four young children, in the French Alpine town of Annecy has been charged with attempted murder, a prosecutor said Saturday. Abdalmasih H. “did not wish to speak” during his 48 hours in police custody or before the magistrates
Bogotá, Colombia: Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early Saturday. The children, who survived a small plane crash in the jungle, were transported by army medical plane to a military airport
NEW Zealand announced a ban on disposable vapes Tuesday, tightening the nation’s chokehold on smoking as it also phases in a near-total prohibition on tobacco sales. Disposable vapes — defined as those without removable or replaceable batteries — will be banned from August, Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said. “Too many
BEIJING: Chinese snooker vowed yesterday to crack down on betting and launch an education drive after 10 players from the country were banned from the sport, two for life. Snooker is reeling from its biggest match-fixing scandal and China is at the heart of it, with Liang Wenbo and Li
BEIJING: Millions of Chinese students sit for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday, the first since the country lifted zero-COVID rules that forced classes online for months on end. China’s education ministry says nearly 13 million students, a record, are registered to take the “gaokao” exams — billed by
HAITI: An earthquake shook parts of western Haiti on Tuesday, killing at least four people and injuring three dozen others, authorities said, with more victims feared trapped under the rubble. The magnitude 4.9 quake occurred just after 5:00 am (0900 GMT) around 5.5 miles (9 kilometers) off the coast of
MONTMELO (Spain): Defending double world champion Max Verstappen extended his lead in this year’s title race to 53 points on Sunday when he completed a hat-trick by driving his Red Bull to a masterful victory in the Spanish Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Dutchman led from lights to flag to come
SONY’S newest chapter in the Marvel webslinger series, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”, soared to North American box office domination in its weekend debut, Sunday estimates showed, cementing the resilience of one of Hollywood’s biggest superhero juggernauts. The animated offering featuring the voices of Shameik Moore, Haille Steinfeld and Issa Rae
