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Anthropic is reportedly weighing the release of a new artificial intelligence (AI) model to counter the rising momentum of rival OpenAI’s newly deployed GPT-6 Astra, a report has said, citing three people familiar with internal discussions. The potential rollout comes ahead of an anticipated initial public offering (IPO) and arrives two weeks after Anthropic’s CEO…

Praggnanandhaa outwits Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: When it was finally revealed that Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa would play Board 1, meaning he would face the toughest oppositions — like his oppoennet in Anish Giri in India’s match against the Netherlands on Sunday — at the 46th Chess Olympiad…

​ German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz​ Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) emerged as the largest party in Sunday’s election in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, dealing another setback to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU).According to preliminary results, AfD won 38.3 percent of the vote, ahead of the Social Democratic Party…

Iran rules out reopening Strait of Hormuz, returning to talks until US meets Tehran’s conditions Iran has ruled out reopening the Strait of Hormuz or returning to the previous framework of negotiations with the United States until Washington meets Tehran’s conditions, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said, as tensions between the two countries continue…

Ed Sheeran has been in the headines since moving ahead with his Loop Tour at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday night amid much controversy following the removal of rapper Macklemore. The controversy has since seen all of Sheeran’s scheduled opening acts, as well as his touring band, withdraw from the tour in solidarity with…

Federal officers operate after Congressman Greg Casar (D-TX) said that a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot a person earlier in the day in Austin, Texas, US September 20, 2026. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas, on Sunday during a brief foot pursuit, local…

Sai Sri Valli Mogilineedi, 8th Grade, Mountain View Middle School, Mechanicsburg, PA (Source: Society for Science) An eighth-grader from Pennsylvania has been named one of the top 30 middle school researchers in the United States after developing a new way to deliver medicines used to treat Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD). Sai Sri Valli Mogilineedi, a…

REJINAGAR (MURSHIDABAD): The second act of the Rejinagar bypoll drama unfolded on Sunday, with AJUP chief Humayun Kabir, who won the seat four-and-a-half months ago, announcing that he would not campaign for his son and party candidate Golam Nabi Azad, citing “hostility” from the administration.Hours later, he said his son, too, would stay away from…

Iran said that regional allies would be considered parties to the conflict. Iran has issued warning that any renewed military action by the United States and its allies would trigger “continuous, effective and painful” attacks on US bases and interests across West Asia, while countries supporting Washington would be treated as parties to the conflict.The…

SIR appeals pile up in WB, EC says hike number of tribunals NEW DELHI: The innumerable voters in West Bengal who were removed from the electoral rolls after special intensive revision (SIR) may not be able to vote for more than a decade as appellate tribunals set up by Supreme Court could take more than…