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Italy privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT, citing data breach 31 Mar 2023 - 08:47 pm

ROME: Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation...

Gwyneth Paltrow wins ski crash law suit 31 Mar 2023 - 08:25 pm

Los Angeles: A jury ruled on Thursday that actress Gwyneth Paltrow is not liable for an accident on a swanky US ski slope,...

Brazil's Lula reschedules China trip for April 11-14 31 Mar 2023 - 08:15 pm

Brasília: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who last week had to cancel a visit to China after coming down with pneumonia,...

IMF Board approves $15.6 billion loan for Ukraine amid war 31 Mar 2023 - 08:04 pm

The International Monetary Fund’s board signed off on a $15.6 billion aid package for Ukraine, the final approval for the institution’s first-ever loan...

Northern Spain ravaged by more than 100 fires 31 Mar 2023 - 07:43 pm

Madrid: More than one hundred illegally started fires ravaged northern Spain on Friday, according to authorities while blazes that raged for over a...

South Africa's Pistorius denied parole decade after killing girlfriend 31 Mar 2023 - 07:27 pm

Pretoria: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after he shot...

NATO chief says Finland to become member 'in coming days' 31 Mar 2023 - 06:22 pm

Brussels: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that Finland would formally become a member within days, as he congratulated its president on...

Greece's prime minister makes border wall an election pledge 31 Mar 2023 - 05:44 pm

THESSALONIKI: Greece’s prime minister promised on Friday to extend a wall across all of the country’s land border with Turkiye as he campaigned...

Japan unveils proposal to promote marriage, raise birthrate 31 Mar 2023 - 05:09 pm

TOKYO: A Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of tackling the country's declining birthrate unveiled a draft proposal on Friday aimed at reversing the...

Biden declines to comment on Trump indictment 31 Mar 2023 - 04:52 pm

Washington: US President Joe Biden declined on Friday to comment on the indictment a day earlier of his predecessor Donald Trump, who became...

Sudanese officials say 14 workers dead in gold mine collapse 31 Mar 2023 - 04:33 pm

KHARTOUM: At least 14 workers are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan, state mining authorities said on Friday. According to...

Virgin Orbit to lay off 85 percent of its employees 31 Mar 2023 - 02:50 pm

Washington: Virgin Orbit, the satellite launch company founded by Richard Branson, said it will lay off 85 percent of its employees, according to...

OpenAI's ChatGPT blocked in Italy: privacy watchdog 31 Mar 2023 - 02:07 pm

Rome: Italy's privacy watchdog said Friday it had blocked the controversial robot ChatGPT, saying the artificial intelligence app did not respect user data...

Memphis shooting leaves 2 police officers, suspect wounded 31 Mar 2023 - 01:50 pm

MEMPHIS, Tenn: Two Memphis police officers and a suspect were wounded in a shooting during a foot chase in the city, authorities said....

Biden heads to Mississippi town ravaged by deadly tornado 31 Mar 2023 - 01:01 pm

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday will visit a Mississippi town ravaged by a deadly tornado even as a new series of severe...

Thai firefighters battle forest blaze 31 Mar 2023 - 12:28 pm

Nakhon Nayok, Thailand: Hundreds of Thai firefighters and soldiers battled a forest blaze less than 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Bangkok on Friday...