Author: News Desk

United States: The tech giant Google has revealed that it’s currently exploring artificial intelligence tools for writing news articles to help journalists. The spokesperson of the company has observed that Google is working with media outlets, particularly small publishers, to provide AI-powered tools to assist journalists with “options for headlines or different writing styles.” According to the Google spokesperson, the AI tools under consideration have the potential to offer journalists suggestions for headlines and different writing styles. These advancements aim to enhance their work and productivity. However, the spokesperson clarified that Google is currently only in the initial stages of…

United Kingdom: A recent study has found that eating a vegan diet can significantly reduce the damage to the environment caused by food production. The research, published in the journal Nature Food, suggested that vegan diets resulted in 75 percent less climate-heating emissions, water pollution, and land use than diets in which more than 100 grammes of meat a day were eaten. Vegan diets also cut the destruction of wildlife by 66 percent and water use by 54 percent. The research analysed the real diets of 55,000 people in the UK. It also used data from 38,000 farms in 119…

London, UK: Cameroonian goalkeeper Andre Onana from Italian side Inter Milan has signed a 5-year contract with Manchester United for $57 million. The club can extend the deal for another 12 months, and United will have to pay $4.5 million for that, which is dependent on his success at the club. The 27-year-old will join up with his new teammates on their preseason tour of the United States. “To join Manchester United is an incredible honour, and I have worked hard all my life to get to this moment, overcoming many obstacles along the way,” the player stated. Onana comes…

Ukraine: European Union officials have stated that the bloc is preparing $22 billion fund to help Ukraine with weapons, ammunition, and military aid in its war against Russia. Mr. Josep Borrell, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, summarised the four-year proposal to EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. Following the meeting, Mr. Borrell noted that the EU would “transform existing support into a long-term commitment to Ukraine’s security and resilience.” “We propose the creation of a dedicated section on the European Peace Facility (EPF) to provide up to $5.5 billion a year for the next four years for the defence needs…

Australia: Australia’s captain and forward Ms. Sam Kerr will miss two matches of the Women’s World Cup, including the opening game against Ireland, due to a calf injury. Ms. Kerr’s loss is considered a big blow for Mr. Tony Gustavsson’s 10th-ranked Australia women’s national football team, who are one of the favourites to win their home tournament. The 29-year-old Chelsea forward is the all-time leading goalscorer for her country with 63 goals. “I wanted to share this with everyone so there is no distraction from us doing what we came here to achieve. Of course I would have loved to…

Sweden: Numerous protesters have stormed the Swedish embassy in central Baghdad after the Quran burning incident in Sweden. The Swedish foreign ministry press office said in a statement that all embassy staff were safe and highlighted the need for Iraqi authorities to protect diplomatic missions. “The Iraqi government has instructed the competent security authorities to conduct an urgent investigation and take the necessary security measures in order to uncover the circumstances of the incident and identify the perpetrators of this act and hold them accountable according to the law,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. Iraq’s foreign ministry also…

United States: In a new study, scientists have found a gene that can help the body fight ‘severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2) so well that people with it may not have any COVID symptoms at all. HLA genes are responsible for encoding proteins that play a crucial role in the immune system by recognising and differentiating between healthy cells and infected cells within the body. According to the findings, a minimum of 20 percent of individuals infected with COVID-19 either do not show any symptoms throughout the course of the infection or remain asymptomatic. In a collaborative study…

United States: The President of Stanford University, Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, has announced that he will resign after an independent investigation found “substandard practises” in research papers he was involved in. Dr. Tessier-Lavigne, a prominent neuroscientist from Ontario, Canada, issued a statement saying he would leave his post on August 31. Previously, media reports in the United States raised questions about “falsified data” in research linked to Dr. Tessier-Lavigne. Recently, a scientific panel commissioned by Stanford’s Board of Trustees cleared the President of participating in any misconduct, even though it found “serious flaws” in the research papers reviewed. “The Panel has…

United States: The streaming giant Netflix has announced that it has added nearly six million new paid subscribers after a crackdown on password sharing. That number of subscribers was bigger than expected and it follows efforts by the company to re-ignite growth following unusual subscriber losses last spring, as per the statement. Netflix is also facing challenges from ongoing strikes in the US by writers and actors. Netflix has expanded its paid sharing initiative, aimed at curbing account sharing for free, to over 100 countries after commencing its widespread implementation earlier this year. The company reported that revenue in these…

Russia: Russia’s Defence Ministry has warned that ships travelling to Ukraine’s Black Sea ports will be considered potential military targets. The warning came after Ukraine said it would set up a temporary shipping route for grain exports following Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Deal. The Defence Ministry stated that it would consider all ships travelling to Ukraine to be potentially carrying military cargo for Kyiv, and “the flag countries of such ships will be considered parties to the Ukrainian conflict.” In a statement, the Ministry noted that it would implement its new step in the Black Sea starting…