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Police personnel gather around the crowd at the site of a crowd crush during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela festival in Prayagraj on January 29, 2025
Multiple people killed in crowd crush at Hindu religious festival in India
NEW DELHI — Multiple people were killed in a crowd crush at the world’s largest religious gathering in India early Wednesday, as tens of millions of devotees went to bathe in a river on one of the most sacred days of a Hindu festival.The festival’s special executive officer said a barrier near the river broke as throngs of people were walking toward the riverbanks to take their holy dip as part of the Maha Kumbh Mela in the Indian city of Prayagraj.An official source at a local hospital told CNN they had received 14 bodies around 4 a.m. local time on Wednesday. About 20 people were also being treated for minor injuries, the source added. Indian authorities have not confirmed the number of casualties.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeared to acknowledge the deaths in a post on...
January 29, 2025

Multiple people killed in crowd crush at Hindu religious festival in India

Elizabeth Struhs (right) pictured with her sister, Jayde, who testified against the defendants at trial
Australian sect members guilty of causing girl's death
SYDNEY — Fourteen members of an Australian religious group have been convicted of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl who was denied insulin for almost a week.Elizabeth Struhs died at home in 2022, having suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which causes fatally high blood sugar.The court heard that Elizabeth's treatment was withheld because the group, known as the Saints, opposed medical care, believing God would heal her.Her father Jason Struhs and the group's leader Brendan Stevens were on trial for murder but were convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Twelve other members, including Elizabeth's mother and brother, were also convicted of manslaughter. All had pleaded not guilty.When handing down his almost 500-page verdict on Wednesday, Justice Martin Burns...
January 29, 2025

Australian sect members guilty of causing girl's death

Johor Bahru lies on Malaysia's end of a one-kilometre border crossing to Singapore and is popular among budget shoppers
Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim
KUALA LUMPUR — A Malaysian court has fined a Singaporean influencer for falsely claiming that she was nearly kidnapped at a mall near Malaysia's border with Singapore.A post by beauty influencer Amyra Laila Ho went viral after she claimed that a couple tried to abduct her after forcing her to sniff tea leaves that left her feeling dizzy and numb.However, police said their investigations disproved her claim, which went viral and sparked discussions about security in Johor Bahru.Johor Bahru lies on one end of the roughly one-kilometer long causeway that links the southern tip of Malaysia to the north of Singapore. Millions cross over every day, making it one of the world's busiest border crossings.Ho pleaded guilty to providing false information to a police officer and was fined...
January 29, 2025

Singapore influencer fined over false abduction claim

The little-known Chinese firm's reportedly cheap yet powerful AI model surprised Silicon Valley
China's DeepSeek AI under 'large-scale malicious attacks'
BEIJING — Chinese AI firm DeepSeek says it is facing "large-scale malicious attacks", which are affecting its services.Chinese state media is citing cyber security experts who say the attacks are originating from US-based IP addresses, which the BBC is unable to verify.This comes hours after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the US National Security Council (NSC) is "looking into" DeepSeek.The little-known Chinese firm's reportedly cheap yet powerful AI model surprised Silicon Valley, which has splurged billions on AI infrastructure – just last week Trump announced an AI plan worth half a trillion dollars involving top US firms."Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, registration may be busy," a banner on...
January 29, 2025

China's DeepSeek AI under 'large-scale malicious attacks'

A screengrab of a CCTV broadcast shows Liang Wenfeng (R), who founded DeepSeek, speaking during a symposium in Beijing on January 20, 2025
China celebrates DeepSeek’s breakout AI success as tech race heats up
HONG KONG — People across China are hailing the success of homegrown tech startup DeepSeek and its founder, after the company’s newest artificial intelligence model sent shock waves through Silicon Valley and Wall Street.“DeepSeek overturns the US stocks overnight” one trending hashtag with tens of millions of views proclaimed on Chinese social media platform Weibo. “DeepSeek makes Meta panic,” said another, in reference to the US tech giant that’s invested heavily in developing its own AI models.More than a dozen hashtags related to the cutting-edge technology were trending on Weibo early this week as DeepSeek surged to the top of international app store charts, surpassing American company OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Monday.DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng was also hailed as a tech...
January 29, 2025

China celebrates DeepSeek’s breakout AI success as tech race heats up

Since taking office on 20 January, President Trump has announced a number of immigration-related executive orders
Trump says India 'will do what's right' on illegal immigration
KOCHI — US President Donald Trump has said India "will do what's right" on the deportation of illegal migrants following a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The leaders spoke on Monday, their first conversation since Trump's inauguration last week.They discussed immigration, security issues and trade in what the White House described as a "productive call".Trump told reporters after the call that Modi was likely to visit the United States "sometime in February".Since taking office on 20 January, Trump has announced a number of immigration-related executive orders, paving the way for a widespread effort to crack down on undocumented migrants in the US.According to the Pew Research Center, there are an estimated 725,000 undocumented Indian...
January 28, 2025

Trump says India 'will do what's right' on illegal immigration

Fuji TV's president Koichi Minato (left) and chairman Shuji Kano (right) bowed during the press conference
Top executives of Japanese TV network resign over sex scandal
TOKYO — The chairman and president of Fuji TV, one of Japan's biggest networks, have resigned in the wake of a sexual misconduct allegation against a famous TV host.Dozens of companies have pulled their advertisements from the network, which was criticized for trying to cover up the scandal.Masahiro Nakai was accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a 2023 party held by Fuji TV staff. He announced his retirement from show business last week.The Japanese government has called on Fuji TV to regain trust from viewers and sponsors.In a press conference on Monday, Fuji TV chairman Shuji Kano and president Koichi Minato bowed as they announced their resignations.They apologized to the viewers as well as stakeholders for the trouble and anxiety caused in a scandal that has rocked...
January 27, 2025

Top executives of Japanese TV network resign over sex scandal

Feathers and blood stains belonging to the baikal teal were found on both engines of the crashed Jeju Air plane
Bird feathers found in engines of crashed Jeju Air jet
SEOUL — Investigators say they have found evidence of a bird strike on a passenger plane that crashed in South Korea in December and killed 179 people.The feathers and blood stains on both engines of the Jeju Air plane were from the Baikal teal, a type of migratory duck that files in large flocks, according to a preliminary investigation report published on Monday.The inquiry into the crash - the deadliest on South Korean soil - will now focus on the role of the bird strike and a concrete structure at the end of the runway, which the plane crashed into.The engines of the Boeing 737-800 will be torn down and the concrete structure will be examined further, the report said.The Jeju Air plane took off from Bangkok in the morning of 29 December and was flying to Muan International Airport in...
January 27, 2025

Bird feathers found in engines of crashed Jeju Air jet

Kakoli Das and her daughter Isha, who tragically lost their son and brother when he drowned while going to a neighbor
Three children drown every day in India's wetlands, but mothers are fighting back
NEW DELHI — Mangala Pradhan will never forget the morning she lost her one-year-old son.It was 16 years ago, in the unforgiving Sundarbans — a vast, harsh delta of 100 islands in India's West Bengal state. Her son Ajit, just beginning to walk, was full of life: frisky, restless, and curious about the world.That morning, like so many others, the family was busy with their daily chores. Mangala had fed Ajit breakfast and taken him to the kitchen as she cooked. Her husband was out buying vegetables, and her ailing mother-in-law rested in another room.But little Ajit, always eager to explore, slipped away unnoticed. Mangala shouted for her mother-in-law to watch him, but there was no reply. Minutes later, when she realized how quiet it had become, panic set in."Where is my boy?...
January 27, 2025

Three children drown every day in India's wetlands, but mothers are fighting back

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial
Impeached South Korean president charged with insurrection
SEOUL — South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been charged with insurrection after he attempted to declare martial law in December.His ill-fated attempt to impose military rule plunged the country into an unprecedented political crisis and he became the first sitting president in South Korean history to be charged with a crime.The indictment comes after a court in Seoul rejected a request to extend Yoon's detention on Saturday, which meant prosecutors had to make a decision on whether to charge or release him before Monday."The punishment of the ringleader of insurrection now begins finally," Han Min-soo, a spokesman from the main opposition Democratic Party told a press conference.Yoon's legal team criticised the indictment and pledged to expose any...
January 27, 2025

Impeached South Korean president charged with insurrection

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