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Russia-Ukraine war updates: Trump tells Ukraine to talk with Putin ‘now’... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The team found that applying a small dose of the naturally occurring sugar helped to form new blood vessels, which led to hair regrowing. Findings from the study show that the deoxy ribose sugar is as effective at regrowing hair as Minoxidil - an existing drug used to treat hair loss. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Passenger bus skids off a cliff in Sri Lanka, killing 21 people and injuring at least 14 others. A tragic incident occurred in Sri Lanka. A passenger bus veered off a cliff in the tea-growing region. Twenty-one people lost their lives in the accident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Taliban government has suspended the game of chess across Afghanistan, citing its potential association with gambling, prohibited under the country’s morality laws. The decision, announced by a sports official on Sunday, reflects the administration's ongoing enforcement of its austere interpretation of Islamic law since seizing power in 2021. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US and China hold trade talks in Geneva, Switzerland... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India and Pakistan Agree to Full, Immediate Ceasefire: Trump... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The US-China trade war could be letting up, with the world's two largest economies beginning talks in Switzerland.Top trade officials from both sides met on Saturday in the first high-level meeting since US President Donald Trump hit China with tariffs in January.Beijing retaliated immediately and a tense stand-off ensued as the two countries heaped levies on each other. New US tariffs on Chinese imports stand at 145%, and some US exports to China face duties of 125%.There have been weeks of stern, and sometimes fiery, rhetoric where each side sought to paint the other as the more desperate party.And yet this weekend they face each other over the negotiating table.So why now? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a "positive sign" that Russia was considering ending the war in Ukraine after Russia offered "direct talks" this coming Thursday.His comments came after Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Ukraine to take part in "serious negotiations" in a late-night address.But the Ukrainian president said: "We expect Russia to confirm a ceasefire - complete, lasting and credible - starting tomorrow, 12 May, and Ukraine is ready to meet."Western powers called for a 30-day pause in fighting to begin on Monday after European leaders spearheading the so-called "coalition of the willing" met in Kyiv on Saturday.A key aide to Zelensky said there must be a ceasefire before direct talks over ending the war - which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 - could take place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India and Pakistan agree to a ceasefire, but will it hold? Here’s what to know.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Great Game of the UAE and Saudi Arabia in Sudan... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trade talks between the US and China are underway in Switzerland. Here’s what’s at stake... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Afghanistan, Taliban government has their own rules... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inside a $20 Billion Effort to Create a Star on Earth... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pope Leo XIV has said artificial intelligence is one of the main challenges facing humanity as he outlined his vision for the papacy. In his first formal audience, Leo said the Catholic Church must take the lead in facing newer threats to workers, such as AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thousands of people in Spain were recently instructed to remain indoors due to a toxic chlorine cloud emanating from a fire at a warehouse near Barcelona, reported the Times of India. Authorities urged residents to stay indoors for nearly seven hours, closing roads and train stations. The incident led to a widespread confinement order, affecting over 160,000 people in five coastal districts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At least seven people were killed and several others displaced by flash flooding following a heavy downpour in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, on Friday night, a government official said on Saturday.Saleh Omar Hassan, a spokesperson for the mayor of Mogadishu, said several houses were destroyed and some roads damaged by the heavy rains, which triggered flash floods."The intense and prolonged downpour has triggered flash floods, resulting in the loss of seven lives and the destruction of homes and property," he said, noting that the torrential rains rendered several key roads impassable, paralyzing transport in the city and its environs.Hassan said emergency response teams have been activated to mitigate the impact of the seasonal rains and flooding by deploying water pumps to drain flood-prone areas.He said six major roads were damaged by the heavy rains, which also inundated the homes of more than 200 families.One week prior to the floods, the United Nations called for immediate emergency assistance to help 45,000 people affected by flooding across Somalia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump teases 'very big announcement' ahead of Gulf trip.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India accused Pakistan of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement Saturday and said it was retaliating, hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the nuclear-armed neighbours had stepped back from the brink of full-blown war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India-Pakistan War: Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif thanks US President Donald Trump, UAE, Saudi, Turkey for support... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The countries had agreed an immediate ceasefire but it appeared to hold for only a few hours... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ceasefires between India and Pakistan have been successfully mediated by other countries in the past as well... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

European leaders have urged Russia to agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine starting on Monday.The call was issued at a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" in Kyiv. The leaders of France, Germany, the UK and Poland were hosted by Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky, while others joined remotely.They made the announcement after discussing the plan by phone with US President Donald Trump - who initially mooted an unconditional ceasefire. The leaders threatened Russia with "massive" sanctions if it does not comply.UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the aim of the coalition of the willing was to show "that aggression will never prevail on our continent"."Once a ceasefire is achieved, it will take time, but this will be a huge moment in reconnecting Ukraine's economy, boosting investor confidence, and helping to reunite families separated by this war," Starmer told reporters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire mediated by the US, ending four days of hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbors.“After a long night of talks mediated by the United States, I am pleased to announce that India and Pakistan have agreed to a FULL AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE,” US President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Saturday. The governments of both Asian nations will start talks on a broad set of issues at a neutral site, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X.Over the past 48 hours, @VP Vance and I have engaged with senior Indian and Pakistani officials, including Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif, External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir, and National Security Advisors Ajit…— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) May 10, 2025The de-escalation comes hours after the Indian and Pakistani militaries targeted each others’ bases overnight, fueling fears of an all-out war. Rubio and several others including China and Saudi Arabia had spoken with both countries over several days, according to Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, who confirmed the ceasefire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An AI chatbot able to talk to dead people... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ChatGPT's dark side: Can we trust artificial intelligence? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FDA approves 3 natural food colors. Here's what they are and what they can be used... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

X Says India Ordered It to Block 8000 Accounts... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese consumer electronics company has been shipping smartphones and smart TVs powered by the company’s homegrown HarmonyOS software for the past few years. Now Huawei has introduced its first laptop that will ship with HarmonyOS rather than Windows.The move to develop its own operating system wasn’t entirely Huawei’s idea – the company has been put in a tight spot by US sanctions that prevent US-based companies like Google and Microsoft from doing business with Huawei, which limited the company’s access first to Android, and more recently to Windows. But the upshot for Huawei is that the company now has far more control over the hardware and software inside all of its devices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The United States and Iran will hold a new round of nuclear talks Sunday in Oman, officials said, just ahead of a visit to the region by President Donald Trump.Trump, who will visit three other Gulf Arab monarchies next week, has voiced hope for reaching a deal with Tehran to avert an Israeli military strike on Iran's nuclear program that could ignite a wider war.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that Oman, which has been mediating, had proposed Sunday as the date and both sides had accepted."Negotiations are moving ahead and naturally, the more we advance, the more consultations we have, and the more time the delegations need to examine the issues," he said in a video carried by Iranian media."But what's important is that we are moving forward so that we gradually get into the details," Araghchi said.Steve Witkoff, Trump's friend who has served as his globe-trotting negotiator, will take part in the talks, the fourth since Trump returned to the White House, according to a source familiar with arrangements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US measles total climbs to 1,001 cases... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as new head of Catholic Church... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russia marked the 80th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany with a grand parade in Moscow’s Red Square, attended by over 20 foreign leaders. The Victory Day spectacle, celebrated on May 9, is Russia’s most important secular holiday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sir David Attenborough's birthday is on May 8th. He was born in 1926. He turns 99 on May 8... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AI to create writing classes given by Agatha Christie... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An 80% levy would be a significant reduction from the 145% tariff currently facing many Chinese goods. However, that number could still be seen as prohibitive to trade.It is unclear if Trump wants the 80% rate to be the long-term tariff for China, or whether it should be viewed as a step in negotiations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

India-Pakistan Tensions Rise Amid Nuclear Fears... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Family creates AI video to depict Arizona man addressing his killer in court. CHANDLER, ARIZONA, A simulation of a dead man created by artificial intelligence addressed his killer in an Arizona court this month, in what appears to be one of the first such instances in a U.S. courtroom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new Pope is Robert Prevost - the first American pontiff - and will take the name Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, 69, stepped out onto the balcony at the Vatican to huge cheers from thousands gathered below. The newly elected, Chicago-born pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, delivered his first speech to crowds from the Vatican balcony.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert Francis Prevost: the moderate, good humoured first American popeRobert Francis Prevost – who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV – may not be the Latin American Jesuit wildcard that his predecessor, Pope Francis, was, but his election is similarly historic.In the figure of the 69-year-old former head of the Augustinian order, the Roman Catholic church has its very first US leader.Until Thursday evening, the idea of the fisherman’s ring being slipped on to a North American hand was seen as a fairly distant possibility. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US Vice President JD Vance said that while the Trump administration was worried about an escalation in hostilities between India and Pakistan, the United States would not get involved in a war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours as it was “fundamentally none of our business". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon said Thursday it is releasing a new generative AI-powered tool to help merchants improve their listings with missing details or attributes.Sellers often have hundreds of products listed on Amazon, and they need to update information related to them from time to time, which can be a cumbersome task. The e-commerce tech giant wants sellers to use its new AI-powered tool, called Enhance My Listing, to make the chore easier.The tool automatically suggests product titles, attributes, descriptions, and missing details to sellers based on seasonal trends. Sellers can accept, reject, or modify these suggestions before updating the product listing in Amazon’s catalog.Amazon said it uses its own Amazon Bedrock service for generative AI models to get insights from customer engagement on the platform. Enhance My Listing is rolling out to select sellers in the U.S. starting today, with an expanded rollout scheduled for the coming weeks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud computing arm of Amazon, will invest USD 4 billion to build its first data centers and cloud infrastructure in Chile. The project, which has secured all necessary regulatory permits, is expected to become operational by the second half of 2026, Reuters reported, citing AWS's head of South Latin America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be worth an estimated $107 billion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chinese scientists have discovered a key gene that considerably improves rice’s tolerance to extreme heat while preserving grain quality and increasing yields — a breakthrough with major implications for food security amid climate change.The gene, named QT12, was discovered by scientists from Huazhong Agricultural University in Wuhan, central China. Their research was published Wednesday in the prestigious journal Cell.QT12 works by interacting with the NF-Y protein complex, forming a defensive mechanism inside rice grains under high heat.Li Yibo, the study’s corresponding author, said that this interaction protects the grains from temperature stress while boosting starch and protein synthesis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares for his heavily choreographed May 9 “Victory Day” military parade, he’s been clear who’s at the top of his guest list: Xi Jinping.The Chinese leader arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a four-day state visit, Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Xi will deepen “mutual trust” with Putin, according to Beijing, and attend activities commemorating 80 years since the Allied forces’ World War II victory over Nazi Germany.Xi’s attendance marks a strong showing of unity between the two autocrats and their nations at a moment when US President Donald Trump’s “America First” diplomacy has shaken global alliances and reshaped relations between Washington and both powers. In remarks last month, Putin described Xi as his “main guest.”In a written statement marking his arrival in Moscow, Xi hailed China and Russia as “good neighbors that cannot be moved apart, true friends who share weal and woe, and reliable partners who help each other succeed.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Officials summoned the American ambassador to express its displeasure after the Trump Administration was said be ratcheting up surveillance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Dubai's Emirates Group, which includes the Middle East's biggest airline, announced on Thursday gross annual profit of $6.2 billion, its third record in three years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Foxconn, the maker of Apple's iPhones, has announced plans to produce electric vehicles (EV) for Japanese car giant Mitsubishi Motors.Under the agreement in principle, a Foxconn joint venture will design and build cars in Taiwan for Mitsubishi.The companies say they expect the new model to be available by the end of next year, under what would be Foxconn's first major contract in the booming and highly competitive EV industry.Japanese car makers like Mitsubishi have faced growing competition from mainland Chinese rivals, particularly in markets in South East Asia, South America and Europe.The companies said the cars will be built by Foxtron - Foxconn's EV joint venture with Taiwanese car maker, Yulon Motor."Foxtron will provide design and manufacturing management services and this model is expected to enter the Australia and New Zealand markets in the second half of 2026," they added. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The new Pope is Robert Prevost - the first American pontiff - and will take the name Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, 69, stepped out onto the balcony at the Vatican to huge cheers from thousands gathered below. The newly elected, Chicago-born pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, delivered his first speech to crowds from the Vatican balcony.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump removes the 25% tariff on UK steel and aluminium, and immediately cuts the rate on most car exports from 27.5% to 10%The lower car rate applies to the first 100,000 vehicles exported from the UK to the US each year - 101,000 were exported last yearIn return, the UK government says it's removing the tariff on ethanol for US goods, and agrees "reciprocal market access on beef" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.