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Indian-origin tennis champion graduates from Stanford University. Stanford University celebrated Indian-origin tennis player Samir Banerjee as he graduated this month with a degree in science, technology, and society. For his final project in Stats 100: Mathematics of Sports, Samir built an algorithm to analyze years of tennis server data across different surfaces to determine which…

“No man ever steps in the same river twice,” wrote Greek philosopher Heraclitus. For more than a century, however, England’s River Kemp was kept within bounds.Its natural curves were carved into a straight channel by landowners in the 1800s, turning what was once a wandering waterway into something closer to a man-made drain. The river…

Representational AI photo When life gives you lemons, you make lemonades, and you don’t let anyone stop you from selling it and making a fortune. The brothers Ethan (13), Seth (11), and Jonathan (8) had been running their shop Triple M Goods, sellling lemonade at a local farmers’ market for years. The family went in…

Twana Jamal is seen being approached by reporters in Leicestershire, where he is now living An Iraqi man once described by French authorities as the “Godfather of traffickers” is now living in the UK, where he is believed to have claimed asylum while working illegally, despite serving a prison sentence for running a major migrant…

Deputy PM Ishaq Dar’s relative among four arrested over alleged gang rape of two foreign women in Lahore Pakistani police have arrested four men, including a relative of deputy prime minister and foreign minister Ishaq Dar, over the alleged gang rape of two foreign women in Lahore.The suspects: Muhammad Raza Dar, Hassan Raza, Sikandar Khan…

Indian father arrested in US for causing deadly injuries to his 2-year-old child. A 41-year-old Indian-origin man, Kiran Netha Pasunuri, has been charged with attempting to murder his toddler, who was admitted to the hospital with grievous injuries, in North Carolina. The incident took place on June 2 and the father was arrested on June…

For generations, the Giza Plateau has been examined from almost every angle imaginable. Excavations, historical records and modern surveying have steadily filled gaps in what is known about Egypt’s most famous archaeological landscape. Yet even after decades of work, the ground beneath the desert continues to hold unanswered questions. New technology is allowing specialists to…

During the mid-20th century, large areas of Israel were transformed by one of the country’s most ambitious reforestation programmes. Millions of pine trees were planted to stabilise soils, combat erosion and create forests on previously open landscapes. At first, the initiative appeared to be an environmental success, with barren hillsides becoming green woodlands. However, decades…

Ng Ka-sing (centre) was arrested in 2022 and is now being convicted of manslaughter (Source: SCMP) A Hong Kong man has been found guilty of manslaughter but acquitted of murdering his girlfriend after jurors accepted his claim that he may have accidentally beaten her to death while trying to help her lose weight by keeping…

DEEP has completed the installation of Vanguard, its pilot subsea human habitat, at Tennessee Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The system now sits 17 metres below the water’s surface following a complex marine operation, marking a significant milestone in subsea engineering and long-duration underwater research capability.The installation enables multi-day subsea missions, allowing…