The Impossible Statue is a masterpiece that machines independently developed. It is rather unique since it learned from the greatest of the Masters and combines the distinctive styles of five sculptors, including Michelangelo Rodden and Takamura. The Statue is constructed of stainless steel and weighs roughly 2.8 tonnes. It uses more than 20 different tools and software solutions.

AI designs a sculpture marrying Michelangelo, Rodin and Takamura

India and its neighbour Nepal are engaged in a conflict over maps. The mayor of Nepal's capital city, Kathmandu, has installed a very intriguing-looking map of what he calls greater Nepal in his office, which claims a number of Indian territories. This symbolic action is in response to India's installation of a mural titled "akanda Bharat," or "unified India," in its new Parliamentary Building in New Delhi.

Kathmandu's mayor installs new map of Nepal

The West may have imposed massive sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine recently, but a report claims that business is lavishly conducted in Moscow. This raises doubts about the West's obligations to the beleaguered Kyiv government.

Report: Several West-based operating profitably in Russia

Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, recently stated that the social media platform will soon start paying verified content producers for their advertisements. The tech tycoon said that the first payment block will be around $5 million.

Verified content creators on Twitter to be paid for ads in replies

Hip-hop and rap has been a very popular genre of music globally. But Pakistan music listeners recently started to appreciate rap and hip-hop and one artist who is going from strength to strength in the global scene is Eva B. First veil-wearing female rapper from Pakistan’s Baloch minority who has now become a music sensation. In an exclusive conversation with entertainment editor Abira Dhar, Eva says how an indian film inspired her.

First veil-wearing rapper from Pakistan's Baloch minority, becomes a music sensation

The century-old Kashmir Valley cricket bat industry has emerged as the top rival for the renowned English Willow baths, and this year, a number of cricketing nations will use Kashmir Valley bats to compete in the World Cup qualifying tournament.

Kashmiri cricket bats to be used by many countries during World Cup qualifying rounds

Several challengers this week have entered the Republican race trying to thwart former President Donald Trump from capturing the party’s presidential nomination for a third consecutive time. Notable among the new entrants: Trump’s longtime loyal vice president, Mike Pence. VOA’s chief national correspondent Steve Herman at the White House explains Pence wasted no time in doing what he previously hesitated to do – forcefully criticize his former boss’ conduct in office.

WION-VOA Co-Production: Mike Pence's jibe at Donald Trump

Southern China has seen days of non-stop rain. Rough first-summer downpours, popularly known as Dragon Boat water, have flooded several buildings and swallowed roadways in the Asian nation, causing flooding in certain areas. Rescuers are standing in extremely deep floodwater, ready to save anyone stuck in cars.

'Dragon boat water' rains drenches China

As the race for the White House heats up, Republican candidate Ron DeSantis has intensified his verbal attacks on rival Donald Trump. However, using advanced fake technology and AI-generated scandalous images, the former US president can be seen hugging and even kissing the nose of former US chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci in a video released by the DeSantis War Room.

US: Deepfake image shows Trump kissing top US scientist Dr. Anthony Fauci

The Indian High Commission in Colombo organised a defence conference and exhibition on Wednesday to highlight shared security issues faced by both countries and to encourage additional areas of collaboration and cooperation in the defence sector.

India High Commission organizes first defence exhibition in Sri Lanka

The Shehbaz Sharif administration, which is unveiling the budget for 2023–24, is facing challenging times as the economy of Pakistan is in disarray and appears to have fallen short of all of its goals for this year.

Pakistan releases new budget amid severe economic crisis

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to arrive in the United States later this month to begin his State visit. The tour is anticipated to establish new benchmarks for the bilateral relations between the two countries, and significant announcements about defence cooperation are likely to be made.

Pentagon: PM Modi's 'historic' state visit to set new benchmarks

In an exclusive conversation with WION'S Samarpita Das, Palash Vaswani, who has directed the second and third seasons of Gullak talks about the origins and inspiration of the series.

'Small-town people weren't correctly portrayed on TV', says Palash Vaswani, 'Gullak' Director

Claims and counter claims rage on as Russia and Ukraine continue shelling amid rescue operations in the flood-hit Kherson region. 600 square kilometres of Kherson is under water. Another area of focus here is Zaporizhzhia, the area of the critical nuclear power plant. According to Ukrainian officials, Russian shelling killed one person and injured 18 other people. This includes one of the emergency service staff who was overseeing the evacuation. Meanwhile, officials from the Russian controlled areas of Kherson have said that two evacuees were killed in Ukrainian shelling. Russia said its forces had fought a two-hour battle with Ukrainian troops on Thursday. Russian Defence Minister Shoigu said the Ukrainian offensive involved 1,500 soldiers and 150 armoured vehicles.

Kyiv: 1 dead, 18 injured in Russian shelling | Russia-Ukraine War

The cost of lowering energy prices for homes and businesses has been disclosed by the UK government. According to UK Treasury's most recent cost estimate to control UK energy prices, the sum accumulates to roughly $50 billion throughout the winter, according to the first official government data.

UK energy cap costs government almost 50 billion

World no. 1 Carlos Alcaraz faces Novak Djokovic in the French Open semi-finals. The Serbian is chasing a record-breaking 23rd grand slam title and will face a huge test against the mercurial 20-year-old. Who will win this generational battle?

Djokovic vs Alcaraz: A generational battle

The United States and the United Kingdom on Thursday (June 8) struck a fresh strategic pact underlining the "special relationship" to tackle China, Russia, and economic instability. US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak adopted an "Atlantic Declaration" which is aimed at boosting industry ties on defence and renewable energy. The countries have come together in the face of growing competition from China.

Sunak-Biden Meet: 'Atlantic declaration' seen as a counter to Russia and China

UK Police Force has demanded new legal powers as they struggle to restore public trust. The Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Andy Cooke, has cautioned that time is running out for the police and the government to rebuild public trust in policing.

UK Police Force demands new legal powers, says 'trust in police hanging by thread' | WION

Sunak-Biden Meet: 'Atlantic Declaration' to focus on defence, renewable energy industries

Kherson: Rescue continues amid heavy shelling by Russia and Ukraine | Russia-Ukraine War

Byju's, an Indian edtech powerhouse, is preparing to lay off about 1000 employees due to ongoing issues with foreign lenders. The newest reports of layoffs come at a time when the edtech company is looking for a new infusion of funding while resolving disputes with creditors. Media sources indicate that the layoffs may mostly affect the contractual staff who work in the sales and marketing teams.

India: Byju's to cut jobs, sales and marketing teams to face the heat

Cash strapped Pakistan's economy is in doldrums and data from the country's economic survey a day before the country's budget proves that fact. In fact, the country's economy failed to achieve any of the target its set out in 2022-23. Pakistan's GDP growth rate crashed to 0.3% in 2022-23.

Pakistan floods cost economy over $31 billion

Many experts have concerns about how advances in ai will affect what it means to be human, to be productive and to exercise free will. Responding to an angry judge in Manhattan court, two lawyers blamed ChatGPT for tricking them into including fictitious legal research in a court filing. In US, attorneys Steven Schwartz and Peter Loduca are facing possible punishment. They filed a lawsuit against an airline that included references to past court cases that Schwartz thought were real.

Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them, U.S. judge sees red | Age of AI & our human future | WION

Pakistan: GDP growth misses 5% target

The Kakhovka dam explosion has resulted in floods and widespread destruction triggering a humanitarian crisis in the middle of a warzone. Now, it has unleashed a new threat, the scare of rogue landmines.

Ukraine dam: Dislodged mines a major concern

Gen Z who I face multiple Black Swan events in their relatively young careers and this next report in fact helps you figure out how to save for those Golden Years take a look oh gen Z those who were born after 1997 and before 2012. they are the youngest generation to enter the workforce they are the most tech savvy generation and now it seems like they are the most financially aware one too a report by Fidelity Investments reveals that the average balance of this generation grew 34 in one year that's much higher than any other generation including the Boomers who are considered the most wealthy generation of the lot the covid-19 pandemic.

Gen Z retirement goals: Maintaining desired lifestyle

The NIFTY 50 closed out the day on a high yesterday, and it seems to be carrying some of that momentum today... Let's bring up the chart for you now. Remember, it has been a dull year for those who entered the markets at the beginning of the year. The returns for those investors may not be much. But value hunters who bought during the march lows must be delighted. The nifty 50 has risen from 17,000 points to 18,700. That's a rally of more than 10% in less than three months.

India's NIFTY 50 close to all-time highs

Microsoft will pay 20 million dollars to settle charges by the US Trade Commission that it illegally collected personal data from children without parents consent the US Federal Trade Commission said that the company violated the US children's online privacy protection act by collecting personal information from children who signed up to its Xbox gaming system without notifying their parents or obtaining their parents consent and by retaining children's personal information US Law requires online services and websites directed towards children under 13 to notify their parents about collecting and using personal information.

Child privacy violation costs Microsoft $20 million

Latest data from the US Commerce department shows that trade deficit in April widened to a six-month high. That's because exports saw its biggest decline since the pandemic began in 2020 while imports rose too. The shortfall in trade grew by $14 billion, from a month earlier, to 74.6 billion dollars. Total exports fell 3.6%, the most since April 2020, to 249 billion dollars, while imports rose 1.5% to 323.6 billion dollars.

US trade deficit widens in April 2023

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will travel to Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela this weekend, according to state media. Raising Iran's "level of economic, political, and scientific cooperation" with the three US-designated Latin American countries is the goal of Raisi's tour of "friendly countries," according to the Iranian state news agency IRNA, which starts on Sunday.

Iran's President Raisi set to visit Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela

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