US designates Terrorgram Collective, leaders as global terrorists
US designates Terrorgram Collective, leaders as global terrorists

The United States has announced the designation of The Terrorgram Collective and three of its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), underscoring the countrys commitment to addressing the growing threat of transnational racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE)....

Lebanese man freed after 32 years in Syrian prison
Lebanese man freed after 32 years in Syrian prison

Suheil Hamwi, a Lebanese man who spent 32 years imprisoned in Syria, has finally returned to his home in Lebanon following a major offensive by insurgents that ousted the government of Bashar Assad, reports AP. Hamwi, who worked as a merchant in Chekka, northern Lebanon, was abducted in 1992 on...

Alibaba unveils 'Open' competitor to OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model
Alibaba unveils 'Open' competitor to OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model

A new reasoning AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has emerged as a competitor to OpenAIs o1, becoming one of the few to rival it. Developed by Alibabas Qwen team, QwQ-32B-Preview features 32.5 billion parameters and can process prompts of up to ~32,000 words. It outperforms OpenAIs o1-preview and o1-mini...

Students Coordination Council rejects govt’s decision to raise job entry age to 32
Students Coordination Council rejects govt’s decision to raise job entry age to 32

The interim government has approved a maximum age limit of 32 years for entry into government service. As a result, the candidates can apply for government jobs from now till the age of 32 years. However, the Students Coordination Council has rejected this decision whose demand was to increase the...