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Moscow: In a big development, a Russian nuclear-capable strategic bomber crashed on Tuesday on a training mission in the country's far east, killing six members of its crew, the Defence Ministry said. The ministry further added in a statement that the Tu-95 bomber went down in an unpopulated area in the Amur region, adding that one crewmember survived the crash and was hospitalised with injuries. Russia’s Defence Ministry added that six of the seven crew members on board a Tu-95MS strategic bomber were killed when the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off during a training flight in the far eastern Amur…

Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced a major terminology change for Artificial Intelligence (AI), saying the US government will officially refer to AI as "Super Intelligence" (SI). He made the announcement during a high-profile White House luncheon with some of the world's biggest technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Jensen Huang. The announcement comes days after Trump first floated the idea of replacing the term "Artificial Intelligence" during his address to the United Nations General Assembly. On Tuesday, he indicated that the change would be formally reflected in US government communications. Reports said Trump signed…

New Delhi: A Russian military Tu-95 bomber crashed in the far eastern Amur region on Tuesday during a training flight, killing six crew members and injuring another, Russia’s Defence Ministry said. The aircraft crashed in an uninhabited area near the village of Krasnoyarovo, shortly after taking off. Seven people were reportedly on board the aircraft. "On September 29, a Tu-95 aircraft crashed in the Amur region during a training flight. The aircraft went down in an uninhabited area. According to preliminary data, six crew members died, while one was injured and evacuated to a medical facility," the ministry said, according…

Tehran: Iran's currency fell to a new record low on Tuesday, with traders in Tehran exchanging more than 2.5 million rials for one US dollar. The latest fall reflects the growing economic pressure on Iran as the war in the Middle East continues. The rial had previously hit a record low of around 2.2 million to the dollar on September 2. Just 27 days later, the currency has fallen to another historic low. Since the war began in February, the Iranian currency has repeatedly reached new lows. Iran's economy had already been under pressure for years because of international sanctions.…

Dhaka: Pakistan has described its refusal to allow airspace for the transportation of nuclear fuel meant for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant as a technical and procedural issue. The clarification came after reports that a cargo flight carrying uranium fuel for the plant was unable to reach Bangladesh as scheduled after it did not receive permission to use Pakistani airspace. The Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka said the country processes requests for diplomatic flights and overflight clearances within a standardised timeframe and in accordance with established regulatory guidelines and civil aviation protocols. Pakistan calls airspace issue technical and procedural In…