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One of two Japanese climbers was found dead in the mountains of northern Pakistan on Saturday and his body has been recovered, while a search for the other was continuing, officials said.Ryuseki Hiraoka and Atsushi Taguchi had been attempting to summit Mount Spantik, a 7,027-metre (23,054-foot) mountain in the Karakoram range, before going missing this week.”The body of the Japanese climber has been found and the search for the second climber is on,” said Wali Ullah Falahi, deputy commissioner of Shigar district.The bodies were found 300 meters (984 feet) below Camp 3, about 6,200 meters (20,341 feet) above sea level…

‘don’t worry be happy’ Shanghai International Film Festival Promises from the 26 organizersNumber The Shanghai International Film Festival aims to blend “old and new” and this year’s program will showcase up-and-coming contemporary directors as well as films that trace the development of the local industry from the early 1900s to today. China’s bustling metropolis has been transformed by its annual film extravaganza, which will feature 1,600 screenings of 461 films at 47 cinemas across the city’s 16 districts from June 14 to 23. Heavy advertising is everywhere, hanging from lampposts and prominently displaying billboards across the city of more than…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s main political rivals have banded together in a last-minute coalition deal, ensuring President Cyril Ramaphosa can form a government and are now partners in the government. He was dramatically re-elected With bipartisan support, A country in distress It gave me a boost.The agreement was reached on the sidelines of a marathon parliamentary session on Friday. Ramaphosa Hours later, he was re-elected to a second term with the support of opposition lawmakers who had once been his most vocal critics.President Ramaphosa African National Congress The Democratic Alliance is South Africa’s only major political…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Google’s vice president of search, Liz Reid, reportedly told employees that risks shouldn’t stop them from adopting AI features. Anadolu/Getty Google has been in the news for some of its inaccurate AI summaries and AI-generated images.Google’s vice president of search reportedly said at the meeting that mistakes shouldn’t stop people from taking risks.Experts commented on Google’s strategy and the risks that may arise from it. While all the big tech companies are racing to expand their AI capabilities and launch new products, Google continues to make headlines for its…

Grayscale’s convertible GBTC has been at the forefront of exodus since the launch of 11 spot bitcoin ETFs in mid-January, resulting in it losing its status as the world’s largest exchange-traded fund tracking BTC’s performance. However, that changed over the last two trading days of the week, with the negative rating coming to Fidelity’s FBTC. Overall outflows this week were in the red for four of the five trading days, according to Far Side data. In total, 11 ETFs saw $64.9 million outflows on Monday, $200.4 million on Tuesday, $226.2 million on Thursday and $189.9 million on Friday. The only…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military Yemen’s Houthi rebels Authorities said Saturday that one merchant sailor was missing and the vessel he was on caught fire in the latest Houthi attack on shipping in the vital Red Sea corridor. The attack, The U.S. Navy faces its fiercest battle since World War II Seeking to counter the Houthi attacks, rebels say their attacks are meant to thwart Houthi attacks. Israel and Hamas war In Gaza, attacks by Iranian-backed rebels – including Houthi rebels who often target ships and sailors unrelated to the war – have halved traffic along…

Texas [USA],: As co-hosts of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, the United States has made history by qualifying for the Super 8. The Legends Intercontinental T20, scheduled to be played from Aug. 16-28 at Moosa Stadium in Texas, announced a partnership with Fan Controlled Cricket on Saturday to fuel cricket fever in the US and around the world. Legendary Intercontinental T-20 captivates cricket fans in the US Cricket has experienced rapid growth in the United States with increased participation and viewership over the past few years. The success of the US cricket team in the ongoing T20 World…

China’s absence from the Swiss summit has raised questions about the significance of the event, which Russia has dismissed as “meaningless”.World leaders are gathering in Switzerland for a summit aimed at pressuring Russia to end the war in Ukraine, but the absence of Moscow’s powerful allies such as China is expected to weaken its potential impact. US Vice President Kamala Harris and the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan are expected to attend the summit, which begins on Saturday, along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. India, Turkey and Hungary, which maintain warmer ties with Russia, are also…

Giant chips approach supercomputersGina Genkina | IEEE Spectrum”[Cerebras recently] The company has demonstrated that its second-generation wafer-scale engine, WSE-2, is significantly faster at molecular dynamics calculations than Frontier, the world’s fastest supercomputer. [And] Cerebras, in collaboration with machine learning model optimization company Neural Magic, has demonstrated that sparse, large-scale language models can run inference at one-third the energy cost of full models, without compromising accuracy.” Apple proves that AI is a feature, not a productWill Knight | Wired”Rather than standalone devices or experiences, Apple has focused on ways that generative AI can improve the functionality of apps and the OS…

“Zimbabwe is currently in a debt crisis with external debt arrears amounting to $6.7 billion,” Ncube said.”Zimbabwe’s lack of access to international financial resources to fund its economic recovery and priority projects has resulted in an excessive external debt burden weighing heavily on the country’s development needs.””We want significant sentence reductions … very significant sentence reductions and the elimination of all penalties.”According to Zimbabwe’s debt register, its bilateral external debt is $6.2 billion, of which $4.7 billion is in arrears, about 76 percent of its total bilateral debt.Harare owes $4.1 billion to Paris Club creditors, an informal group of mostly…