Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu manoeuvred on Sunday to try to dissuade opponents from forming a “government of change”, with media reports saying a deal to unseat Israel’s longest-serving leader could be imminent.Opposition chief Yair Lapid, who has until Wednesday to put together a coalition after the fourth inconclusive election in two years, was closing in on an alliance of right-wing, centrist and leftist parties, Israeli media reported.The new coalition’s parties would have little in common apart from a plan to end the 12-year-run of Netanyahu, a right-wing leader on trial over corruption charges he denies.Lapid’s chances of success rest with…
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The chief engineer of Guddu Barrage in Pakistan’s Sindh province has advised growers not to go for paddy sowing in May and June as the barrage as well as the province are experiencing ‘worst water shortage in 60 years’.This comes after the decision taken by the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Saturday to apply 32 per cent shortages for Punjab and Sindh provinces, reported Dawn.The engineer said that growers could go for nurseries’ preparation in July while anticipating an improvement in water flows, as three barrages in the province are facing a water shortage. The Kotri Barrage is bearing…
A small jet carrying seven people crashed into a Tennessee lake on Saturday, and authorities indicated that no one on board survived.The Cessna C501 crashed into Percy Priest Lake near Smyrna after taking off from a nearby airport about 11 a.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.Rutherford County rescue crews were still at the scene of the crash late Saturday and planned to work through the night, Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. Joshua Sanders said at a news conference. He indicated that there were no survivors.“Our efforts have transitioned from a rescue effort to that of a recovery…
Amazon will soon allow its devices like Alex and Echo to share the internet with your neighbors. The company will sign up the said products to Sidewalk by default. And users still have ten days to stop it from invading their privacy and security. (Photo : by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM – AUGUST 11: In this photo illustration a woman has the online retailer Amazon logo reflected in her eye as she shops online on August 11, 2014 in Bristol, United Kingdom. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the first online sale. Since that sale – a copy…
Some TikTok users are sharing videos of them letting their Tesla Autopilot take over their EVs while driving on the road. (Photo : Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)A Tesla car drives through a tunnel in the Central Station during a media preview of the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop on April 9, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is an underground transportation system that is the first commercial project by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. Because of this, some electric car critics and other experts claimed that many users are currently overtrusting Elon Musk’s popular…
The controversy around the possible leak of the Sars-CoV-2 virus from the Chinese city of Wuhan has received another boost. According to a Sunday Times report, British intelligence officials believe it is “feasible” that the pandemic began after a virus leak from a Wuhan laboratory. The British spies are now investigating the theory of a possible leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to the report.Quoting people familiar with the development, the British daily said that a recent reassessment of the possible source of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has prompted UK intelligence to investigate the lab leak theory. Sharing renewed…
Uber and Lyft are getting more bookings from passengers in comparison to when the COVID pandemic started. However, there are too few drivers to chauffeur the app users. Hence, the prices have skyrocketed, and the waiting time extended. In turn, it is pissing off passengers. (Photo : by Siegfried Modola/Getty Images)PARIS, FRANCE – FEBRUARY 27: A Uber driver checks his phone as he drives on February 27, 2021 in Paris, France. Despite the development of Covid-19 vaccine campaigns to prevent infections, health experts still warn that restrictions and safety measures – including non-essential travel will still be needed for 2021.…
Two people have died and more than 20 were injured in a shooting outside a billiards club in Hialeah, a town to the north of Miami in Florida, police said early on Sunday.”I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of gun violence, where over 20 victims were shot and 2 have sadly died,” Miami-Dade police director Alfredo Ramirez III said in a tweet.A white Nissan Pathfinder pulled up to the location and three people got out with assault weapons and handguns and started firing into the crowd that was gathered for a concert at the venue,…
A new robot AI called Eva is claimed to have the capability to respond, and even copy human expressions. The machine’s developers claimed that this new robot can accurately do this. (Photo : Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)Engineered Arts prosthetic expert Mike Humphrey checks on Fred a recently completed Mesmer robot that was built at the company’s headquarters in Penryn on May 9, 2018 in Cornwall, England. Founded in 2004, the Cornish company operating from an industrial unit near Falmouth, is a world leader in life sized commercial available humanoid robots for entertainment, information, education and research. They added that…
Several legal advocacy groups have filed a complaint with the civil rights division of the US department of justice after a Sikh immigrant was forced to shave his beard in an Arizona detention facility. Surjit Singh, a 64-year-old Indian immigrant, was sentenced to five years in prison for manslaughter after a fatal vehicle accident in Yuma, Arizona.Last year, Singh was stripped of his turban when he entered Yuma county jail and had his beard forcibly shaved by corrections officers after he was transferred to Alhambra Reception Center, operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR), the advocacy…