Why do some villages in China build circular homes: The remarkable story behind Fujian Tulou earthen fortresses | World News

Seen from above, they resemble giant doughnuts carved into the landscape. From ground level, they look more like medieval fortresses than family homes. Their towering earthen walls, narrow entranceways and vast wooden interiors seem designed for defence rather than domestic life. Yet behind these imposing façades lies one of China’s most remarkable examples of communal…

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Mercedes-Benz India records best-ever H1: EV share reaches 14%

Mercedes-Benz India has reported its highest-ever first-half and second-quarter sales, continuing its growth momentum in the country’s luxury car market. The German luxury carmaker retailed 9,768 vehicles between January and June 2026, registering a 9 percent year-on-year increase over the 9,013 units sold during the same period last year.The company also posted its best-ever second-quarter…

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2 BMC officials suspended over child’s death in tree crash in Chembur, corporators demand accountability | Mumbai News

Mumbai: A day after 11-year-old Vihaan Srivastav died in a tree crash in Chembur, the BMC suspended two officials–Jagdish Bhoir, assistant garden superintendent of M-West ward and Arun Mundhe, sub-engineer from its roads and traffic department, M-West ward–for alleged negligence, pending a departmental inquiry.Following Tuesday’s tragedy, BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide has directed officials to undertake…

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Weizenbaum: Computer scientist who created world’s first chatbot in the 1960s spent his whole life warning that AI should never replace humans, and the reason will shock you

Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people” Joseph Weizenbaum set out to prove that computers could imitate conversation. Instead, his experiment convinced him that people could become emotionally attached to machines far more easily than he had imagined. That discovery changed the course of…

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West Bengal set to bring 2 bills to deal with public disorder, attacks on police personnel | Kolkata News

Following the recent vandalism in Falta, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari had indicated that his government was working on a stringent legal framework to prevent such incidents. KOLKATA: The West Bengal government is set to introduce two bills in the Assembly aimed at dealing strictly with public disorder, vandalism and attacks on police personnel and public…

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