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Apple’s AI suite, Apple Intelligence, will soon be available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese, along with localized English versions for India and Singapore. During the company’s Q4 2024 quarterly results call on Thursday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company will roll out support for these additional languages in April. Last year, Apple Intelligence’s first release only supported U.S. English. Later, in December, when the company issued the iOS 18.2 update, it included support for English in Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, South African, and U.K. localizations. The company hasn’t revealed plans to roll out…

Cherylann MollanBBC News, MumbaiReutersKaikeyi Devi says she saw her husband get trampled to deathFamilies of people who were killed in a crush at a major religious festival in northern India this week are grieving their loss and waiting to take bodies of their relatives back home.At least 30 people died in the crush at the Kumbh Mela on Wednesday, which was one of the holiest days of the six-week long Hindu festival.The incident took place in Prayagraj city near the Sangam, an auspicious meeting point of the sacred Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers where devotees take a dip.The festival,…

Among the whizzy gadgets unveiled in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was the Elvie Rise, an automated baby bouncer that transforms seamlessly into a bassinet. The device, which costs $800, sold out even before it was formally released. Parents who missed out can instead opt for a SNOO, a rival bassinet that rocks its occupant back to sleep through the night while dispensing white noise—and which costs around $1,700.

The Trump administration has told top officials at the FBI to resign or lose their jobs, Fox News has learned. The exact number has not been disclosed, but the ultimatum was allegedly given to senior employees promoted under former director, Christopher A. Wray.President Donald Trump’s administration took these steps as his nominee to lead the bureau, Kash Patel, said he would not begin his tenure with retribution or focus on past transgressions. “I have no interest, no desire and will not, if confirmed, go backwards. There will be no politicization at the FBI. There will be no retributive actions taken,” Patel said…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureBerlin protest against CDU/CSU’s migration policy – in picturesPeople protest in front of the headquarters of the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, against a migration vote at parliament Bundestag with far-right support of the Alternative for Germany party AfD. Photograph: Christoph Soeder/APA protester holds a sign reading “No CDU. Fascists never stop been fascists. History has shown that you don’t argue with them” in front of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party headquarters. Photograph: Christian Mang/ReutersA protester holds a sign reading “Merz resigns!” in front of the Christian Democratic Union…

Watch: Trump says, without evidence, that diversity policies were factor in plane crashDonald Trump stood before the White House press room cameras on Thursday to perform a traditional presidential duty – consoler-in-chief during a time of tragedy.He said the country was in mourning, shared his condolences during “an hour of anguish” and paid tribute to first responders and the victims. Then he sharply pivoted – providing yet another reminder of how his new presidency is going to be very different.It will be combative. It will be unscripted. And it will be quick to point the finger of blame.”We do not…

PoliticusUSA is ad-free because of the support of our readers. To support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber.After the fatal collision between the military helicopter and the American Airlines jet at Reagan International Airport, Trump addressed the nation and said:We must have only the highest standards for those who work in our aviation system. I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best to extraordinary. And then when I left office and Biden took over, he changed them back to lower than ever before. I put safety first, Obama, Biden and the Democrats put policy first, and they…

Uganda has confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital Kampala with the first confirmed patient dying from it on Wednesday, the health ministry said on Thursday. It is the East African country’s ninth outbreak since it recorded its first infection of the viral disease in 2000.The patient, a male nurse at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala, had initially sought treatment at various facilities, including Mulago, as well as with a traditional healer, after developing fever-like symptoms.“The patient experienced multi-organ failure and succumbed to the illness at Mulago National Referral Hospital on Jan. 29. Post-mortem samples confirmed the…

Vice President JD Vance delivered blunt advice to Republican senators considering voting against President Donald Trump’s nominees to lead key three-letter agencies: “You don’t get to make these decisions.”Vance sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday for an interview from the nation’s capital a day before the Senate held confirmation hearings for FBI director nominee Kash Patel and DNI director nominee Tulsi Gabbard. Gabbard, Patel and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. (RFK), Trump’s pick to lead the United States Department of Health and Human Services, are considered to be the administration’s most controversial picks, who could struggle to get confirmed. DNI nominee…

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has foreshadowed the axing of diversity and inclusion positions in the public service as part of wider cuts to the commonwealth bureaucracy if he wins the federal election.The main public sector union said the idea was straight out of the playbook of US president Donald Trump, who has declared war on so-called DEI measures (diversity, equity and inclusion) since returning to the White House.In a speech on Friday, Dutton referenced DEI advisers, along with “change managers” and “internal communication specialist”, as examples of non-frontline roles that bloated the bureaucracy without directly helping taxpayers.“Such positions, as…