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Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) A police dog helped recapture a fugitive as he tried to crawl away in a thick forest area two weeks after he escaped from a prison in the US state of Pennsylvania, authorities said.The dog, a 4-year-old Belgian Malinois male named Yoda, was from one of two tactical teams that moved in on Danelo Cavalcante, 34, at around 8 a.m. on Wednesday in Chester County, ending an intensive manhunt that involved more than 500 officers, CNN reported.Cavalcante, who escaped from the Chester County Prison on August 31, was convicted last month in the 2021 killing of…

Seoul, Sep 14 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s invitation to visit his reclusive country which was extended after their summit at the remote Vostochny spaceport in the Far Eastern Amur Region, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Thursday.Kim extended the invitation at an official dinner with Putin on Wednesday night after their summit, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. This was Kim’s first meeting with Putin since his visit to Vladivostok in April 2019, reports Yonhap News Agency.”At the end of the reception, Kim Jong-un courteously invited Putin to visit the…

New York, Sep 13 (IANS) In a rare case, OpenAI’s ChatGPT could diagnose the chronic pain condition of a 4-year-old boy in the US, after 17 doctors could not in a span of three years.During the Covid-19 lockdown, Courtney’s son, Alex, then 4, began experiencing pain and had “gigantic meltdowns”, which were calmed down by a painkiller, TODAY.com reported.Soon Alex began chewing things, stopped growing taller, showed some imbalances between his left and right sides, started having severe headaches that were getting worse, and also struggled with exhaustion.From dentists to paediatrician to neurologist, Courtney visited 17 different doctors for three…

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) In another rare case, the SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, was found in the tears of patients with no eye diseases, according to a recent study by researchers from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).In the study, published in the journal Cureus, the team included 40 patients, with 26 (65 per cent) classified as having moderate Covid, six (15 per cent) classified as having severe Covid, and the remaining having mild Covid. Out of the 40 patients, five (12 per cent) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the tear sample using…

San Francisco, Sep 13 (IANS) Drinking an excessive amount of alcohol may increase the amount of fat deposits in the body, particularly around the organs such as the heart, liver and intestines and raise the risk of cardiovascular disease, finds a study.The research, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, also showed that people who consume heavy amounts of alcohol are associated with significantly higher pericardial fat (fat around the heart) compared to those who never had alcohol.“Pericardial fat, or fat around the heart, is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, so we wanted to better…

London, Sep 13 (IANS) Apple has refuted claims made by France’s radiation watchdog (ANFR) that iPhone 12 breaches radiation exposure limits. Apple said, in a statement, that iPhone 12 has been certified by several international regulators as compliant.The tech giant, which just launched iPhone 15 series, said it has independent third-party lab results that show that it complies with all Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) standards globally.Earlier, the ANFR released a public statement saying that the iPhone 12 breaches radiation levels, telling the company to temporarily halt iPhone 12 sales and release a fix.”The French National Frequencies Agency (ANFR) is instructing…

New York, Sep 13 (IANS) Raj Subramaniam, the India-born President and CEO of FedEx Corporation, will be receiving the 2023 Pinnacle Award — the highest honour bestowed at the 2023 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award. In the awards instituted by the Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), Subramaniam will be honoured along with 50 Asian American executives at a gala dinner at Cipriani Wall Street on September 21. The Pinnacle Award is presented to those who have reached the acme of professional career and is widely acknowledged as a leader in their industry. “Our Outstanding 50 Business Committee…

Melbourne, Sep 13 (IANS) A search operation is currently underway for at least two perpetrators in connection to the shooting of teenage boy in the Australian city of Melbourne while he was sleeping in his home, police said on Wednesday.According to Victoria Police, emergency services were called to a residence at Janmara Court in Endeavour Hills, a suburb in Melbourne’s southeast, following reports that a teenage boy has been injured in a shooting at about 1.20 a.m. on Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency.Detectives believed that a number of shots were fired from the road or footpath towards the home when…

Lahore, Sep 13 (IANS) A high-level investigation into a cross-border drug smuggling racket in Pakistan found that a former Lahore DSP — deemed as an “underworld don in uniform” — owned illegal assets worth billions, the media reported on Wednesday,Headed by the Lahore SSP, Internal Accountability (IA), the three-member panel of the police officers was conducting a departmental inquiry against the accused, former DSP Mazhar Iqbal, who was heading the Anti-Narcotics Investigation Unit (ANIU) of Lahore police when Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) disocovered the racket of smuggling narcotics using drones, reports Dawn news.The ANF booked Iqbal last month for allegedly taking…

Tokyo, Sep 13 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday reshuffled his cabinet and the executive lineup of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) as public support for the government is waning.The second cabinet reshuffle by Kishida since last year included changes to 13 out of 19 ministers, with 11 of them entering the cabinet for the first time, reports Xinhua news agency.According to the lineup announced on Wednesday, Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, among six current cabinet members, remained in their posts, as Kishida seeks to maintain stability in…