Football star banned for grabbing rival’s crotch

    London: Celtic midfielder Ryan Christie has been handed a three-match ban for pulling down Rangers’ striker Alfredo Morelos by the genitals in last month’s Old Firm derby. ### Christie, who has scored 17 goals in all competitions this season, was given a two-match ban for violent conduct by the Scottish Football Association on Monday. ###…

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      Samsung looks beyond AI with artificial humans

      Samsung Electronics Co.’s experimental research arm has brought to CES 2020 a demonstration of what it calls the world’s first artificial human, a virtual simulation of a human intelligence that learns, converses and sympathizes like a regular person. ### Each simulated human – which would exist only on screens, not in the real world –…

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        Cancer drugs may treat lung inflammation

        London: Certain class of cancer drugs could be used in the future to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), say researchers, adding that the drugs could be developed to stop the progression of the disease and promote healing within the lungs. ### COPD makes breathing progressively more difficult for millions of people around the world,…

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