May 30, 2026
Beijing [China], May 30: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Toksun County in Turpan City of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Friday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC).
The earthquake struck at a depth of 20 kilometres, a report issued by the CENC said.
Source: Emirates News Agency
Cannes [France], October 13: Astra Studios, backed by India's leading production house Hombale Group, and VerSe Innovation today joined forces to form the Astra-Spark Alliance. The announcement coincides with Astra Studios' launch of AstraLabs, its technology IP arm. The two companies will co-develop and take to market an AI-native production architecture built on SparkStation, VerSe’s AI Content Operating System, which is a unified creative workflow platform that orchestrates the entire content creation journey from ideation and scripting through storyboarding, asset generation including casting, locations, costumes, multi-angle shots, music and dialogue, editing, captioning, rendering, ad formats and distribution live in one continuous pipeline. The alliance combines Astra’s cinematic craft and production expertise with SparkStation’s continuity AI engine and end-to-end pipeline. The aim is high-quality professional-grade film, series, animation and brand content at a speed and cost the industry has not seen before.
Oct 13, 2026
