Washington: The Biden administration signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China. The State Department said it had okayed sales worth more than $425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighters,
Montreal: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed multinational corporations for turning the world’s ecosystems into "playthings of profit" and warned failure to correct course would lead to catastrophic results. "With our bottomless appetite for unchecked and unequal economic growth, humanity has become a weapon of
Goma: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has said 272 civilians were killed in a massacre in the eastern town of Kishishe during last week. The new death toll was announced by Industry Minister Julien Paluku, who spoke at a press briefing with government spokesperson
Kyiv: Russia will intensify its cyber efforts to pressure the sources of Ukraine’s military and political support, both domestic and foreign. In a post on the company’s “On the Issues” blog, Mr Clint Watts, general manager of Microsoft’s digital threat analysis centre, urged customers to prepare
New Delhi: Lightning kills 907 in India saw a big jump in extreme weather events such as heatwaves and lightning strikes this year and related deaths rose to their highest in three years, government data showed , with scientists blaming climate change for the heavy
New York: Trump Organisation found guilty, Former United States President Donald Trump's real estate company was convicted of carrying out a 15-year-long criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities. Trump Organisation found guilty, The Trump Organisation - which operates hotels, golf courses, and other real estate around
New Delhi: Communist Party of India CPI(M) leader questions credibility leader and party general secretary Sitaram Yechury sparked controversy by questioning the credibility of the 'One-Earth-One-Family’ theme of India’s G20 presidency, claiming that the “alarming” levels of communal polarisation “destroy the foundations” of the declaration announced
Stockholm: Google’s Jigsaw subsidiary is starting a new anti-misinformation project, aimed at preventing misleading information that has been blamed for inciting violence in India. The initiative will use “prebunking” videos designed to counter false claims before they become widespread circulated on the company’s YouTube platform and
New Delhi: A Maharashtra ministerial delegation’s proposed visit to Belagavi in Karnataka did not materialise amid simmering tension over the boundary row, while transport corporation MSRTC suspended bus services to the southern state citing a police advisory. Amid the raging border dispute between the two states,
Srinagar: A delegation of Kashmir Committee headed by Masood Puri called on Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha at the General Secretariat in Jeddah. The delegation thanked the Secretary General for his efforts and OIC’s consistent support for the settlement of