Washington: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apologised to families at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on kids’ online safety in the US. When Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) pressed Zuckerberg to apologise to families who attended the hearing, calling attention to kids who were targeted by predators online, Zuckerberg offered his apology. “I’m sorry […]
New Delhi: Implementing the World Health Organizaion’s guidelines could help improve women’s care during childbirth and reduce unnecessary cesarean section deliveries, a pilot study conducted in India has found. Cesarean sections account for over 1 in 5 childbirths globally, with the numbers set to rise in the coming decade to one-third of all births, according […]
New Delhi: Russia’s near two-year war with Ukraine will cripple its economy in the long run despite its claims that it had found new ways to beat Western sanctions earning almost $15.2 billion in revenues through clandestine shipping of oil and minerals mainly to India and China. Russian President Vladimir Putin, facing election in March […]
New Delhi: Describing India and the US as natural partners, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the two countries must move forward together in both business and strategic sectors amid the current global geopolitical scenario. “India and the US support a free, open and rules-based international order. Due to this, there is a lot […]
New Delhi: Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Neuralink, announced on Monday that the first human recipient of an implant from the brain-chip startup underwent the procedure on Sunday and is recovering well. Taking to social media, X, Musk posted, “The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well.” Neuralink was […]
Male: The main opposition party of the Maldives, the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), which holds a majority in Parliament, has gathered enough signatures to submit a motion to impeach Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu, Maldivian local media, The Sun reported on Monday. It reported quoting a lawmaker from the MDP, that the MDP in partnership with […]
Gaza: Funding suspension would force UNRWA to halt all its activities in the conflict-ridden Gaza Strip in a few weeks, the UN relief agency’s Commissioner-General said. Philippe Lazzarini said on his social media X account on Sunday that the suspension decision is “regrettable,” stressing that the agency “relies on the support of our partners to […]
Gaza: The UN chief joins head of UNRWA calling on Western donor countries for ‘continuity’ in Gaza agency operations. The decision to suspend aid to the UN Palestinian refugee agency by several Western countries is a “collective punishment”, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has said, as the UN chief Antonio […]
Taipei: Taiwan’s Defence Ministry has said China sent 33 aircraft, including SU-30 fighters and six navy vessels, around the island nation between 6 am on Friday to 6 am on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. Among the 33 aircraft sent, 13 warplanes crossed the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary between Taiwan and China. This comes as […]
Doha: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani discussed the use of Tehran’s unfrozen funds, the media reported. During a phone call with his Iranian counterpart, Thani said the fund release process was advancing following the agreement between the central banks of Iran and Qatar. […]