United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave a clarion call for unity in a world ravaged by war and political polarisation, as religious leaders from several faiths, including Hinduism and Sikhism, joined him to pray for peace – “our most precious goal.” Guterres noted that the gathering taking place in front of the iconic “Knotted […]
United Nations: Artificial Intelligence, if harnessed properly, can generate enormous prosperity and opportunity, India has said, underscoring the need to ensure AI systems are not misused and that advancement of digital super intelligence must be symbiotic with humanity. Speaking at a special event ‘Artificial Intelligence for Social Justice’, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador […]
London: A portrait by Anglo-Hungarian painter Philip de Laszlo of two Indian soldiers who fought in World War I was placed under a temporary export bar by the British government to allow time for a UK institution to acquire the “wonderful and sensitive” work to prevent it leaving the country. The unfinished portrait, valued at […]
New Delhi: A week after it emerged that hundreds of documents marked as classified by the United States security agencies have been made available online, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a 21-year-old military base employee on suspicion of leaking them. Jack Teixeira, an airman 1st class at Otis Air National Guard Base in […]
New Delhi: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his entourage have embezzled at least USD 400 million, which was sent to the country for the purchase of diesel fuel, reported Russian news agency TASS citing US Journalist Seymour Hersh’s website. On his website, Hersh, citing sources, claimed, “The Ukrainian president and many in his entourage have […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud have launched four new special economic zones in the kingdom. The zones, located in Riyadh, Jazan, Ras al-Khair and King Abdullah Economic City, are part of the kingdom’s commitment to strengthening its position as a global investment destination, the Saudi Press Agency […]
Dubai: The Gulf nations of Bahrain and Qatar agreed to restore diplomatic relations late Wednesday. Bahrain had been the last holdout of four Arab nations that imposed a boycott on Qatar in 2017. They were angered by Qatar’s support for Islamist groups that rose to power in some countries following the 2011 Arab Spring protests, […]
Seoul: South Korea plans to conduct a radiation test on 89 North Korean defectors who hailed from areas near the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site, amid concerns about their possible exposure to radioactive leaks, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said on Thursday. The radiation testing will be carried out starting in May for six months on North Korean […]
Washington: Donald Trump sued his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday seeking at least $500 million in damages, as the former US President steps up attacks on his onetime loyal “fixer” after Cohen testified before the Manhattan grand jury that indicted Trump. In a complaint filed in federal court in Miami, Trump accused Cohen of failing […]
New Delhi: As many as 100 people, including many children, were killed in an air raid by Myanmar’s military in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township, reported The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) citing a witness of a local pro-democracy group and independent media. The attack occurred on Tuesday morning around 8 am during the ceremony held to […]