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UN humanitarians warn of dwindling water supply in Gaza

Gaza: UN humanitarians have warned that the availability of water for drinking and domestic use in Gaza is shrinking each day. The municipal wells are...

Jaishankar holds ‘detailed and comprehensive’ discussions with Palestinian counterpart

Kampala: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday met with Palestine’s Foreign Minister Dr Riyad al-Maliki here and held a “detailed and comprehensive discussion”...

South Africa seeks to prevent auction of Nelson Mandela items

Cape Town: The South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA) has said that it will continue its fight to prevent a proposed online auction of...

Nepal requests Russia not to recruit its nationals into army

Kathmandu: Nepal has requested Russia to not admit Nepalese nationals into the Russian Army and help repatriate those who have already joined the country's...

US says Houthis launched missiles at tanker ship but no damage caused

Washington: The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at a US-owned tanker ship late on Thursday that hit the water near the...

Crew with first astronaut from Turkey launched on flight to International Space Station

Cape Canaveral: Turkey's first astronaut and three other crew members representing Europe were launched from Florida on Thursday on a voyage to the International...

WEF says rebuilding trust only possible with cooperation as Davos meet ends

Davos: The five-day World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 ended on Friday with an appeal to global leaders to work together for rebuilding trust,...

US, UK carry out new round of strikes against Houthi sites in Yemen

Sanaa: The US and the UK bombed Houthi sites in northern Yemen before dawn on Thursday, the media said. The strikes hit Houthi targets in...

Expect more job cuts at Google this year, Sundar Pichai tells employees

New Delhi: Google CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly warned employees to brace themselves for more job cuts this year. Google, which has let go over...

AI Governance Alliance calls for inclusive access to advanced artificial intelligence

Davos: World Economic Forum's AI Governance Alliance on Thursday said a global effort is needed to create equitable access to advanced artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence...

Pakistan conducts retaliatory strikes against Iran: Reports

New Delhi: The Pakistan Air Force on Thursday conducted retaliatory airstrikes on alleged Baloch separatist camps inside Iran, according to multiple media reports. According to...

Respiratory infections surge in Europe: WHO

New Delhi: A leading World Health Organization (WHO) official has called for vigilance in the face of rising cases of respiratory diseases in Europe. Hans...

India an extraordinary success story: Blinken

Davos: Describing India as an "extraordinary success story", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the policies and programmes of Prime Minister...

Pakistan condemns Iran’s ‘violation of its airspace’

Lahore: Pakistan on Wednesday issued a strongly worded condemnation of Iran's "violation of its airspace", during which Tehran claimed to have targeted two bases...

OpenAI not to allow Artificial Intelligence for political campaigning, lobbying in elections

San Francisco: Ahead of general elections, US-based artificial intelligence research organization OpenAI has said it will not allow its AI to be used for...

Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of US presidential race, endorses Donald Trump

Washington: Indian-origin biotech entrepreneur and Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has dropped out of the 2024 US presidential election race and announced his ‘full endorsement”...

Interest rates to stay higher battle against inflation not yet over: IMF’s Gopinath

Davos: Affirming that the fight against price rise is not yet over, IMF's Gita Gopinath on Tuesday said interest rates are likely to stay...

China committed to multilateralism further opening up of economy: Premier Li

Davos: Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Tuesday said his country is committed to the cause of multilateralism and further opening up of its economy...

World yet not fully prepared for future pandemics: Gates Foundation President

Davos: Praising India and other countries for contributing to a global pandemic fund, a top official of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on...

Chief economists expect global economy to weaken in 2024: WEF survey

Davos: As the top leaders from across the world gather here for their annual congregation, a survey of chief economists on Monday forecast a...

Climate conflicts and economic crisis: All big problems confluence in this small town

Davos: Be it conflicts in Gaza or Ukraine, climate change threats in Antarctica or Amazon, AI generating a monster like deepfake and its threat...

List of free courses offered by Harvard University

New Delhi: Harvard University provides multiple free courses in areas of art and design, business, computer science, data science, education and teaching, health and...

Maldives Prez’s party loses Male Mayoral poll amid diplomatic row with India

Male: In a setback to Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, the pro-India opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has secured a landslide victory in the capital...

ChatGPT memorises and regurgitates entire poems despite copyright: Study

New Delhi: If you ask ChatGPT for a well-known poem, it will probably regurgitate the entire text regardless of copyright law, at least according...

US launches new strikes on Yemen’s Houthis as conflict escalates

Washington: The United States launched new strikes against the Houthi rebels in Yemen for a second straight day after the Iran-aligned group warned it...

Taiwan ruling party’s Lai wins presidential election

Taipei: William Lai Ching-te from the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has won Taiwan’s presidential election, despite warnings from China – which claims Taiwan...

Queen Elizabeth II left sealed death-bed letter for son Charles, claims new biography

London: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who died aged 96 in September 2022, left a sealed death-bed letter for her son and heir – King...

World reacts to US, UK attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen

Doha: The United States and the United Kingdom launched a series of strikes on Yemen against the Iran-aligned Houthi rebels who have been targeting...

Microsoft overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company

San Francisco: Microsoft overtook Apple as the world’s most valuable company on Thursday after the iPhone maker’s shares made a weak start to 2024...

International Court of Justice hears South Africa genocide case against Israel

The Hague: Proceedings began on Thursday in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, where Israel is being accused of committing “genocidal”...

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