Asean envoy to Myanmar in talks with junta for visit

The Brunei diplomat appointed by a Southeast Asian regional bloc as its special envoy to Myanmar said he is still negotiating
4 September 2021

US judge rejects bid for patent by AI ‘inventor’

A US judge has ruled that artificial intelligence can’t get a patent for its creations, ruling that such a privilege is reserved for
4 September 2021

Thai PM Prayuth survives no confidence vote

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and five cabinet ministers comfortably survived a vote of no confidence in
4 September 2021

Quotes of the day

Washington must understand that it has no other choice but to abandon its addiction to
4 September 2021

Biden orders release of secret 9/11 documents

US President Joe Biden on Friday ordered declassification over the next six months of still secret documents from the government investigation into the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
4 September 2021

US grounds Virgin Galactic after space flight ‘mishap’

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday said it was grounding space flights by Virgin Galactic while it investigates why the company’s July mission carrying Richard Branson deviated from its planned trajectory.
3 September 2021

44 dead as flash floods hit US northeast

Flash flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least 44 people in four northeastern US states overnight into Thursday, including several who perished in basements during the “historic” weather event officials blamed on climate change.
3 September 2021

NZ Knife Rampage: IS-inspired attacker shot dead, 6 hurt

An Islamic State-inspired attacker injured six people in a New Zealand supermarket knife rampage yesterday, before being shot dead by undercover police officers who had him under round-the-clock surveillance.
3 September 2021

Turning household waste into electricity

Until four years ago, garbage disposal meant one thing to Savitri Bai Patil - stinking, putrefied heaps of trash spread around her neighbourhood in Pune, in western India.
3 September 2021

This day in history

476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed by Odoacer, a German barbarian who proclaims himself king of Italy.
3 September 2021

Quotes of the day

The sooner the Taliban will enter the family of civilised people, so to speak, the easier it will be to contact, communicate, and somehow influence and ask questions.
3 September 2021

New Zealand police kill 'extremist' who stabbed six in supermarket

New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a knife-wielding "extremist" who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket.
3 September 2021

Ida's record rain floods New York-area homes, subways; at least 44 dead

Flash flooding killed at least 44 people in four Northeastern states as remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed torrential rains that swept away cars, submerged New York City subway lines and grounded airline flights, officials said on Thursday.
3 September 2021

Ukraine’s Zelensky seeks Biden’s support on Nato

President Joe Biden assured Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday that the United States opposes “Russian aggression” but he showed no sign of moving on requests to open Nato to the eastern European country.
2 September 2021

Countries eye UN deal to rein in plastic pollution

The European Union and other countries yesterday called for negotiations towards a legally-binding agreement to reduce plastic pollution, including the microplastics infesting oceans and waterways.
2 September 2021

This day in history

1783 - Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America.
2 September 2021

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The United States has thrown away at least 15.1 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines since March 1, according to a report by NBC News.
2 September 2021

Italy's Draghi says still hopes to hold a G20 summit on Afghanistan

Italy still hopes to hold an ad hoc summit of the Group of 20 major economies on Afghanistan, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday, adding that any such meeting would take place after this month's U.N. General Assembly.
2 September 2021

65 dead as fighting for Yemen's Marib flares anew

Sixty-five combatants have been killed in fighting after Yemen's Huthi rebels renewed an offensive on Marib, the last government stronghold in the country's oil-rich north, a military official said Thursday.
2 September 2021

Qatar's foreign minister says working with Turkey to reopen Kabul airport

Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said on Thursday the Gulf state was talking with the Taliban and working with Turkey for potential technical support to restart operations in Kabul airport.
2 September 2021