Almost 50 people missing after deadly Brazil cyclone

Brazilian rescue workers were on Friday searching for almost 50 people still missing after a devastating cyclone unleashed torrential rain and flooding in the south of the country
9 September 2023, 04:28 AM

Divided G20 in India to confront a sea of troubles

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks to forge consensus Saturday on a host of contentious issues from Ukraine to climate change, as G20 leaders hold their annual summit in New Delhi
9 September 2023, 04:14 AM

Powerful earthquake in Morocco kills 632 people

Residents of Marrakech, the nearest big city to the epicentre, said some buildings had collapsed in the old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Local television showed pictures of a fallen mosque minaret with rubble lying on smashed cars.
9 September 2023, 02:38 AM

Musk says he refused Kyiv request for use of Starlink in attack on Russia

Elon Musk said he refuseda Ukrainian request to activate his Starlink satellite networkin Crimea's port city of Sevastopol last year to aid an attackon Russia's fleet there, saying he feared complicity in a “major” act of war
8 September 2023, 19:49 PM

Gaps in ambition threaten climate goals: UN report

The world is perilously off course in meeting the Paris climate deal’s goals for slashing carbon pollution and boosting finance for the developing world, according to the UN’s first progress report on the accord.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Polls Interference: Canada PM says he would testify in enquiry

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said yesterday he would be willing to testify in an enquiry into allegations of foreign meddling by China, Russia and other countries in two elections won by his party.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Central, Eastern Ukraine: Russia launches new wave of air strikes

Ukraine yesterday said four people were killed and dozens injured as Russia launched a new wave of air strikes in the centre and east of the country.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Georgia grand jury recommended charging three US senators

A Georgia grand jury recommended criminal charges against three Republican US senators and other allies of Donald Trump as part of its investigation into efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 presidential defeat, according to a report released yesterday.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Tunisia press union denounces state ‘censorship’

Tunisia’s journalists’ syndicate yesterday denounced state censorship of mass media and said authorities have “repressed” freedoms in the country reeling under a political and economic crisis.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM

HK flooded by heaviest rainfall in 140 years

Hong Kong was flooded by the heaviest rainfall in nearly 140 years yesterday, leaving the city’s streets and some subway stations under water and forcing its schools to close.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM

What are the key issues for G20 summit

Leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries will attend the two-day G20 Summit in India’s capital New Delhi starting today. This is the first time India will host such a powerful group of world leaders.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Turkish crypto boss sentenced to 11,196 years in jail

A disgraced Turkish crypto founder who fled to Albania and his two brothers have been sentenced to 11,196 years in jail each, the Anadolu state news agency reported Friday..Prosecutors had asked for Thodex boss Faruk Fatih Ozer, 29, to be sentenced to 40,562 years in prison for money laund
8 September 2023, 09:24 AM

China may be behind social media accounts seeking to sway US voters

Microsoft researchers said on Thursday they found what they believe is a network of fake, Chinese-controlled social media accounts seeking to influence US voters by using artificial intelligence
8 September 2023, 04:14 AM

Hong Kong flooded by heaviest rainfall in 140 years

Hong Kong was flooded by the heaviest rainfall in nearly 140 years today, leaving the city's streets and some subway stations under water and forcing its schools to close
8 September 2023, 04:01 AM

Lebanon army blocks entry of 1,200 Syrians

The Lebanese army said yesterday it had prevented the entry of around 1,200 Syrians this week, at a time both countries are beset by painful economic woes.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Putin orders state support for AI as race heats up

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to fund research into artificial intelligence as competition with the West to develop such technology heats up, according to a Kremlin document published yesterday.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Armenia PM says Azerbaijan preparing ‘military provocation’

Armenia yesterday accused Azerbaijan of preparing a military provocation against its forces by concentrating troops along the arch-foes’ shared border and near the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM

UN calls for age limits for AI tools in schools

The UN yesterday called for strict rules on the use of AI tools such as viral chatbot ChatGPT in classrooms, including limiting their use to older children.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Children fleeing LatAm in record numbers: UN

A record number of children from Latin America and the Caribbean are leaving their homes in search of a better life, risking disease, injury and abuse, a United Nations children’s agency (Unicef) report said Wednesday, urging a stronger humanitarian response.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Putin not planning video address to G20: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not planning to make a video address at the upcoming G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, the Kremlin said yesterday. The meeting comes amid fraught relations between Moscow and the West over the conflict in
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM