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Beijing: Amid an economic slowdown, China must adopt special measures in order to offset “shocks beyond expectation” in the second quarter, says Premier Li Keqiang. “Now is the most critical juncture for economic rebound,” he told provincial leaders at a meeting in Shenzhen, according to official statements on Wednesday. Officials must “coordinate Covid-19 response with economic […]

Taipei: Seventeen Chinese military aircraft and five ships crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait amid another US congressional delegation’s visit to the self-governed island. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 17 Chinese military aircraft and five ships around the country as of 5 pm on Monday, reported Taiwan News. Of the 17 […]

Hyderabad: Stories about royalty often intrigue the common man. One such happening in recent times is now making buzz on the internet.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Fazza (@faz3) His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai is arguably one of the most well-known […]

New Delhi: People infected with monkeypox must isolate their pets, said an official from the World Health Organization, after a report showed the first-ever case of human-to-dog transmission of the virus in France. In a Lancet report earlier this week, French researchers documented the first case of a dog with confirmed monkeypox infection that might […]

Page (US): A small plane that plunged into a lake that straddles the Arizona-Utah state line, killing two people and injuring five, was carrying six French tourists plus a pilot, authorities said Tuesday. Kane County Sheriff’s officials in Utah said witnesses reported seeing the plane out of Page crash into Lake Powell near Face Canyon […]

Bangkok: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here on Tuesday to attend the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting. India and Thailand are celebrating 75 years of establishment of diplomatic relations. “Amb Suchitra welcomes Hon Minister of External Affairs @DrSJaishankar who is visiting Thailand for the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting. India & Thailand are celebrating […]

Geneva: Reflecting its commitment to global promotion and protection of human rights and support for UN Human Rights, India has contributed USD 400,000 to four voluntary trust funds. The funds are for Victimes of Torture, Technical Cooperation, Implementation of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and for supporting participation of least developed countries (LDCs)/ Small Island Developing […]

Hyderabad: Panic gripped the people at an IKEA shopping mall in China on Saturday as health authorities passed an order to lock down the Dutch-based multinational conglomerate store after an employee was identified as a close contact of a Covid-19 positive person. The video that surfaced online showed a crowd bursting past the security guards, […]

Kabul: Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan on August 15 last year, the war-ravaged country has lost 39.59 per cent of its media outlets and 59.86 per cent of its journalists, stated Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in its latest report. The Afghan media community has faced numerous challenges as media workers lost their jobs […]

Beijing: Chinese internet giants including Alibaba, Tiktok-owner ByteDance and Tencent have shared details of their algorithms with Beijing’s regulators for the first time. Algorithms decide what users see and the order they see it in and are critical to driving the growth of social media platforms. They are closely guarded by companies, the BBC reported. […]

Chennai: Global oil prices are expected to fall to almost $70 per barrel by the end of 2024, said Moody’s Analytics in a recent report on the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Pointing out the increase in oil prices to $120/barrel in June after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its fall to $100/barrel in August Moody’s […]

San Francisco: A US judge has ordered Twitter to “collect, review and produce documents” from Kayvon Beykpour — the platform’s former general manager for consumer who was fired by the company CEO Parag Agrawal in May — and hand it over to Elon Musk’s legal team. Musk’s legal team had asked the judge Kathleen St. […]

Colombo: A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at Sri Lanka’s southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday, days after Colombo asked Beijing to defer the port call amidst India’s concern over the vessel’s presence in its neighbourhood. Chinese ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ arrived in the southern port of Hambantota at 8.20 […]

Jeddah: Some thousands of NRIs across the Gulf region on Monday proudly celebrated 76th Independence Day, with tricolour fluttering high, and distributing cakes and sweets. The commemorating Independence Day and flag hoisting is customary at Indian missions, however, the display of tricolour has assumed significance this year after the Indian government launched the ‘Har Ghar […]

Dubai: An Iranian government official denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie, in remarks that were the country’s first public comments on the attack. The comments by Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, come over two days after the attack on Rushdie in New York. However, […]

Hyderabad: Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, a man with Hyderabad roots, greeted the people of the country by posting a photo of the Indian national flag at the International Space Station (ISS). He recently returned home after a six-month mission at the ISS. The photograph also shows Earth in the background. “On Indian Independence eve I’m […]

Washington: Extending wishes to India on the occasion of its 75th Independence Day, US President Joe Biden said the two countries are indispensable partners and he is confident that the two largest democracies will stand together to defend rules-based order, advance a free and open Indo-Pacific. “I am confident that in the years ahead our […]

New Delhi: As India celebrates its 76th Independence Day, wishes poured in from across the world. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for prioritizing healthcare and digital transformation while spearheading India’s development. “As India celebrates its 75th Independence Day, I congratulate @narendramodi for prioritizing healthcare and digital transformation while spearheading India’s development. […]

Taipei: Five US lawmakers arrived in Taipei for a surprise visit on Sunday amid escalated tensions across the Taiwan Strait, following a trip earlier this month by Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives. According to the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), which acts as the de facto US embassy, the two-day […]

London/Los Angeles: Author J K Rowling, best known for the fantasy book series “Harry Potter”, has received a death threat on Twitter after she condemned the attack on fellow British writer Salman Rushdie. Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident identified […]

London: Across Europe, drought is reducing once-mighty rivers to trickles, with potentially dramatic consequences for industry, freight, energy and food production – just as supply shortages and price rises due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine bite, local media reported. Driven by climate breakdown, an unusually dry winter and spring followed by record-breaking summer temperatures and […]

Islamabad: At least 13 people were killed and five others injured after a truck fell over a passenger bus in Rahim Yar Khan city of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, local media reported. A passenger bus fell into a sinkhole at Feroza Central road and got stuck into it. The accident took place when a truck […]

London: A man has been jailed for nine weeks for allegedly stalking after planting a covert Apple AirTag tracker on his ex-girlfriend’s car, media reports say. According to DailyMail, Christopher Paul Trotman, 41, harassed his ex with constant phone calls and questions, before ordering an AirTag on Amazon and gluing it to her rear bumper to […]

London: Author Salman Rushdie has been taken off his ventilator and is talking as he recovers from being stabbed in the US. British-American writer Aatish Taseer said, in a since-deleted tweet, that the 75-year-old was “off the ventilator and talking (and joking)”, which was then confirmed by the author’s agent Andrew Wylie. Wylie had earlier […]