International

30-01-2025 WASHINGTON: A US judge temporarily blocks a sweeping White House order to pause federal grants, loans and other financial assistance from taking effect. In her first-ever briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump’s plan to pause trillions of dollars in US government funding is about being “good …

30-01-2025 ROME: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been placed under judicial investigation over Italy’s surprise release of a Libyan citizen who had been wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a video message shared on social media on Tuesday, Meloni said she was …

30-01-2025 PARIS: The Mona Lisa will be moved to a new exhibition space at the Louvre in Paris as part of a plan to renovate the world’s most frequented museum. Emmanuel Macron stood in front of the masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci as he made the announcement to an audience …

29-01-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Microsoft-backed OpenAI sought to block on Tuesday India’s biggest media organizations, including those of billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani, from joining a copyright lawsuit that is set to shape the legal framework for AI in India. Courts globally are hearing cases from authors, news …

29-01-2025 WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has called the rise of Chinese company DeepSeek “a wake-up call” for the US tech industry, after the emergence of its artificial intelligence (AI) model triggered shockwaves on Wall Street. Shares in major tech firms such as Nvidia fell sharply, with the chip giant …

29-01-2025 BEIJING/ HONG KONG: China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, authorities said as they push for a more “holistic education” amid growing concerns about the rise in childhood obesity. Primary and secondary schools must ensure …

29-01-2025 GOMA: Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo’s largest city Goma on Monday, and the UN said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade. A rebel alliance spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia …

29-01-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump stressed the importance of India buying more American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship in a phone call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the White House said. In what the White House called a “productive call,” …

29-01-2025 KINSHASHA: Fierce fighting rages on in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, as rebels and the army exchange fire. “All we can hear (are) gunshots around the city,” one Goma resident, who has been trapped in his house since the weekend, told media. Residents shared videos …

29-01-2025 JERUSALEM: Israel says eight of the remaining 26 hostages due to be released by Hamas during the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal are dead. Government spokesman David Mencer told reporters that Israel had received a list from the Palestinian armed group overnight that provided information on the …