International

12-04-2023 ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan launched his re-election campaign on Tuesday with a party pledge to slash inflation to single digits and boost growth, as he seeks to extend his two decades in power in a May 14 vote. Erdogan is facing the biggest political challenge since his AK …

12-04-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: An Indian court has directed the government to respond to an appeal submitted by a comedian challenging recent changes to the country’s Information Technology (IT) rules, which prevent social media platforms from hosting information that the government terms “fake”. The rules dictate that social media …

12-04-2023 LOUISVILLE: Authorities have said that the gunman who stormed a bank in Louisville, Kentucky on Monday morning killing at least five people and injuring eight others live-streamed the attack on Instagram. According to interim Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel, the shooter has been identified as an employee at …

12-04-2023 BELFAST/ WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden intends to emphasize his country’s “commitment to preserving peace” in Northern Ireland when he visits Belfast this evening. He will arrive in the city to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday peace agreement. The 1998 deal brought an …

12-04-2023 (Courtesy BBC News) LONDON: Artificial intelligence (AI) could replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs, a report by investment bank Goldman Sachs says. It could replace a quarter of work tasks in the US and Europe but may also mean new jobs and a productivity boom and it …

12-04-2023 ROME: The Italian coastguard is carrying out two large-scale operations to rescue around 1,200 migrants from overcrowded boats off the coast of Sicily. About 800 people are travelling on one of the fishing boats, while around 400 are on another. The country’s coastguard has already rescued around 2,000 people …

12-04-2023 WASHINGTON: A leaked Pentagon document seen by media reveals a sensitive conversation between high-level South Korean officials on whether to sell weapons that could be used in Ukraine. The intercept targeted two of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s senior advisors. They are torn between US pressure to send ammunition to …

12-04-2023 LONDON: Junior doctors across England have launched a four-day strike over pay that is likely to cause unprecedented disruption to the health service, leaving up to a quarter of a million appointments postponed. Doctors mounted picket lines outside hospitals from 7am on Tuesday to run until Saturday morning in …

12-04-2023 NAY PYI TAW: Myanmar’s military has launched air attacks on a central town known to be a bastion of opposition to the coup carried out two years ago. Witnesses and local media said dozens of people were killed and wounded in the attack on Tuesday one of the worst …

12-04-2023 WASHINGTON: US national security agencies are reviewing how they share their most sensitive secrets inside the US government, and dealing with the diplomatic fallout from the release of dozens of confidential documents, three US officials said. Investigators are also working to determine what person or group might have had …