International

14-07-2023 LOS ANGELES: Negotiators for Hollywood actors’ union have unanimously recommended a strike after labour talks with studios failed to yield an agreement, setting the stage for performers to join film and television writers on picket lines as early as Thursday. The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and …

14-07-2023 BANGKOK: Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the progressive party that won the most votes in Thailand’s general election, has failed in his initial bid to become the country’s next prime minister. The 42-year-old businessman, who heads the Move Forward party, was unopposed in Thursday’s contest, but could not muster …

14-07-2023 CHICAGO: As the weather continues to deteriorate in the US, several tornadoes across Chicago have been reported, with a number of videos showing the formation of violent winds in the sky in the northwestern suburbs of the city. The video uploaded on several social media accounts showed tornadoes in …

14-07-2023 MOSCOW: A Russian General recently claimed that he was relieved of his command after bringing attention to the dire situation on the Ukrainian front. According to him, Russian soldiers were left vulnerable due to the failures of higher-ranking military officials. Despite the recent mutiny by Wagner mercenaries on June …

13-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: An Indian CEO is being criticized after he said that his firm had replaced 90% of its support staff with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. Suumit Shah, founder of Dukaan, said on Twitter that the chatbot had drastically improved first response and resolution …

13-07-2023 BEIJING: Beijing has reacted angrily to a NATO communique portraying China as a major challenge to the group’s interests and security. In a strongly worded communique issued halfway through their two-day summit in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, NATO leaders said the People’s Republic of China challenged the alliance’s …

13-07-2023 LONDON: BBC presenter broke UK’s coronavirus lockdown rules as he met a young person he had met on a dating site, The Sun reported, deepening the controversy. The UK paper said that it saw messages which revealed that the TV star not only visited the 23-year-old’s home, but also …

13-07-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies UNITED NATIONS/ ISLAMABAD: The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council on Wednesday approved a Pakistan-backed resolution on religious hatred in the wake of the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden. Major Western powers, the United States, European Union, and the United Kingdom opposed the …

13-07-2023 PYONGYANG: Just days after threatening the US to shoot down its spy planes near its airspace, North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which flew around 74 minutes before landing in the sea, officials from Japan and South Korea said Wednesday, amid rising tensions in the region. The …

13-07-2023 VILNIUS, LITHUANIAN: Leaders of NATO have agreed to allow Ukraine to join the military alliance “when allies agree and conditions are met” after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the “absurd” delay to accession; however, there is no clarity on the conditions for Ukraine’s future NATO membership. The members huddled in …