International

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 …

11-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BIHAR SHARIF: Glass shards, stones, bricks and liquor bottles are spread all across the compound. The door at the entrance of the main building is missing. The wreckage of burned fans, windows, doors and furniture is lying on the floor, blackened with soot. …

11-04-2023 By SJA Jafri LONDON/ KARACHI: Thousands of healthcare professionals have called on UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman to apologize to British Pakistanis for making false, racist and Islamophobic allegations against them and creating dangers for them in Britain. Dozens of healthcare organizations with a collective membership in thousands consisting …

11-04-2023 TIGRAY: Huge protests have taken place in Ethiopia’s Amhara region for the fifth consecutive day against government moves to dissolve a paramilitary force. Demonstrators blocked roads with rocks and burning tyres to prevent the military from travelling around. Protesters fear that the government’s decision would leave them exposed to …