International

14-09-2022 SEOUL: South Korea has fined Google and Meta more than $71 million collectively for gathering users’ personal information without consent for tailored ads, regulators said Wednesday, the country’s highest-ever data protection fines. Investigations into the two US tech giants found they had been “collecting and analyzing” data on their …

14-09-2022 LONDON: The impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction”, UN secretary-general António Guterres warned on Tuesday on the release of a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest research on the subject. The report, led by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), warns that the world is …

14-09-2022 BAKU/ WASHINGTON: New clashes have erupted between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Armenian defence ministry says, a day after nearly 100 soldiers were killed in the deadliest fighting between the two neighbors since 2020. Azerbaijan used artillery, mortar and small arms in its attack on Wednesday morning, the ministry …

13-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: A fire that started at an electric scooter showroom in India killed at least eight people and injured 11, police said on Tuesday, in what is the deadliest such incident involving electric vehicles in the country. A spate of electric scooter fires this year …

13-09-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies GENEVA/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: Shia Afghan women made an impassioned plea at the UN Monday for solid international action to address the “gender apartheid” in their country since the Taliban swept to power last year. “Today, human rights in Afghanistan do not …

13-09-2022 WASHINGTON: Armenia said on Tuesday that at least 49 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan after a sharp escalation in hostilities which prompted Russia and the United States to call for restraint. The escalation of decades-old hostilities between the south Caucasus countries …

13-09-2022 TORONTO: Ahead of the September 18th voting for Khalistan Referendum in Toronto, over 50,000 Sikhs performed Ardas (Sikhs prayer) to support Khalistan Referendum in a show of massive local support for the Khalistan movement. Ardas is a Sanskrit word, from the root, ‘ard’ to ask, to beg, to pray, …

13-09-2022 BEIJING: China is willing to shape the international order together with Russia in a “more just and rational direction”, a senior Chinese diplomat said as the two countries’ leaders prepare to meet this week. Former Cold War allies with a tempestuous relationship, China and Russia have drawn closer in …

12-09-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India said Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in a regional summit in Uzbekistan that according to Russia will see face-to-face talks between Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) comprising China, Russia, four …

12-09-2022 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: The head of Israel’s spy agency Mossad said the revival of a nuclear deal with world powers will not give Iran “immunity” from Israeli operations. Israel has long opposed the 2015 nuclear deal, saying it did not go far enough to halt Iran’s nuclear programme and does …