- World
Rubio details how Trump administration will control Venezuela’s oil money
Washington: The Trump administration soon will allow Venezuela to sell oil now subject to US sanctions, with the revenue initially dedicated to basic government services such as policing and health care and…
- News
Amazon cuts 16,000 jobs, to replace workers with generative AI
New York: Amazon is slashing about 16,000 jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the e-commerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative…
- World
Texas Governor Abbott orders freeze on H-1B visas
Houston: Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas universities and state agencies on Tuesday, January 27, to halt new H-1B visa petitions, which are used by employers to hire foreign workers with specialised skills,…
- World
EU steps in to ensure rivals have access to Google Gemini’s services and data
Brussels: The European Union said on Tuesday, January 27, it’s stepping in to make sure Google gives rival AI companies and search engines access to Gemini AI services and data as required…
- World
UK’s Starmer heads to China seeking a thaw in relations but risking rift with Trump
London: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heading to China, seeking a thaw in relations with Beijing at a time of strained ties with the United States. He’s hoping for an economic…
- Middle East
Ceasefire holds in Syria, but civilians under fear, anger
Qamishli: Fighting this month between Syria’s government and Kurdish-led forces left civilians on either side of the frontline fearing for their future or harbouring resentment as the country’s new leaders push forward…
- World
Canadian PM Mark Carney calls Trump’s tariff threats bluster
Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday, January 26, some of US President Donald Trump’s threats should be viewed as prepositioning ahead of negotiations to renew the free trade pact between…
- Middle East
Iran protests: Activists claim 6,126 killed, govt says 3,117
Dubai: Activists said Tuesday, January 27, that at least 6,126 people were killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests and many more are still feared dead. The new figures came from the…
- Technology
EU investigates into Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over sexual deepfakes
Brussels: European Union (EU) regulators on Monday, January 26, opened a formal investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X after his artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok started spewing nonconsensual sexualised deepfake…
- World
Myanmar military using commercial paramotors, gyrocopters for attacks: Report
Bangkok: Myanmar’s military is making increasing use of commercial paramotors and gyrocopters, low-tech flying machines that expand their capabilities to attack civilians and anti-government forces from the sky as the country’s civil…
- Middle East
Gaza: Israeli troops scour cemetery for remains of final hostage
Israeli teams were combing through a Gaza cemetery Monday for the remains of the final hostage in Gaza, the military said, after Hamas claimed it had done all required of it under…
- Middle East
Israel intensifies operation in search for last hostage in Gaza
Nahariya: Israel said Sunday, January 25, its military was conducting a “large-scale operation” to locate the last hostage in Gaza, as Washington and other mediators pressure Israel and Hamas to move into…
- Middle East
Iraq to prosecute IS militants transferred from Syria under US-brokered deal
Baghdad: Baghdad will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and detention camps in neighbouring Syria to Iraq under a US-brokered deal, Iraq said…
- World
Protests erupt in Minneapolis again after Border Patrol fatally shoots nurse
Minneapolis: Democrats demanded that federal immigration officers leave Minnesota after a US Border Patrol agent fatally shot a man in Minneapolis on Saturday, January 24, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigid…
- World
Trump’s Greenland ambitions strain MAGA ties with Europe’s far-right
Brussels: Tensions over US President Donald Trump’s plans to take control of Greenland have driven a wedge in the once iron-clad link between MAGA and Europe’s far-right. The rift seems to signal…
