World
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New work-hour cap for student visa holders in Australia puts employers in fix
The decision to reintroduce a cap on working hours for student visa holders has created a dilemma for employers in Australia. The move is likely to make it more challenging for them…
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Jordan summons Swedish envoy over Quran burning in Stockholm
Amman: Jordan’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Swedish Ambassador in Amman in protest of the burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book Quran in Stockholm. The Ministry said on Thursday…
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OpenAI sued for stealing data from public to train ChatGPT
San Francisco: Sam Altman-run OpenAI has been sued in a class-action lawsuit in the US for allegedly stealing data from the public to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT. The lawsuit, filed in…
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Travis Scott will not face criminal charges in Astroworld tragedy
Los Angeles: Rapper Travis Scott and organisers behind the Astroworld Festival will not face criminal charges related to the deaths of 10 people who were suffocated when the crowd rushed the stage…
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Over 400 arrested in France as violent protests continue
Paris: More than 400 people have been arrested in France amid violent protests that continued across the country over the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old driver by the police at a traffic…
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Female job seekers at Bill Gates’ private office asked sexually explicit questions: Report
San Francisco: Some women who sought jobs at billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates’s private office were asked some wildly inappropriate questions like their sexual histories, nude photos, and porn, a report has claimed.…
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Pakistan, IMF reach $3bn deal after 8 months of delay
Islamabad: After an eight-month delay, the Pakistan government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have finally reached a staff-level pact on a $3 billion stand-by arrangement as the cash-strapped nation is teetering…
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Russian Prez Vladimir Putin calls PM Modi ‘great friend of Russia’
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a great friend of Russia” and also praised the Centre’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. Addressing an economic forum in Moscow organised by…
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Prez Xi Jinping will attend virtual SCO summit hosted by India: Chinese FM
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend next week’s virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) being hosted by India, an official announcement here said on Friday. At the invitation of…
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Over 120 mn Americans across dozen states due to Canadian wildfire smoke
Los Angeles: More than 120 million people across more than a dozen US states from the Midwest to the East Coast are under air quality alerts, as smoke from Canadian wildfires continues…
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Rumours over whereabouts of top Russian General Sergei Surovikin
London: General Sergei Surovikin, the commander of the Russian air force, has not been seen in public since overnight on Friday when he issued a video appeal to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin…
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Shanghai records rare high temperatures amid rainy season
Shanghai: Shanghai has so far issued four yellow alerts for abnormally high temperatures this year, though it has entered the annual rainy season, known as “plum rain season” in China. On Thursday…
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17 dead amid heat wave in southern US
Houston: At least 17 people have died from heat-related illnesses as a severe heat wave continued in Texas while spreading into other parts of the southern US. In Webb County, southern Texas,…
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West Bank violence making Saudi-Israeli relations difficult: US
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concerns over the ongoing violence in the occupied West Bank city and its impact on the progress of normalizing its relationship between Israel and Saudi…