Lula warns UN of coup risk in Guatemala

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned world leaders at the United Nations on Tuesday of the prospect of a coup in Guatemala, echoing US concerns about risks to democracy in the Central American country after last month’s election. “In
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian separatist forces surrender

Armenian separatist forces in Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh surrendered and agreed to a ceasefire yesterday, 24 hours after Baku began an offensive to restore full control of its territory.
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Air pollution from fires hits poorest hardest: study

People in poorer countries are disproportionately suffering from air pollution spewed from the increasing scourge of fires in forests and fields around the world, according to new research published yesterday. Landscape fires include blazes in forests, shrub,
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM

AI both a risk and opportunity for journalism: study

AI is both a threat and an opportunity for journalism, with more than half of those surveyed for a new report saying they had concerns about its ethical implications on their work. While 85 percent of respondents had experimented with generative AI such as
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Erdogan raises Kashmir issue

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of Kashmir during his address to world leaders at the high-level 78th session of the UN general assembly session here. “Another development that will pave the way for regional peace, stability and
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran demands US show goodwill

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that the United States should prove its “goodwill and determination” to revive Tehran’s 2015 nuclear pact as months of indirect talks between the long-time foes have led nowhere. “By exiting the JCPOA, the
20 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Putin, Xi to meet in Beijing in Oct

President Vladimir Putin will meet China’s Xi Jinping for talks in Beijing in October, Russia said yesterday, Putin’s first known trip abroad since an arrest warrant was issued against him over the deportation of children from Ukraine.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Russia using genocide ‘lie’ as pretext to destroy

Ukraine told the UN’s highest court in The Hague yesterday that Russia justified waging war against Ukraine by invoking “a terrible lie”, namely that Moscow’s invasion was to stop an alleged genocide.
19 September 2023, 18:00 PM

WHO calls on China for ‘full access’ for Covid investigators: FT

The head of the World Health Organization told the Financial Times he was ready to send a new mission of experts to China to investigate the origins of Covid-19.
17 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Swiss cost of living demo draws thousands

A Swiss cost-of-living demonstration called by unions and leftist parties, seeking wage rises and pension hikes, drew thousands to central Bern yesterday a month out from parliamentary polls.
16 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Migration pressure on Italy ‘unsustainable’

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Friday that the pressure of migrants arriving in the country was “unsustainable” and called on the European Union to intervene.
16 September 2023, 18:00 PM

‘No agreements’ signed during Kim visit: Kremlin

The Kremlin yesterday said no agreements have been signed during North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s ongoing visit to Russia.
15 September 2023, 18:00 PM

AI models struggle to identify nonsense

The AI models that power chatbots and other applications still have difficulty distinguishing between nonsense and natural language, according to a study released on Thursday.
15 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Putin to visit North Korea

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jung Un gifted each other rifles when they met in Far Eastern Russia, the Kremlin said yesterday, confirming the isolated Russian leader will visit North Korea as Moscow woos another pariah state.
14 September 2023, 18:00 PM

ChatGPT diagnoses ER patients ‘like a human doctor’: study

Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT diagnosed patients rushed to emergency at least as well as doctors and in some cases outperformed them, Dutch researchers have found, saying AI could “revolutionise the medical field”.
14 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Human activity risking Earth’s life-support systems

The Earth’s life-support systems are facing greater risks and uncertainties than ever before, with most major safety limits already crossed as a result of planet-wide human interventions, according to a scientific study released on Wednesday.
14 September 2023, 18:00 PM

A third of population still without internet: UN

A third of the world’s population is still without access to the internet, even though the number of people connected has never been so high, according to the latest UN statistics published yesterday.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM

N Korea’s Kim in Russia

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia, a source told Reuters yesterday, for what the Kremlin said would be a comprehensive discussion with President Vladimir Putin - amid warnings from Washington they should not trade weapons.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM

US-Mexico border deadliest land route: IOM

The Mexico-United States border was the world’s most dangerous land route for migrants in 2022, with nearly 700 dying or going missing, the United Nations migration agency said yesterday.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM

UN maps out decarbonisation of construction sector

The construction sector -- the most polluting and difficult to decarbonise -- must build less, use more sustainable materials and clean up conventional ones to slash its emissions, the United Nations said yesterday.
12 September 2023, 18:00 PM