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Aid groups furious, Biden defends move
Humanitarian organisations on Friday condemned plans by the United States to supply controversial cluster munitions to Ukraine, citing the long-lasting danger posed by the weapons which leave behind unexploded bomblets.
8 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Robots, at UN, promise not to rebel against humans
Robots presented at an AI forum said on Friday they expected to increase in number and help solve global problems, and would not steal humans’ jobs or rebel against us.
8 July 2023, 18:00 PM
US destroys its last chemical weapons, watchdog hails milestone
The world's chemical weapons watchdog said Friday that all declared stocks had been "irreversibly destroyed" after the United States revealed it had finally got rid of its last toxic arms
8 July 2023, 02:42 AM
Hague court rejects India’s objections over arbitration
The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague rejected on Thursday India’s objections to a Pakistan-initiated procedure over water use in the Indus River basin, reopening a procedure that had been blocked for many years.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Sri Lankans jump ship as a bankrupt nation struggles
The snaking queues for food and fuel that crisscrossed Sri Lanka last year have given way to a different kind of line -- people scrambling for travel documents to flee their bankrupt island.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Stop expelling migrants to desert
Human Rights Watch yesterday urged Tunisia to put an end to what it called the “collective expulsions” of Black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
AI robots could deliver parcels from next year
AI-powered robotic vehicles could deliver food parcels to conflict and disaster zones by as early as next year in a move aimed to spare the lives of humanitarian workers, a World Food Programme (WFP) official told Reuters.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
IMF to talk to parties including Imran’s PTI
The International Monetary Fund will seek the support of Pakistan’s political parties, including former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, for a recently announced $3 billion bailout programme, as the country prepares for national elections, the lender said yesterday.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
US not seeking ‘winner-take-all’ competition
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday called for market reforms in China and criticized the world’s second-largest economy for its recent tough actions against US companies and new export controls on some critical minerals.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
50 dead in Pakistan in two weeks
At least 50 people, including eight children, have been killed by floods and landslides triggered by monsoon rains that have lashed Pakistan since last month, officials said yesterday.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Deforestation drops 34pc in first half of 2023
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon fell 34 percent in the first half of 2023, preliminary government data showed on Thursday, hitting its lowest level in four years as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva institutes tougher environmental policies.
7 July 2023, 18:00 PM
AI robots tell UN conference they could run the world
A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots took the microphone on Friday at a United Nations conference with the message: they could eventually run the world better than humans
7 July 2023, 15:52 PM
Titanic sub owner OceanGate halts activities after implosion
The company that operated the sub which imploded during a dive to the Titanic wreck, killing all five people aboard, said Thursday it had halted all activities indefinitely
7 July 2023, 04:18 AM
Greece Migrant Tragedy: EU lawmakers urge int’l probe
EU lawmakers yesterday pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation by Athens inadequate.
6 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Death toll rises to 29 in Mexico bus plunge
At least 29 people were killed in Mexico when a passenger bus careened off a mountain road and plummeted into a ravine Wednesday in the southern state of Oaxaca, the state prosecutor told AFP
6 July 2023, 05:16 AM
Fewer arrests in France as riots ease
Clashes between French police and rioters de-escalated again overnight, the government said yesterday, eight days after the killing of a teenager by police sparked the worst urban violence in years.
5 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Migration ‘only option’ for many in LatAm
Many people in Latin America see migration as “the only option they have” after enduring successive crises of climate change, Covid and spiking food prices, the World Food Programme’s head for the region told AFP.
5 July 2023, 18:00 PM
No final decision yet on grain deal
Russia said yesterday that it has not taken a final decision about whether to extend the Ukraine grain deal which is due to expire on July 17.
5 July 2023, 18:00 PM
6 shot dead in Mexican industrial hub
Six people, including two women, were found shot dead in Mexico's northeastern city of Monterrey, home to major international corporations as well as rival drug gangs, authorities said Tuesday
5 July 2023, 02:43 AM
BJP appoints new chiefs in many states
Gearing up for the big 2024 elections in India, and crucial state polls this year, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday announced new chiefs in many states.
4 July 2023, 18:00 PM