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EU flexes muscle against tech giants
US tech giants such as Facebook and Google face unprecedented regulation in Europe, as the EU prepares to unveil landmark proposals that could change the face of life online.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Indian farmers to intensify protests defying PM’s call
Thousands of Indian farmers will take out a tractor rally to block the Delhi-Jaipur highway today, demonstrators protesting the centre’s new agricultural laws said yesterday, vowing to intensify their agitation despite a fresh appeal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Developing world must have a far stronger voice: Guterres
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday urged a more coherent response to global crises, saying a “fragmented and chaotic” coronavirus response gave renewed urgency to his belief the Security Council needs reform.
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Car hits multiple protesters in New York, causing injuries
A motorist struck about half a dozen people taking part in a protest in New York City on Friday, causing injuries but no deaths, police and
12 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests
Iran on Saturday executed a once-exiled journalist over his online work that helped inspire nationwide economic protests in 2017, authorities said, just months after he returned to Tehran under mysterious circumstances.
12 December 2020, 06:20 AM
US Supreme Court dismisses Texas suit challenging election result
The US Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in a fresh setback for the president.
12 December 2020, 05:14 AM
Canada, US border to stay closed until January 21 due to Covid pandemic
The longest international border in the world, between Canada and the United States, will remain closed until January 21 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday.
12 December 2020, 04:49 AM
‘Don’t play with fire’
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, condemning Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s comments after an attack on BJP chief JP Nadda’s convoy, asked her to withdraw them and warned her against “playing with fire”.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Bogus false claims’
Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin on Thursday urged the US Supreme Court to reject a lawsuit filed by Texas and backed by President Donald Trump seeking to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory, saying the case has no factual or legal grounds and offers “bogus” claims.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US flies two B-52s over Gulf in message for Iran
The United States deployed two B-52 long-range bombers over the Gulf on Thursday in a show of force directed at Iran as Washington moves to cut its ground-level military presence in the region.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Chances of Brexit deal low
Britain is now more likely to leave the European Union’s orbit on Dec 31 without a trade deal than with an agreement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the bloc’s 27 national leaders yesterday, an EU official said.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Hariri killing: Hezbollah man gets five life terms in prison
The UN-backed Lebanon Tribunal yesterday sentenced a Hezbollah member convicted of conspiring to kill former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri in a 2005 bombing to five terms of life imprisonment.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Hong Kong media mogul charged under security law
Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was charged under a new national security law yesterday, accused of colluding with foreign forces, the latest pro-democracy figure targeted under the legislation.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Sanctions ‘disrespect’ to Turkey
President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said US sanctions over Turkey’s purchase of Russian S-400 missiles would be disrespectful to a Nato ally, after sources said Washington was poised to take the step likely to further strain relations.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Fix the future’
When the Paris Agreement on climate change was finalized after two weeks of fraught negotiations and years of past failures, diplomats hugged and shed tears of joy. They had haggled over verb tenses, cut deals, and in the end, brought 196 countries into the accord.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Manmade mass now outweighs life on Earth
For the first time in history manmade materials now likely outweigh all life on Earth, scientists said in research detailing the “crossover point” at which humanity’s footprint is heavier than that of the natural world.
11 December 2020, 18:00 PM
World carbon dioxide emissions drop 7% in pandemic-hit 2020
A locked-down pandemic-struck world cut its carbon dioxide emissions this year by 7%, the biggest drop ever, new preliminary figures show.
11 December 2020, 13:12 PM
At least two hurt in suspected bomb attack in Russia's North Caucasus
At least two people were wounded today in an explosion caused by a suspected suicide bomber outside a local Federal Security Service building in Russia’s North Caucasus.
11 December 2020, 11:26 AM
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named Time 'Person of the Year'
US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year," the publication announced Thursday.
11 December 2020, 04:48 AM
US Senate backs huge arms sales to UAE
The United States Senate has defeated an effort to block the Trump administration’s sale of $23bn in advanced fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates.
10 December 2020, 18:00 PM