SEOUL : US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her South Korean counterpart vowed today to support efforts to maintain a strong deterrence against North Korea and achieve its denuclearisation. A joint statement was issued after Pelosi met South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo in Seoul, during which […]
Year: 2022
LONDON: Liz Truss, the frontrunner to become Britain’s next prime minister, today scrapped a plan to tailor public sector pay to different regions less than a day after announcing it, following a backlash from many within her own party. Truss had vowed to save billions of pounds a year by […]
SINGAPORE: Former US Masters champion Patrick Reed will headline events in Singapore and South Korea as part of the Asian Tour’s new relationship with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, it was announced today. The American will play at the International Series Singapore from August 11 at Tanah Merah Country Club and the […]
LONDON: Rishi Sunak yesterday promised to get tough on China if he becomes Britain’s next prime minister, calling the Asian superpower the “number one threat” to domestic and global security. The former finance minister’s pledge comes after his rival in the final two of the race to lead the ruling […]
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kicked off his candidacy for re-election at a party event in Rio de Janeiro yesterday with a speech focused on God, guns and family, as the right-wing leader attempts to claw back the commanding lead established by his main rival, former President Luiz […]
She-Hulk, starring Tatiana Maslany and Mark Ruffalo, will start streaming from Disney Plus Hotstar from August 17. The trailer of She-Hulk, starring Tatiana Maslany in the titular role, released on Sunday glimpsed several humorous moments as the character was seen training with her cousin Bruce Banner, played by Mark Ruffalo. […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Alphabet Inc’s Google said yesterday it has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot LaMDA was a self-aware person. Google, which placed software engineer Blake Lemoine on leave last month, said he had violated company policies and that it found his claims […]
In The Soop: Friendcation stars Seo-joon, Park Hyung-sik, Cho Woo-shik, BTS’ V and Peakboy. The 4-episode series is streaming on Disney Plus Hotstar. The first episode of In The Soop: Friendcation has released on Disney Plus Hotstar. The variety show sees the Wooga Squad, which includes Park Seo-joon, Kim Taehyung […]
BOGOTA: Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro yesterday met with representatives of US President Joe Biden’s administration in Bogota, the Colombian capital, where they discussed topics including drug trafficking, the environment and economic development. Petro, a 62-year-old economist who will become Colombia’s first leftist leader next month, has been roundly critical of […]
If you’re waiting for a bitcoin recovery, you may have to sweat it out for months. That’s the conclusion of some technical specialists seeking method from the madness. Bitcoin’s slide since May, swamped by economic angst, has knocked it below its 200-week moving average, at around $22,600, as well as […]