UK PM Sunak to meet US President Biden in Northern Ireland
LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Joe Biden in Northern Ireland next week when the US president flies...
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Ex-BOJ deputy governor Nakaso predicts tweak or end to YCC -Nikkei
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan will likely modify or end its bond yield control policy due to increasing side-effects such...
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US urges ‘restraint’ as China launches Taiwan military drills
WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday called on China to show restraint as Beijing launched military drills around Taiwan, stressing that...
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Vietnam aims to defend SEA Games football championship, says official
PHNOM PENH: Vietnam will try its best to defend both men’s and women’s football championship titles at the 32nd Southeast...
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Ukraine pushes for Western warplane ‘coalition’
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Poland would help form a coalition of Western powers to supply warplanes to Kyiv,...
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Japan, land of the hybrid car, takes slowly to EVs
TOKYO: Atsushi Ikeda loves his car so much that he founded a club for Tesla owners, but his embrace of...
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Morgan Stanley a step closer to setting up futures company in China
SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE : Morgan Stanley said on Thursday it looks forward to setting up a futures company in China after the...
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China warns US House Speaker not to meet Taiwan president
China says a meeting between US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will further damage Sino-US relations....
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Australia bans TikTok on government devices over security concerns
SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday (Apr 4) announced a ban on TikTok from all federal government-owned devices over security concerns, becoming...
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Hong Kong rejects US report criticising crackdown on freedoms
HONG KONG: Hong Kong today “firmly rejected” findings in a new US government report that said US interests had been...
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China threatens response if US House speaker meets Taiwan president
BEIJING: China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday (Mar 29) if United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai...
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Musk, experts urge pause on training of AI systems that can outperform GPT-4
Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts and industry executives are calling for a six-month pause in training...
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Biden calls for assault weapons ban after Nashville shooting
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban after six people, including three children,...
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Trump casts ‘24 contest in apocalyptic terms, slams prosecutors
WACO, Texas: Donald Trump used his first election rally in Waco, Texas, to cast the 2024 presidential vote in apocalyptic...
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London police force racist, misogynist and homophobic, says review
LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and bereaved families on Tuesday led calls for “top to bottom” reform of London’s Metropolitan...
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Xi, Putin hail ‘new era’ of ties in united front against West
MOSCOW: The leaders of China and Russia hailed a “new era” in their relationship on Tuesday, putting on a united...
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FIA to clarify rules that led to Alonso chaos at Saudi Arabia Grand Prix
PARIS: The FIA said yesterday it intends to “address” the problems at last weekend’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix where Fernando...
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China gives chipmakers easier subsidy access to help guide industry recovery – FT
China is facilitating easier access to subsidies and more control over state-backed research for a handful of its chip companies,...
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Ukraine says Russian missiles destroyed in Crimea
An explosion in the north of annexed Crimea has destroyed Russian missiles being transported by rail, Ukraine's defence ministry said....
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Russell consoles Alonso but happy to take points and prize
JEDDAH: George Russell offered Fernando Alonso a word of sympathy but added that he was glad to take home the...
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