SYDNEY: Australia said Tuesday it will ban TikTok on government devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on the Chineseowned app due to national security fears. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said the decision followed advice from the country’s intelligence agencies and would begin “as soon as practicable”. Australia
MANILA: The Asian Development Bank raised its 2023 growth forecast for developing Asia yesterday, after China’s abrupt loosening of COVID19 restrictions and reopening of its borders brightened the region’s prospects. The Philippines-based lender expects economic growth of 4.8 per cent this year, up from its 4.6 per cent projection in
PARIS: Paris voted overwhelmingly Sunday to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, delivering a blow to operators and a victory for road safety campaigners. The referendum means the City of Light, once a pioneer in embracing e-scooter services, is set to become the only major
MELBOURNE: A former headmistress was found guilty on Monday of sexually assaulting two sisters at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school in Australia, 15 years after she escaped arrest by fleeing to Israel. Malka Leifer was guilty on 18 charges, the jury said, including raping a student during a sleepover and sexually
MADRID: Karim Benzema scored a stunning hat-trick in a seven-minute salvo as Real Madrid thumped Real Valladolid 6-0 on Sunday in La Liga. The champions, second, sit 12 points behind leaders Barcelona after the Catalans beat Elche on Saturday, with 11 games remaining each. Carlo Ancelotti’s side warmed up for
FROM brick-sized handsets popular with stockbrokers to intensely powerful computers that sit in all our pockets today, mobile phones have been forged by a half-century of innovation. 1973: Hello, moto On April 3, 1973, an engineer at the US firm Motorola makes the first call from a mobile device, dubbed
GENEVA: Switzerland’s major luxury watch brands are cautiously optimistic that Chinese tourists will boost sales this year, if they return to Europe in large numbers after the easing of domestic COVID restrictions. Exports to China, a key market for watchmakers, contracted by 13.6 per cent in 2022 due to Beijing’s
WASHINGTON: The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes has risen to 21, with dozens of others injured, officials said Saturday. A spokesperson for the emergency management agency in Tennessee, one of the states hardest hit
SOFIA: Bulgarians voted on Sunday in their fifth general election in two years, a record in the European Union, amid deep divisions over the war in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion of its neighbour has deepened the political crisis that has engulfed Bulgaria since 2020, the worst instability since the fall of
MANCHESTER (United Kingdom): Manchester City thrashed Liverpool 4-1 on Saturday but remain eight points adrift of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League after Gabriel Jesus scored twice in the Gunners 4-1 win over Leeds. In the clash between the two sides that have dominated English football over the
