ANKARA: Turkish authorities on Wednesday removed a mayor in the eastern province of Siirt following a conviction on “terrorism-related” charges, reported Xinhua, quoting the country’s
BUSAN (South Korea): A passenger aircraft caught fire before takeoff at Gimhae International Airport in Busan on Tuesday night, prompting the evacuation of 169 passengers
BERLIN: The death toll from the devastating fires in the Los Angeles area has risen to 29, according to German news agency dpa. One person
BANGKOK: Thailand’s rice exports reached a six-year high in 2024, with a total volume of 9.95 million tonnes, marking a 13 per cent increase from
WASHINGTON: A US federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Donald Trump administration’s planned freeze on federal grants, loans and other financial assistance, reported Xinhua.
Davos: The Israel-Hamas war has put back development in Gaza by 60 years and mobilising the tens of billions of dollars needed for reconstruction will
WASHINGTON: The US Department of the Interior (DoI) said that the Gulf of Mexico is now to be known as the “Gulf of America” following
Bangkok: Thailand on Saturday posted an AI-generated video of its prime minister speaking in Mandarin encouraging Chinese tourists to visit the kingdom despite reports of kidnappings
HANOI: Exhausted after 12 hours of cooking, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hong gently unpeels the last of five leaves encasing a squishy, sticky rice cake known as “banh chung”, a
LONDON: Elton John has warned that artificial intelligence (AI) will “dilute and threaten young artists’ earnings even further” as he backed Paul McCartney’s criticism of
