Category: World

MACAU (China): Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday presided over the inauguration of new Macau leader Sam Hou-fai, capping off a three-day visit as the former

TAIPEI (Taiwan): Taiwanese lawmakers tackled and doused each other with water yesterday as President Lai Chingte’s party tried to block the passage of bills they

AVIGNON (France): Frenchwoman Gisele Pelicot, who survived a decade of sexual abuse by her husband and dozens of strangers, said she hoped her ordeal would

SYDNEY (Australia): Sydney New Year’s fireworks, one of the world’s most spectacular celebrations of the calendar change, face being scrapped because of industrial action by

NEW YORK: Thousands of Amazon workers in the United States walked off the job early on Thursday to pressure the company into union contract negotiations,

WASHINGTON: Profit at US sportswear giant Nike fell in the second quarter year-on-year, acording to the company, as reported by the German news agency.   The company’s bottom

TOKYO: The Japanese government announced on Friday that it has conducted an on-site inspection of the US Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo amid concerns over

WASHINGTON: ChatGPT’s parent company, OpenAI, has introduced a new Whatsapp feature, allowing US users to talk to the chatbot, the German news agency dpa reported. One

NEW DELHI: A collision between an Indian Navy speedboat and a passenger ferry killed at least 13 people off the coast of Mumbai on Wednesday.

SYDNEY: Emergency flood warnings were issued for communities in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland on Thursday, reported Xinhua. Authorities issued Watch and Act alerts