Meta’s ban takes effect immediately in the US, Canada, Egypt, Indonesia, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has banned advertisements by ByteDance, the Chinese parent of TikTok, on its platforms in the United States and a handful of other countries, a company spokesperson said on Thursday (Oct 8). […]
Year: 2026
Oil prices fell on Friday as Middle East supply concerns eased somewhat after US President Donald Trump said the country will not attack Iran before US elections next month amid productive talks to end their war that has disrupted the market. Brent crude futures fell 72 cents, or 0.7 per […]
New Zealand batter Mark Chapman and fast-bowler Zak Foulkes have been ruled out of the Twenty20 series against India due to injuries, the country’s cricket board (NZC) said on Friday. • New Zealand host India in five T20s, five one-day internationals (ODIs) and two tests, with the opening T20 in […]
TOKYO: Japan is no longer experiencing deflation so does not need excessively loose monetary policy for the pursuit of a higher inflation rate, Economy Minister Minoru Kiuchi said on Friday. Monetary policy decisions are the jurisdiction of the Bank of Japan, Kiuchi added, declining to comment on whether the government […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would resort to all weapons in its arsenal, including nuclear ones, if its territory of Kaliningrad were attacked. MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (Oct 1) the world was living through a dangerous moment and warned the West not to escalate a standoff […]
TOKYO: Japan saw inflation spike due to rising import costs and currency shocks, suggesting such price reactions needed to factor into monetary policy considerations, a central bank official was quoted as saying in conference notes released on Monday. The remark, made at a Bank of Japan-hosted conference on monetary policy […]
BENGALURU: When an 11-year-old Lalremsiami Hmarzote told her parents she wanted to leave home to take up a place at one of India’s top hockey academies, she first had to explain to them what the sport was. Less than a decade later, Lalremsiami would become the first female Olympian and […]
JAKARTA: Mount Semeru in East Java erupted three times today morning, sending volcanic ash as high as 1,000 metres above its summit, Indonesian authorities said. According to the Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Centre (PVMBG), the highest ash column was recorded during an eruption at 6.28am local time, reaching about […]
SINGAPORE: Cambodia and Thailand will face off before international mediators in Singapore this week in a long-standing dispute over valuable maritime resources, the latest spat between the feuding neighbours. Phnom Penh initiated a UN-backed conciliation process at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) after Bangkok pulled out of an agreement […]
LONDON: The British government has rejected legal “kill switch” proposals to disable AI models during emergencies amid growing concerns over risks posed by rogue artificial intelligence, Anadolu Ajansi reported, citing media reports on Friday. The Cabinet Office, which leads the government’s work on AI safety, said the UK “cannot simply […]