ANCHORAGE, Alaska: China’s actions “threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday (Mar 18) at the opening of a two-day meeting with Chinese counterparts in Alaska. The US side will “discuss our deep concerns with actions by China, including Xinjiang”, where […]
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MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin today mocked US President Joe Biden over his “killer” comment but said that Moscow would not sever ties with Washington over the spat. Speaking at an event marking seven years since Russia’s takeover of Crimea, Putin said Moscow would continue working with Washington but aimed […]
BERLIN: Nico Rosberg, himself the son of a former world champion, has warned Mick Schumacher to expect huge media attention when he makes his Formula One debut next week to follow in the footsteps of his father Michael Schumacher. “It’s not easy to be the ‘son of’. And with Mick, […]
ADDIS ABABA: The African Union said today that African countries should continue to use AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, echoing the World Health Organisation (WHO) by saying the shot’s benefits outweighed risks. The recommendation comes after more than a dozen European countries suspended use of the AstraZeneca vaccine amid concerns over the […]
WASHINGTON: Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday (Mar 18) it plans to invest over US$7 billion in offices and data centres across the United States as it takes on a surge in internet traffic after pandemic restrictions drove more users and advertisers online. The company’s investment related to US offices […]
A supermassive black hole is racing across the universe at 110,000 mph (177,000 km/h), and the astronomers who spotted it don’t know why. The fast-moving black hole, which is roughly 3 million times heavier than our sun, is zipping through the center of the galaxy J0437+2456, about 230 million light-years […]
Thousands of craters scar the Koźle Basin, remnants of the war’s devastation. Toward the end of World War II, Allied planes dropped tens of thousands of bombs on a region of Germany that’s now part of Poland, and the devastation is recorded in thousands of craters that remain to this […]
Apple Inc said on Wednesday (Mar 17) it allotted US$2.8 billion raised from “green bonds” that last year funded 17 projects. It said these projects will generate 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy. It said the projects will avoid an average of 921,000 metric tons of carbon emissions each year, which […]
TOKYO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (Mar 17) that China was acting aggressively and repressively, citing its actions in the East and South China Seas where it has territorial disputes with Japan and other Asian nations. Speaking to a roundtable of Japanese journalists in Tokyo, Blinken […]
LOS ANGELES: Golfer Tiger Woods said on Tuesday he is back home and continuing his recovery after suffering severe leg injuries in a car accident last month. “Happy to report that I am back home continuing my recovery,” the 45-year-old golf great said on Twitter. “I will be recovering at […]