HANOI :Vietnam’s economic growth slowed to 5.05 per cent this year from an expansion of 8.02 per cent last year, official data showed on Friday, weighed by weak global demand while public investment stalled amid an intensified anti-graft crackdown. This year’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth was below a government […]
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ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (Dec 27) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis. NATO member Türkiye, which supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has […]
CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday (Dec 27) and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths, with the UN health agency saying thousands of people were trying to flee the fighting. Reflecting Israeli resolve to wipe out Hamas despite international calls for a ceasefire […]
LONDON: Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma is a doubt for next month’s Asian Cup after being ruled out of action for up to six weeks with an ankle injury. The winger, 26, suffered the knock in Brighton’s 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace last week. There are also questions over Ivory Coast winger […]
LONDON: Manchester City came from behind to beat Everton 3-1 on their return from the Club World Cup yesterday and move five points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool. Pep Guardiola’s men, chasing an unprecedented fourth consecutive English top-flight title, were in deep trouble when trailing 1-0 at Goodison Park, courtesy […]
OpenAI is in early talks to raise a fresh round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The terms, valuation and timing of the funding round have not yet been finalized and could still change, […]
LONDON: Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez will miss tomorrow’s clash at Wolverhampton Wanderers after suffering a hernia, the Premier League club’s manager Mauricio Pochettino said. Argentine international Fernandez was substituted after just 32 minutes in Chelsea’s League Cup quarter-final win over Newcastle United on Tuesday. “Enzo is going to be out […]
Apple has opened negotiations in recent weeks with major news and publishing organizations, seeking permission to use their material in the company’s development of generative artificial intelligence systems, the New York Times reported on Friday. The iPhone maker has floated multiyear deals worth at least $50 million to license the […]
NEW YORK: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, filed for bankruptcy yesterday, just days after being ordered to pay US$148 million (RM686 million) in damages for defaming two Georgia poll workers. The former mayor of New York City, in a bankruptcy petition seeking protection from his creditors, listed assets […]
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court today rejected a bid by the legal team for pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to have sedition charge against him dropped, in a closely watched national security trial. Lai, 76, the founder of now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, was charged with conspiracy to publish seditious […]