SYDNEY: Australia said today it would retire its fleet of Taipan helicopters earlier than expected after a crash off its east coast in July during a joint military exercise with the United States killed four Australian aircrew. The Taipan fleet will not return to flying operations before the previously planned […]
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TOKYO: US National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation and Japanese police jointly warned multinational companies of China-linked hacker group BlackTech in a cybersecurity advisory late yesterday. The joint advisory, which also came from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and its Japanese counterpart, urged firms to review […]
NEW YORK: A key selling point of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential run was that he was a businessman, not a politician. But his corporate empire, which served as proof to many voters of his economic credibility, is now in jeopardy after a judge ruled on Tuesday (Sep 26) that the […]
BERLIN: The Sky Shield air defence system initiated by Germany intends to bolster Nato’s protective capacity over Europe. DW has what you need to know about the plan, which began as a reaction to Russia’s war against Ukraine. The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops has brought war back to […]
MANILA: The Philippines is exploring legal options against China accusing it of destruction of coral reefs within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea, an allegation rejected by Beijing an attempt to “create political drama”. The Philippines foreign ministry late yesterday said it was awaiting assessments from […]
NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch announced on Thursday (Sep 21) he will step down as chairman of his global media empire, a conservative behemoth that shaped politics across continents, and hand control over to his son Lachlan. The Australian-born mogul, who built a global entertainment and news juggernaut instrumental in events […]
WASHINGTON: Debris from a stealth jet that went missing after the pilot ejected has been found, the US military said on Monday (Sep 18), after a day in which failure to track the US$80 million aircraft drew amazement and ridicule in equal measure. The debris field from the F-35 was […]
KYIV: The western Ukrainian city of Lviv was rocked by blasts in the early hours today, with local officials saying the Russian air attack injured one man and caused a major fire at an industrial warehouse. “A woman and a man were found under the rubble in Lviv. According to […]
WASHINGTON: A group of 18 state attorneys general said yesterday they backed Montana’s effort to ban Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, urging a US judge to reject legal challenges ahead of the January 1 effective date. The state attorneys general led by Virginia and including Georgia, Alaska, Utah, Indiana, Nebraska, […]
BEIJING: China plans to manage monkeypox in the same way it handles infectious diseases such as Covid-19 starting from September 20, health authorities said today, after detecting around 500 cases of the viral infection last month. Monkeypox will be managed under Category B protocols, the National Health Commission (NHC) said […]