International

AFP/APP Washington: Donald Trump will hold his first campaign rally since his criminal trial in New York began on Saturday, with the North Carolina crowd likely to hear the ex-president reiterate his fiery outrage at the unprecedented…

AFP/APP Perugia: Artificial intelligence is shaking up journalism and in the short term, will cause "a fundamental change in the news ecosystem," media expert David Caswell told AFP. A former employee at Yahoo! and BBC News Labs, the…

News Desk Lucknow: The North India Youth Icon 2024 pageant lit up Lucknow's skyline as participants from across the region gathered to display their talents and aspirations. Amongst the glitz and excitement, Anuj Tiwari, representing the…

AFP/APP Dubai: Three workers from the Philippines have died in heavy flooding in the United Arab Emirates, Filipino officials announced, as the desert country struggled Friday to recover from record rains. Two women suffocated inside…

AFP/APP Tehran: Despite Friday's announcement of explosions in central Iran, many people appeared unfazed and planned rallies in the capital supporting last weekend's unprecedented Iranian attack on Israel still went ahead. "We're going…

Xinhua/APP Hong Kong: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted Volcano Islands, Japan region at 09:29:03 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially…

AFP/APP Dakar: The deadly heatwave that hit Africa's Sahel region in early April would not have occurred without human-induced climate change, according to a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group published Thursday. The…

AFP/APP Washington: The Democratic-held US Senate rejected a Republican-led bid on Wednesday to oust President Joe Biden's immigration chief over his handling of the southern border with Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…

AFP/APP New York: Electric vehicle maker Tesla will ask its shareholders to vote again on a $56 billion compensation package they had approved in 2018 for CEO Elon Musk before it was squashed by a US court earlier this year.  In a…

AFP/APP Tokyo: Eight people were reported injured Thursday after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan, but there appeared to be no major damage or tsunami. The epicenter of the quake, which hit at 11:14 pm (1414…