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Panama waives fees for US government vessels

Washington DC: The US State Department on Wednesday announced that Panama has agreed to eliminate fees for US government vessels…

11 months ago

Google halts workplace diversity push

San Francisco: Google parent company Alphabet has stopped making diversity and inclusion a workplace priority, according to a filing Wednesday…

11 months ago

Countering an AI takeover requires back to basics approach

Progress in technology and job creation are closely interconnected. Whenever a significant tech advance emerges, the immediate concern is its…

11 months ago

US will “take over” Gaza, work for economic development: Trump’s shocker after meeting Netanyahu

Washington DC : In a bombshell announcement setting the cat among the pigeons, US President Donald Trump said that the…

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Trump signs action to create sovereign wealth fund

Washington: President Donald Trump signed an executive action he said would direct officials to create a sovereign wealth fund for…

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AI Race: A bigger threat than nuclear weapons

The world is witnessing growing competition between the United States and China in artificial intelligence (AI). China’s recent launch of…

11 months ago

Canada releases list of products covered in retaliatory tariffs on US goods

Ottawa : Canada’s Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc on Sunday released a full list of products that will be covered by…

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FBI mass exodus marks Trump’s latest DOJ shakeup

A broad swath of senior leaders and FBI agents left the agency Friday — marking one of the biggest shakeups…

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OpenAI releases cheaper model in wake of DeepSeek

OpenAI rolled out a new, lightweight artificial intelligence model that it said is capable of humanlike reasoning and makes gains…

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American Airlines jet crashes midair with helicopter in Washington DC

Washington: A regional jet from Kansas crashed into Washington's Potomac River after colliding mid-air with a military helicopter near Reagan…

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore home

WASHINGTON : Elon Musk posted on X (formerly Twitter): “The President has asked SpaceX to bring home the 2 astronauts…

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Trump warns of ‘wake-up call’ as low-cost Chinese AI jolts Silicon Valley

San Francisco: Fears of upheaval in the AI gold rush rocked Wall Street on Monday following the emergence of a…

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Singapore to trial self-driving public buses from mid-2026

Singapore: Self-driving public buses will start plying routes across parts of Singapore from mid-2026 in a pilot test for their…

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US arrests, deports hundreds of ‘illegal immigrants’

Washington : US authorities arrested 538 illegal migrants and deported hundreds in a mass operation just days into President Donald…

11 months ago

Trump threat: Can the US retake Panama Canal?

Can the US “crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea” (lyrics of “America the Beautiful”) by re-invading…

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India says ‘open’ to return of undocumented immigrants in US

WASHINGTON: India is prepared to take back its citizens residing illegally in the United States, foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has…

11 months ago

UN Special Envoy thanks Oman for easing release of Galaxy Leader crew

NEW YORK : The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg has expressed his gratitude to the Sultanate of…

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Donald Trump signs executive order to withdraw US from Paris Climate Accord

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Treaty —…

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Nepal President calls for winter session of parliament from Jan 31

Kathmandu: Nepal President Ram Chandra Paudel on the recommendation of council of ministers on Tuesday summoned the winter session of…

11 months ago

ASYAD Group demonstrates logistics efficiency with major breakbulk shipment for PDO

Duqm: Asyad Group, alongside Petroleum Development Oman’s (PDO) Logistics Team, completed a significant breakbulk shipment for PDO, delivering 10 complex…

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Day 1: Trump signs the most executive orders ever by a president on his first day in office

Washington: US President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Monday (January 20, 2025) and signed the most executive orders…

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