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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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 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…

7 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

7 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…

7 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

7 months ago

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…

8 months ago

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…

8 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…

8 months ago

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…

8 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…

8 months ago

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 —…

8 months ago

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…

8 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…

8 months ago

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…

8 months ago

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