Category: Rest of World News
Quad leaders to hold security summit in Sydney on May 24
CANBERRA: Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday he will host President Joe Biden and the leaders of India and Japan for a security summit…
Tokyo company loses contact with moon lander in likely crash
A Japanese company lost contact with its spacecraft moments before touchdown on the moon Wednesday, saying the mission had apparently failed.Communications ceased as the lander…
No power, no phones: 2 Germans make harrowing escape from Khartoum
BERLIN: Two German endurance athletes on a mission to run some 12,000 km (7,400 miles) between the northern- and southernmost tips of Africa had a…
Moscow hosts more Turkey-Syria rapprochement talks
MOSCOW: Russia’s defense minister hosted his counterparts from Iran, Syria and Turkey on Tuesday for talks that were part of the Kremlin’s efforts to help…
Dozens of bodies float ashore in Libya after migrant boats sink
TRIPOLI: At least 57 bodies have been washed ashore after two migrant boats sank in the Mediterranean off different towns in western Libya, a coast…
Sudan: UN fears more ‘displacement’ from Sudan despite ceasefire
GENEVA: The UN refugee agency warned Tuesday of “further displacement” of people from Sudan after thousands streamed into neighboring Chad and South Sudan despite a…
Taiwan: Guatemala vows to stand by ‘solid’ ally Taiwan
TAIPEI: Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei pledged support on Tuesday for “solid diplomatic ally” Taiwan during a visit to the self-ruled island, that has been slammed…
UN fears more ‘displacement’ from Sudan despite ceasefire
GENEVA: The United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday of “further displacement” of people from Sudan after thousands streamed into neighboring Chad and South Sudan despite…
‘Difficult days’: Evacuees recount risky escape from Sudan
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA: Clutching overstuffed suitcases, bleary-eyed civilians described a harrowing escape from violence-wracked Sudan across the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, sobbing at memories…
Japan supports industrial use of generative AI, PM Fumio Kishida says
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Tuesday the country supports the development of industrial uses of generative artificial intelligence technologies such as OpenAI’s…