Browsing Category
International
Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel economics prize "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
The prestigious award, formally…
Harris to release medical report showing fitness for presidency: campaign
Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris will release a medical report Saturday confirming her fitness to be president, her campaign said, in a bid to put pressure on rival Donald Trump to publish his own health records.
An adviser…
Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camps kill 19
Israeli military strikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 19 Palestinians, medics said yesterday, while forces continued to push deeper into the Jabalia area, where international relief agencies say thousands of people are trapped.…
Ratan Tata passes away
India's top industrialist and Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata died in a hospital in Mumbai last night, the company said.
He was 87.
"It is with a profound sense of loss that we bid farewell to Mr Ratan Naval Tata, a…
Lebanon could face same ‘spiral of doom’
UN humanitarian officials yesterday called for urgent action to stop the escalating conflict in Lebanon from spiralling into a similar scene of devastation as seen in Gaza.
"We need to do everything we can to stop that from…
Immigrants bring ‘bad genes’ into US: Trump
Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said Monday that illegal immigrants were bringing "bad genes" into the US.
"You know now, a murderer -- I believe this -- it's in their genes. We've got a lot of bad genes in our country right…
Hopfield and Hinton win 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for key breakthroughs in AI
American John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for pioneering work in the development of artificial intelligence.
The pair were honoured "for foundational discoveries and…
Harris, Trump and Biden mark Oct 7 attacks as US election looms
President Joe Biden and US election rivals Kamala Harris and Donald Trump marked the first anniversary on Monday of Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel, as the Middle Eastern conflict threatens to weigh on November's presidential vote.…
New blast near Israeli embassy in Denmark
A new blast went off near the Israeli embassy in Denmark, police said today as the world marked the one-year anniversary of the Hamas October 7 attack on Israel.
The blast occurred some 500 metres (yards) from the embassy in…
Trump rallies at site of failed assassination: ‘Never quit’
Donald Trump defiantly returned Saturday to the site of a campaign rally where an assassin's bullet almost killed him in July, questioning whether his opponents were responsible and declaring he would "never quit."
"Exactly 12 weeks ago…