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Leaders pose for a photo at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting in Nuku’alofa, Tonga, on Monday, August 26, 2024. File | Photo Credit: AP Pacific leaders endorsed a major joint policing initiative and rebuffed moves from China’s allies to sideline Taiwan on Friday, as they wrapped up a regional summit in Tonga. Security was…
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Chinese and Pakistani flag on entrance to Karakoram Highway | Photo Credit: Getty Images Pakistan relaxed bidding rules to directly award a $2 billion contract to China for the construction of a strategically important road, according to a media report on Friday. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb-led Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet on Thursday approved…
Turkiye arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group, authorities said on Friday, August 30. | Photo Credit: AFP Turkiye arrested over 100 suspected members of the Islamic State group this week, authorities said on Friday (August 30, 2024), the latest mass detention targeting the terror organisation. The country has been hit by…
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A bus with passengers sitting on the roof with belongings, drives past a damaged vehicle, a day after separatist militants conducted deadly attacks, in Bolan district of Pakistan’s restive province of Balochistan, Pakistan on August 27, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters At least five terrorists of a banned militant group were killed and three were…
PM Modi will be visiting Singapore after a visit to Brunei on September 3-4. (File) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Singapore in the first week of September, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. The visit will be crucial in further strengthening bilateral ties between the two nations. “PM Modi will…
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The law prohibits mobile phones, tablets, and smartwatches during school hours. In this digital age, excess screen time has become one of the major health concerns, especially among young teenagers. It’s really hampering their physical growth, mental stability, and the time they usually spend outdoors. The educational departments and governments of the whole world are…
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Bangladesh is grappling with devastating floods due to relentless monsoon rain (File) New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has once again trashed reports that the flooding in some areas of Bangladesh were caused by the opening of a dam on the Gumti River in Tripura. The Centre said that the report is “factually…
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A Chinese military Y9 intelligence-gathering aircraft that Japan’s defence ministry said “violated” Japanese airspace at 11:29 a.m. (0229 GMT) for around two minutes on August 26, 2024. File | Photo Credit: AFP PHOTO/JAPAN’S MINISTRY OF DEFENSE Japan’s Defence Ministry Friday (August 30, 2024) sought a record 8.5 trillion-yen (USD 59 billion) budget for the next…
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National Security Adviser Ajit Doval with Sri Lankan President and presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe during a meeting in Sri Lanka on August 30, 2024. Photo: X/@IndiainSL via PTI Three weeks ahead of Sri Lanka’s crucial Presidential election National Security Adviser Ajit K. Doval, who arrived in Colombo on Thursday (August 29, 2024), met prominent Presidential aspirants, apart from…
The agreements will also enable collaborative research to evaluate capabilities and risks of AI models. AI startups OpenAI and Anthropic have signed deals with the United States government for research, testing and evaluation of their artificial intelligence models, the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute said on Thursday. The first-of-their-kind agreements come at a time when…
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