May2024

Artificial intelligence-based state-of-the-art security is being tested for possible use at the Paris Olympics two months later at the Cannes Film Festival. The festival takes place in the Cote d’Azur from Tuesday to May 25 and...

Waseqa Ayesha Khan, the state minister of finance, announced today that the government will raise the number of people receiving social safety net benefits in the next budget for the upcoming fiscal year 2024–2025 (FY25). “The...

Japan has lodged a formal protest after a South Korean opposition party leader made a trip to disputed islets, stoking a long-standing territorial spat ahead of an expected three-way summit with China. “It is totally unacceptable...

A portrait by British painter Francis Bacon of his great love sold for $27.7 million at Sotheby’s spring sales in New York on Monday, topping the first night of contemporary art auctions that grossed $234.6 million....

A prominent US senator is on trial for corruption after thousands of dollars in cash and gold bars were discovered at his residence. Jury selection for the trial started on Monday. The 70-year-old Democratic senator from...

Despite surveys continually showing the reverse, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reiterated on Monday that his struggling governing Conservative party can win a general election. However, he declined to announce the election’s date. In an attempt...

One week after the building collapsed in South Africa, authorities announced on Monday that the number of deaths from the collapsed building had increased to 30, and that 22 more persons were still unaccounted for. Ten...

India and Iran on Monday signed a 10-year contract to develop and equip the strategic Chabahar port in Iran as India seeks to grow trade in west and central Asia. The agreement will give India 10-year...

For the second consecutive year, Dubai’s Emirates Group broke its own record with its $5.1 billion in yearly profits, a 71-percent increase, reported on Monday. “The Emirates Group has once again raised the bar to deliver...

Days after launching a surprise ground offensive across the border that drove thousands of people to flee, Russia trampled through towns and villages in the northeastern Kharkiv area of Ukraine on Monday. After Russia launched a...