THANH HOA, (Vietnam): Two foreigners have been detained by police as part of an investigation into the suspected desecration of the royal tomb of Emperor Le Tuc Tong, located in Kien Tho Commune, Ngoc Lac District, the central province of Thanh Hoa. Last Saturday (May 3) evening, officials from the Thanh Hoa Centre for Historical Research...
TRUJILLO, Peru (Reuters) - Peruvian mining sector worker Frank Monzón was aware of the risks, but the lure of gold deep in the Andean rock of northern Pataz province outweighed the danger. Now he and 12 others are dead in one of the country's worst mining massacres. Authorities this week halted some mining activity in Peru's...
MUZAFFARABAD, Kashmir: Families are reinforcing their bunkers and confirming evacuation plans. Hospitals have stocked up on essential medicines. Schoolchildren are being trained on the essentials of first aid. All across the Pakistani-held section of Kashmir, there is an air of emergency, a persistent trepidation as the threat of military confrontation looms. “God willing, nothing will happen,” said...
NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) -India and the United Kingdom concluded on Tuesday a long-coveted free trade pact, in a landmark deal that represents London's most significant post-Brexit agreement that was finalised in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff increases. The deal, between the world's fifth and sixth largest economies, has been concluded after three years...
Hollywood reacted Monday with skepticism to US President Donald Trump's announcement of 100% tariffs on foreign films, with movie insiders calling it a policy made up on the fly by a president who fails to understand how the industry works. "It makes no sense," entertainment lawyer Jonathan Handel said of Trump's idea. Handel explained to AFP that...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The unofficial version of Signal used by Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has been hacked, tech site 404 Media said Sunday, raising further concern over the security of the communications exchanged at the highest levels of the U.S. government. 404 Media said the hacker exploited a vulnerability in TeleMessage, a Signal-like...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Disability advocate Ali France pulled off a shock defeat of Australia's opposition leader Peter Dutton in his own seat on Saturday at the third time of asking, just over a year after losing her son to leukaemia. Her win was part of a comprehensive federal election victory by the incumbent Labor Party over...
LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry on Friday lost his legal challenge to changes to his security arrangements made by the British government following his decision to step down from royal duties with his American wife Meghan. Harry, King Charles' younger son, had sought to overturn a decision by the Home Office - the ministry responsible for policing...
NEW YORK: AI companions powered by generative artificial intelligence present real risks and should be banned for minors, a leading US tech watchdog said in a study published April 30. The explosion in generative AI since the advent of ChatGPT has seen several startups launch apps focused on exchange and contact, sometimes described as virtual friends or...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal is a full economic partnership that will allow President Donald Trump to negotiate with Russia on a stronger basis, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday. The deal, signed on Wednesday, will give the United States preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction. The...
