14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (531+ words) Xi’s first visit to India in years stirs hope but border tensions, tech curbs hinder full reset - Debarshi Dasgupta India Bureau Chief How long did their handshake last? It is one of the several offbeat headlines to emerge from the…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (379+ words) BRICS chairship passes to China as PM Modi extends best wishes; calls for “concrete results” in grouping’s third decade Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his best wishes to China, which will host the grouping’s next summit in 2027, as…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (474+ words) The debate over slowing frontier artificial intelligence has intensified after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for “pacing the frontier” and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman backed the idea, prompting David Sacks to argue that AI leaders should voluntarily slow development if…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (395+ words) Russian air strikes in several Ukrainian regions on Sept 12 killed 10 people, injured dozens and damaged residential buildings and infrastructure across the country, officials said. The civilian death toll has risen sharply in Ukraine over the past two months as Russia…...

13+ hour, 23+ min ago   (460+ words) UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday held talks with King Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The two sides discussed the fraternal relations and cooperation between the UAE and…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (398+ words) Parents stay on alert for school closures and need for childcare should haze worsen As clearer skies return to parts of Malaysia, parents are breathing a sigh of relief, but many remain on alert in case the haze returns and…...

14+ hour, 15+ min ago   (580+ words) Coral reefs around the world are in decline, with many reef areas shrinking as increasingly frequent marine heatwaves leave them less time to recover in between. But a new report has found that reefs in the East Asian Seas, which…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (457+ words) The crisis is spreading beyond hospitals, where soaring costs for oil and diesel are making electricity from neighbourhood generators increasingly unaffordable for families that depend on it. Gaza has been without grid electricity since the start of Israel’s military offensive…...

17+ hour, 37+ min ago   (413+ words) Washington accused top Chinese artificial intelligence labs including DeepSeek and Moonshot AI of systematically stealing the capabilities of American models on Tuesday as the two countries race for tech supremacy. China will lead the creation of an “open-source zone for…...

16+ hour, 19+ min ago   (537+ words) After the months-long regional conflict, which saw flight disruptions to the region and severely affected the Gulf’s tourism and hospitality sector, the Arabian Travel Market will bring the industry together as it looks to recover and move forward, officials said....