Google-owned video platform YouTube opened a “YouTube Space” in Dubai, the first-of-its-kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Located at Dubai Studio City, the YouTube facility aims “to support the growing creator community in the MENA region by giving them access to a state-of-the-art production space,” Xinhua cited state news agency WAM as […]
Voicing concern on the financial deficit states of the northeast, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Central government will extend full support to reverse the situation in the region, an official statement said on Sunday Jaitley made this statement during a meeting with Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, at his residence in […]
Morocco will spend a total of $15.8 billion on stadiums and infrastructure if it wins the bid to organise the 2026 World Cup, media reported on Sunday. Citing the chairperson of the bid committee Moulay Hafid Elalamy, the financial daily l’Economiste said that $3.2 billion from the total budget would be invested by the private […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday sent a congratulatory message to Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin. In the message, Xi said that over recent years, the Russian people have united as one in firmly advancing on the path of strengthening the nation, realising rejuvenation and development, achieving remarkable success in economic and social development, and playing […]
US President Donald Trump will unveil new plans to tackle the country’s opioid epidemic on Monday, the White House said. The plan will include stiffer penalties for high-intensity drug traffickers, including the death penalty, CNN quoted Andrew Bremberg, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, as saying on Sunday evening. According to Bremberg and […]
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will now be its key negotiator with India on the vexed border issue after Beijing promoted him to the post of State Councillor, the country’s top diplomat, it was announced on Monday. Wang succeeds Yang Jiechi, China’s senior-most diplomat, who until now was the country’s Special Representative on border talks […]
Key Republicans have warned President Donald Trump not to interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller and his team’s on going probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, the media reported. The warnings came after Trump on Sunday morning criticised Mueller on Twitter, one day after his lawyer John Dowd issued a statement […]
Negative Asian cues — on the prospect of higher interest rates in the US and global trade wars — pulled the key indices of the Indian equity market lower during the early morning session on Monday. Apart from global cues, fears of domestic political instability dented investors’ risk-taking appetite. However, value buying had initially pushed […]
President Vladimir Putin was leading in the Russian presidential election with 76.65 per cent of the votes after 99 per cent of the ballots were counted, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Monday. Almost 55.5 million of voters supported his candidacy in the election that took place on Sunday paving the way for Putin, […]
Premier Gladys Berejiklian praised the contribution of migrants from South East Asian nations as she welcomed business and political leaders attending the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Sydney. Around 3000 delegates from 10 ASEAN nations have arrived for this weekend’s special summit to discuss business and counter-terrorism. Delivering the keynote speech at an official welcome event […]