A bipartisan group of US senators will reveal on Wednesday an immigration bill that was agreed to by Democrats and Republicans, despite the fact that President Donald Trump rejected it. “It will be available on Wednesday and we’re prepared for a vote as quickly as possible,” Efe quoted US Democratic Senator Dick Durbin as saying. […]
Founder and Chief Executive of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Klaus Schwab on Tuesday said after decades of prosperity, the global social contract is endangered. Acknowledging an “unprecedented” global interest in the 48th WEF in Davos, Schwab said some 70 heads of state and government and 38 heads of international organisations would debate “creating a […]
The Iranian President said on Tuesday that the US government’s initiative to create a largely Kurdish border force in northeastern Syria is aimed at undermining the country’s territorial integrity. Hassan Rouhani made the comment during a meeting in Tehran with Syrian parliament speaker Hammouda Sabbagh, Efe reported. “The plot that the Americans recently have in […]
US President Donald Trump has said that his South Asia strategy is “working far more rapidly than anybody would understand” and denying protection for terrorists in Afhganistan. The policy he announced in August was “providing crucial support for our forces in Afghanistan and denying safe haven for terrorists,” Trump told reporters on Tuesday at the […]
Twitter has denied claims that its employees are monitoring Direct Messages (DM) exchanged among its over 300 million users on its platform. In a statement, the micro-blogging platform denied claims made by conservative activist group Project Veritas that employees from the company monitor private user data, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday. “We do not proactively review […]
After opening a research lab focused on artificial intelligence (AI) in China — its first such centre in Asia – Google has reportedly opened another office in the country. According to a report in TechCrunch on Wednesday, the new workspace for Googlers is in Shenzhen — a city that is home to Tencent, Huawei and […]
A chargesheet against seven Kashmiri separatists and a businessman in a case of funding terror in the Kashmir Valley will be filed by the NIA on Thursday, the day their judicial custody ends, officials said. According to National Investigation Agency (NIA) sources, the agency will file the chargesheet against the arrested separatist leaders and a […]
Twitter has denied claims that its employees are monitoring Direct Messages (DM) exchanged among its over 300 million users on its platform. In a statement, the micro-blogging platform denied claims made by conservative activist group Project Veritas that employees from the company monitor private user data, TechCrunch reported on Wednesday. “We do not proactively review […]
After opening a research lab focused on artificial intelligence (AI) in China — its first such centre in Asia – Google has reportedly opened another office in the country. According to a report in TechCrunch on Wednesday, the new workspace for Googlers is in Shenzhen — a city that is home to Tencent, Huawei and […]
Key Indian equity indices on Monday provisionally closed at fresh high levels as investors sentiments were lifted by healthy macro-economic data and positive quarterly results. According to market observers, upbeat Asian cues, along with healthy buying in banking, consumer durables and finance stocks, also added to the upward trajectory of the benchmark indices. The wider […]