Republican and Democrat lawmakers are demanding more information about connections between President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn and Russia, a media report said. Their calls come after months of controversy surrounding one of Trump’s longtime campaign advisers and top aide on security matters, CNN said in the report on Thursday. Questions have […]
Adobe and Microsoft are jointly working on artificial intelligence (AI) to offer better products and provide customers more automated, intelligence-based experiences, a top Adobe official said here. Brad Rencher, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Marketing, of Adobe said the two tech giants were working on standard data models and sharing of core libraries between […]
British police confirmed that deal toll in Wednesday’s terror attack outside the Parliament in central London has risen to five. On Wednesday, three people and a terrorist were dead after an attacker brought carnage to central London on Wednesday, mowing down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and hacking at police with knives in the grounds of […]
Nearly 600 million children, one in four worldwide, will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040, according to a UN report. The report was released late Tuesday by the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef), Efe news reported on Wednesday. Unicef warned of the threat to children’s lives due to the lack […]
Iraqi government forces battling the Islamic State in Mosul’s western side evacuated hundreds of civilians from the city centre on Tuesday, as troop progress slowed down faced with strong resistance from the militants, Iraqi officials said. “Our forces evacuated hundreds of civilians to prevent terrorists from using them as human shields, while our troops are […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the world to stand up against intolerance and build communities that recognise diversity not as a source of weakness, but a source of strength and richness. “In a time of upheaval and change, it is easy to paint vulnerable communities as the cause of problems… people are being […]
Tokyo shares tumbled on Wednesday on concerns over implementation of US President Donald Trump’s economic policies and reports on North Korean missile launches. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average shed 390.51 points, or 2.01 per cent, from Tuesday to 19,065.37, Xinhua news agency reported. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo […]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will skip a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) meeting early April, the US State Department has confirmed. “The Secretary’s schedule does not permit him to attend the NATO ministerial on those dates, but… we’re trying to accommodate this in his schedule,” said his acting spokesman Mark Toner at a […]
US President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dropped to 37 per cent, while 58 per cent of Americans disapprove of his performance so far as President, new Gallup figures show. The approval ratings, Trump’s worst since taking office two months ago, came as FBI Director James Comey on Monday told lawmakers that there was […]
After the FBI Director James Comey said he had no information to back up a conspiracy theory pushed by US President Donald Trump on Twitter, Trump tweeted again to tease something new. The official presidential Twitter account noted Monday: “FBI Director Comey refuses to deny he briefed President (Barack) Obama on calls made by (National […]