Russian Su-25 jet aircraft fly above St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, Russia June 24, 2020. — REUTERS/SHAMIL ZHUMATOVRUSSIA is working on easing visa procedures for six countries, including the Philippines, India and Indonesia, the state TASS news agency cited Deputy Foreign Minister Evgeny Ivanov as
REUTERSTAIPEI — Taiwan Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng warned on Monday the island has to be on alert this year for a “sudden entry” by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory amid the rising military tensions across the Taiwan Strait.China has stepped up
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive to greet members of the public in Kingfisher Bay on Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia Oct. 22, 2018. — REUTERSLONDON — Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have received an invitation to his father King
REUTERSNEW DELHI — India’s DLF sold a $1 billion upmarket residential project in 72 hours while rival Godrej Properties is offering $3 million apartments to clients selected by invitation, two off-plan sales that are signaling a revival in luxury housing.Property developers say spacey high-price apartments
MARCO EN HOFF-UNSPLASHAnew age of leadership is upon us — starting from the 9/11 World Trade Center bombing, the global financial crisis of 2009, the COVID pandemic, to the networked disinformation amidst the looming geo-political and economic divides — confronting every human with great uncertainty.
INTEREST-RATE pauses aren’t exactly in trouble, but things are beginning to look awkward for officials eyeing a decent break. World growth isn’t falling off a cliff and inflation has failed to ease up quite as expected in some big economies. The more fortitude the expansion
The Philippines’ inflation rate of 8.1% last December, then 8.7% last January, was high but it is not unique to us — the country just joined Singapore, Thailand, and Taiwan in hitting a 14-year high in its inflation rate. Japan, the US, and the UK
BRETT JORDAN-UNSPLASHThe hottest topic nowadays is the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot called ChatGPT. Since November, the company OpenAI has allowed the public to directly converse with the AI tool, impressing users with its human-like answers to any question. We now see truly intelligent AI that
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The closure of a chicken factory that employs 730 people is going ahead, the Welsh government has said. In January poultry giant 2 Sisters announced plans to shut its premises at Llangefni, Anglesey.The Welsh government has now said the company has put forward “no
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The chancellor is expected to extend the Energy Price Guarantee at current levels for a further three months. Typical household energy bills were scheduled to rise to £3,000 a year from April, but calls have been made for the government to retain its current
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>The price of a first class stamp is to rise above £1 in April, Royal Mail has announced. From 3 April, first class stamps will increase by 15p to £1.10, while second class stamps will rise by 7p to 75p.Royal Mail said the increases
<?xml encoding="utf-8" ??>Campaigners are calling for an end to the “peak fare rip off”, where commuters in some parts of the country face far higher mark-ups to travel at busy times. The call came after regulated rail fares in England and Wales jumped by 5.9% on