Category: International

Apple previews new software as it diversifies beyond iPhones

San Jose :  Apple, beset by falling iPhone sales, announced upcoming changes to its phone and computer software intended to highlight its increasing emphasis on digital services and to further position it as a fierce guardian of personal privacy. The revisions previewed Monday during a conference in San Jose, […]

Kim’s sister back in public eye at North Korea’s mass games

Seoul : The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a public event in Pyongyang for the first time in more than 50 days, casting further doubt on media speculation he had ordered her to lay low over the failed nuclear summit with Washington. North […]

Indian-origin woman gets 22 years to life in prison for strangling stepdaughter to death

New York ; An Indian-origin woman in the US has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for strangling her nine-year-old stepdaughter to death in a bathtub, a crime described as “unimaginable” by the court. Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, New York was convicted last month of […]

Woods can’t build Memorial momentum

Washington : Tiger Woods said his frustrating two-under par 70 on Saturday left him out of contention for a sixth Memorial Tournament title, but he saw encouraging signs for this month’s US Open. “I’m so far back, and there’s too many guys (ahead of him),” said Woods, who claimed […]

Woman accuses Neymar of rape, player says he was set up

Rio de Janeiro ; A Brazilian police document says an unidentified woman has accused soccer star Neymar of raping her in Paris last month. After the revelation, the player used Instagram to publish a 7-minute video that includes WhatsApp messages he says he exchanged with the accuser in a […]

China defence minister says Huawei not a military company

Singapore : Huawei is not a military company despite its founder Ren Zhengfei’s previous career in the army, China’s Defence Minister General Wei Fenghe said Sunday, amid growing US-China tensions over trade and technology in which the Chinese telecom giant has been a main target. The US placed Huawei […]

Japan PM to meet Iran’s Khamenei to mediate with US: report

Tokyo : Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later this month with Tokyo hoping to mediate between Washington and Tehran, a report said Sunday. As tensions intensify between Iran and Japan’s key ally the United States, Abe has reportedly proposed serving as […]

S Korea urges restraint after North’s missile test

Singapore ; South Korea’s Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo on Saturday fended off calls to step up pressure on North Korea after it test-fired missiles last month. Jeong told an annual security conference in Singapore that the tests were being investigated and a conclusion is within reach. “There are discussions […]

Love him or hate him, brash, big-bearded Benoit keeps Paris entertained

Paris : Brash and big-bearded, Benoit Paire has been booed off more courts than he’d care to remember but in Paris’ gathering gloom on Wednesday evening, he was welcomed back into the arms of Roland Garros after winning a four and a half hour epic to knock out compatriot […]

Sri Lanka signs port deal with India, Japan

Colombo : Sri Lanka has signed a deal with India and Japan to develop a deep-sea container terminal here amid increasing forays by China which has taken a strategic port on a 99-year lease that has worried New Delhi. The three countries will jointly build the East Container Terminal […]

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