1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (298+ words) The New York home where US President Donald Trump spent his early childhood has been sold for $1.93 million, media reports said. The Tudor-style house in Jamaica Estates, Queens, where Trump lived during his earliest years, was sold for $1.93 million, listing…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (533+ words) Singapore’s ministers, already among the world’s highest paid, are getting a raise for the first time in 15 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said, explaining the government cannot attract top talent into politics if salaries remain unchanged. ALSO READ: Singapore leaders…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (507+ words) Nearly 1,300 flights were cancelled after a technical failure in the UK’s air traffic control system disrupted operations at several major airports, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. Flight-tracking website Flightradar24 said on X, “All told, 1300 flights were cancelled to/from airports in…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (363+ words) Around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw, Poland’s capital city, on Monday, September 7, waving flags, playing protest slogans and marching in circles outside Poland’s digital affairs ministry to demand stronger rules for artificial intelligence (AI). The unusual demonstration, which…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (327+ words) OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki has warned that humanity should exercise “extreme caution” as artificial intelligence advances rapidly, saying people may not be prepared for the consequences of continued progress in machine intelligence. In a blog post, Pachocki wrote: “This…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (319+ words) The Indian rupee depreciated 10 paise to 94.66 against the US dollar in early trade on Tuesday, September 8, as surging Brent crude prices near USD 97/bbl and Middle Eastern geopolitical friction dampened investor confidence. Forex traders noted that ongoing RBI dollar sales…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (419+ words) A volcanic eruption in Indonesia has stranded around 270,000 passengers after nearly 2,000 flights were grounded, with airport operations suspended for the second consecutive day, media reports said on Monday. Eight Indonesian airports, including two serving Jakarta, remained closed on Monday as…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (239+ words) Loud explosions were heard after an Iranian oil tanker off Kharg Island was reportedly hit by suspected US missiles, according to media reports. Al Jazeera, citing Iranian news outlet Khabar Fouri, reported that the tanker was struck by four US…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (349+ words) Apple has changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on its maps for users in the United States, days after Google made a similar change following US President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to rename the lake, media…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (383+ words) U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces on Tuesday carried out a wave of strikes against Iranian military targets, escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran. “The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and…...