CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ITALY, Feb 10 : Ukraine's Olympic Committee has put in a request for their skeleton competitor Vladyslav Heraskevych to wear a 'helmet of remembrance' at the Milano Cortina Winter Games in honour of those killed in the war with Russia, it said on Tuesday.Heraskevych said on Monday that a re
BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin hailed their countries' 'stabilising' economic, political and security alliance in the face of 'turbulent' times globally, as they spoke via video call on Wednesday (Feb 4).Moscow and Beijing have sought to present a united front against
SEOUL, Feb 7 : South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb said on Saturday it had accidentally given away more than $40 billion worth of bitcoins to customers as promotional rewards, triggering a sharp selloff on the exchange.Bithumb apologised for the mistake, which took place on Friday, and said it had re
Those caught riding a mobility scooter on public paths without a valid certificate of medical may be fined up to S$2,000, jailed for up to six months, or both.
NEW DELHI, Feb 10 : India's government said on Tuesday social media companies would have to take down unlawful content within three hours of being notified about it, tightening an earlier 36-hour timeline in what could be a compliance challenge for Meta, YouTube and X.The changes amend India's 2021 IT rules
Feb 9 : Chinese automaker BYD has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government challenging President Donald Trump's bid to use sweeping authority to impose tariffs, and requesting a refund for all levies it paid since last April, court documents show.The lawsuit, the first by a Chinese carmaker over U.S. tarif
Feb 5 : Algerian boxer Imane Khelif said she will comply with genetic testing requirements as long as the tests are conducted by the International Olympic Council (IOC), to be able to participate in competitions.Khelif won gold in the women's welterweight division at the Paris Games in 2024 amid a gender disp
Feb 6 : Crypto-focused Erebor Bank became the first bank to receive a national bank charter during the second term of the Trump administration, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.The approval allows the Palmer Luckey-backed entity to operate as a bank nationwide, and occurred less than eight months af
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau said Singapore’s performance was underpinned by “robust legislations, effective enforcement, and a vigilant society united by a shared commitment to integrity”.
MOSCOW: Russia faces a steep drop in oil income if United States President Donald Trump successfully pressures India to stop importing Russian crude, because losing its top purchaser of seaborne exports would force Moscow to slash prices to find other buyers, analysts and traders said.Trump on Monday (Feb 2)
Feb 4 : Seventy-five years ago, the idea of harnessing the power of the skies was little more than fantasy spun by futurists like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov. Elon Musk's mega-merger of his companies xAI and SpaceX this week brings this sci-fi dream a step closer.NASA engineers and technologists have sp
Feb 4 : U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego and Bernie Moreno have introduced anti-scam legislation requiring social media platforms to vet their advertisers.The bipartisan bill, called the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct Act, or the SCAM Act, would require social media platforms to take “reasona
Feb 6 : Elon Musk's SpaceX told investors it will prioritize going to the moon first and attempt a trip to Mars at a later time, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources.The company will target March 2027 for a lunar landing without humans on board, the report added.
BRUSSELS, Feb 6 : Social media app TikTok was charged by EU tech regulators on Friday with breaching EU online content rules through its addictive features and was told that it may have to change the design of its app or risk a fine of as much as 6 per cent of owner ByteDance's global turnover.The European Co
Feb 4 : Investors were assessing on Wednesday whether a selloff in global software stocks this week had gone too far, as they weighed if businesses could survive an existential threat posed by artificial intelligence. The answer: It's unclear, but AI's development will involve volatility.After a broad