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A total of 93% of its 66,019 workers who cast ballots approved the strike plan, union says A flag bearing the logo of Samsung Electronics flutters at the company’s office building in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2025. PHOTO: REUTERS Samsung Electronics’ unionised workers in South Korea voted on Wednesday to authorise a strike, deepening … Read more
[ Planes are parked at Terminal 3 of the Dubai International Airport, following the United States and Israel strikes on Iran, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 2, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Global airlines sounded the alarm on Tuesday over soaring jet fuel prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, warning of hundreds of millions … Read more
Global air travel remains severely disrupted after the war in Iran forced the closure of key Middle Eastern hubs, including Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi, stranding tens of thousands of passengers. Below is the latest on flights, in alphabetical order: AEGEAN AIRLINES (AGNr.AT)Greece’s largest carrier cancelled flights to Tel Aviv, Beirut and Amman until April … Read more
[ Two oil officials said last week that Iraq is seeking to pump at least 100,000 barrels per day of crude A pumpjack, used to help lift oil from a well, in the Permian basin near Midland, Texas, U.S., October 8, 2025 PHOTO: REUTERS Oil prices fell more than $2 per barrel on Wednesday to … Read more
Israeli attacks have targeted the command centers of Iran’s repressive, internal security forces in hopes that Iranians will overthrow their rulers. Some see that as wishful thinking.
‘I only know my name, my parameter scale, and my context window length,’ the chatbot says The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2025 PHOTO: REUTERS A powerful artificial intelligence model that appeared anonymously on a developer platform last week has sparked speculation that Chinese startup DeepSeek may be quietly … Read more
The epic about radicals and reactionaries also took best director for Paul Thomas Anderson, his first Academy Awards after 11 losses.
President Trump is turning up the pressure on Cuba, but other Latin American countries, even those on the left, are staying quiet. We look at why.
The carrier, America’s newest, world’s largest, is currently located in the Red Sea US Navy nuclear-powered Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78). PHOTO: REUTERS The US aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, deployed in operations against Iran, is expected to temporarily pull into port after a fire on board, US officials said on … Read more
[ ISLAMABAD: The government has saved over Rs80 billion by revising agreements with wind and solar power producers, officials say. The Power Division disclosed that wind power plants had been charging up to Rs42 per unit under the 2013 policy compared to Rs17 per unit being received by the wind power plants running under the … Read more
