Bigger rice shipments from India would beef up overall global supplies and soften international prices by forcing other major exporters of the staple such as Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam to reduce their rates, traders said. New Delhi set a floor price for non-basmati white rice exports of $490 per metric ton, a government order said. […]
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, dismissed nearly all claims based on the “Allow Apps to Request to Track” setting on Apple mobile devices, but let some claims proceed over the “Share [Device] Analytics” setting. Mobile device users said Apple violated their user agreements and several privacy and consumer protection laws by […]
The indictment is the latest effort by the Biden administration to counter foreign efforts to interfere in the election between former President Trump, a Republican, and his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris. Iran said on Thursday that accusations that it had targeted former U.S. officials were baseless. The three men — Masoud Jalili, Seyyed […]
With the clock ticking on his administration, US President Joe Biden faces an arc of Middle East crises likely to defy solution before he leaves office in January and which look all but certain to tarnish his foreign policy legacy, analysts and foreign diplomats say. Biden has struggled over the past year to thread the […]
The agency also sees the prospect of North Korea potentially carrying out a seventh nuclear test after the U.S. presidential election on November 5, Lee Seong-Kwon, who sits on the parliamentary intelligence committee, said. In July, a report by the Federation of American Scientists concluded that Pyongyang may have produced enough fissile material to build […]
The overall exports to the US were recorded at US $949.855 million during July-August (2024-25) against exports of US $934.666 billion during July-August (2023-24), SBP data revealed. On a year-to-year basis, the exports to the US decreased to $473.838 million in August 2024 against the export of $494.774 million in August 2023. Meanwhile, on a […]
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), he said that overcoming significant challenges and achieving development is not new for the Maldives. With a population of approximately 500,000, the country aims to build a “digital economy” that leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance housing, healthcare, and climate resilience. President Dr Mohamed […]
The Chinese military’s “Rocket Force launched an ICBM… carrying a dummy warhead to the high seas in the Pacific Ocean at 08:44 on September 25, and the missile fell into expected sea areas”, the ministry said in a statement. “This test launch is a routine arrangement in our annual training plan,” the ministry added. “It […]
“We’re so used to seeing movies that are like other movies because they’re financed that way,” Coppola told Reuters during a Zoom interview while he was at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the film was also screened. “It’s [movies like other movies] always something that’s already proven that it will make money. It’s like […]
After some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire since hostilities flared in October, Israel warned people in Lebanon to evacuate areas where it said the armed movement was storing weapons. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a short video statement addressed to the people of Lebanon. “Israel’s war is not with you, it’s with […]
