By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -China spent $21 billion on military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, the East and South China Sea and the Western Pacific last year, nearly 40% higher than 2023, according to Taiwan government estimates based on its tracking of aircraft and ships and working out the cost of…
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a judge on Thursday to bar top Trump administration officials — including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi — from making “baseless public attacks” against their client, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year. The motion was filed in Nashville federal…
U.S. technology company Amazon is funding a water efficiency project in Mexico City, investing US $2.45 million to upgrade water infrastructure in the capital. The initiative, funded by the cloud computing subsidiary Amazon Web Services (AWS), is a “strategic multinational partnership” between Amazon and the Mexico City Ministry for Comprehensive Water Management (Segiagua), according to…
(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday filed a motion to dismiss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s civil lawsuit that accused him of waiting too long in 2022 to reveal his large stake in Twitter. Musk later renamed the social media company X after buying it. (Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Himani…
It may not feel like it – temperatures are still hovering above 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) most days – but according to the 24 terms in the solar calendar, the “great heat” of the summer ended last week. Here are five things to do in Hong Kong this weekend to mark the start…
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia asked a judge on Thursday to bar top Trump administration officials — including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and Attorney General Pam Bondi — from making “baseless public attacks” against their client, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador earlier this year. The motion was filed in Nashville federal…
While the US Open heats up in New York City, the 82nd annual Venice Film Festival has officially kicked off across the pond, with both fashionable events once again marking the end of summer. Actors, directors, and industry insiders have already begun pouring into the Italian city, arriving via its classic canal boats, ready for…
China is likely to see 300,000 driverless cabs operate in its four top-tier cities as early as 2030, buoyed by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and its highly competitive electric vehicle (EV) sector, UBS said on Thursday. The number of robotaxis on the mainland was expected to jump to 4 million by the late 2030s,…
US Senator Lindsey Graham on Thursday slammed India, China, Brazil, and other nations for continuing to buy Russian oil, warning that their purchases are fueling Moscow’s war machine and causing civilian deaths. US Senator Lindsey Graham warns India, China, and Brazil over Russian oil purchases.(AP File) “India, China, Brazil and others who prop up Putin’s…
Do not keep these apps. AFP via Getty Images Google has now confirmed the removal of 77 malicious apps from Play Store. But this is just the tip of an alarming iceberg. In the last year, Google removed “nearly four million apps, equating to approximately 11,000 app removals per day.” The data comes courtesy of…