Daily Archives: November 19, 2023
2 dead in US hospital shooting
NEW HAMPSHIRE: A shooter killed a security guard on Friday in the lobby of New Hampshire’s psychiatric hospital and then was fatally...
Hopeful Biden-Xi meet will reduce tensions in Asia-Pacific: Taiwan envoy
SAN FRANCISCO: The 92-year-old businessman who represented Taiwan at this week’s summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in San Francisco expressed hope on Friday...
Pakistan court acquits ex-PM Shehbaz Sharif, others in housing corruption case
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and two members of the incumbent federal caretaker cabinet were acquitted in a mega housing...
Russia launches massive drone attack on Ukraine, infra damaged
KYIV: Russia launched a major drone attack on Ukraine overnight, hitting infrastructure facilities in the south and north of the country, the...
Week after Albanese’s Beijing visit, PLA harasses Aussie navy
SYDNEY: Ahead of the second 2+2 dialogue between India and Australia here on Monday, Australian naval frogmen escaped with minor injuries due...
Israel-Hamas conflict: No deal between Israel and Hamas yet, says White House
WASHINGTON: Israel and Hamas have not yet reached a deal on a temporary ceasefire, a White House spokesperson said on Saturday night.
ChatGPT maker OpenAI ousts CEO Sam Altman
SAN FRANCISCO: The board of the company behind ChatGPT has fired OpenAI CEO Sam Altman — to many, the human face of...
Israeli airstrikes kill 47 in south Gaza
GAZA: Israeli airstrikes on residential blocks in south Gaza killed at least 47 Palestinians on Saturday even as many patients and staff...
Patients and staff leave Gaza’s biggest hospital
GAZA: Hundreds of patients, medical staff and people displaced by Israel’s war against Hamas left Gaza’s largest hospital on Saturday, with one...