Muslim countries, backing the Gaza peace proposal, have welcomed steps taken by Hamas in response to US President Donald Trump’s plan. They have called the move a genuine opportunity to secure a ceasefire and end the crisis in the region, the Foreign Office said. The statement came as Hamas, the Palestinian group that controls Gaza,…
Top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will visit Italy and Switzerland from October 7 to 12, according to China’s foreign ministry. Wang would attend the 12th joint meeting of the China-Italy government committee and the fourth round of the China-Switzerland foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. His trip follows the…
Samsung/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. Amazon’s next Prime Day sales event begins on Oct. 7. It continues until Oct. 8, and although there’s plenty of time before the big day next week, we’ve already started to see the retailer roll out significant discounts in the lead-up to Prime Day. One of…
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana insists her team will remain unfazed by the political undertones surrounding their Women’s World Cup clash against India in Colombo on Sunday, saying their focus will stay firmly on cricket. The high-voltage fixture comes barely a week after the men’s Asia Cup, where Indian players reportedly refused to shake hands with…
MILWAUKEE — After becoming the first player to have three hits in the first two innings of a postseason game, Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio left Saturday’s NL Division Series opener against the Chicago Cubs with a hamstring injury. Chourio hit a bases-loaded grounder up the third-base line in the second. He beat the throw…
Nearly three years after OpenAI kickstarted an arms race with the public debut of its hallucinatory text generator ChatGPT, the Sam Altman-run firm launched a new frenzy with the release of its Sora 2, a video app that allows users to scan their face and place themselves in hyperrealistic clips. But major studio executives and…
China set aside 200 million yuan (US$28 million) in recovery aid for Guangdong and Hainan provinces as Typhoon Matmo made landfall on Sunday afternoon. Earlier on Sunday, authorities in Guangdong relocated more than 150,000 residents and Hainan suspended rail services across the island province. By late Sunday afternoon, transport in Haikou, Hainan’s capital, was gradually…
Seven al-Shabab militants who attacked a high-security prison in Somalia’s capital have all been killed, the country’s government has said. A huge explosion and gunfire were heard coming from Godka Jilicow – a detention centre that holds al-Shabab militants – in Mogadishu on Saturday evening. In a statement, al-Shabab said it released “all the Muslim…
INDONESIA: Newly crowned world champion Marc Marquez and polesitter Marco Bezzecchi crashed out at high speed after colliding in the opening lap as Spanish rookie Fermin Aldeguer won a chaotic Indonesia MotoGP on Sunday. Spanish great Marquez “suffered an injury to his right collarbone” and will fly to Madrid for medical tests, his Ducati team…
COLOMBO: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur and her Pakistan counterpart Fatima Sana did not shake hands at the toss of Sunday’s Women’s World Cup cricket match, mirroring the actions of their men’s teams. Sana won the toss and chose to field at Colombo’s R. Premadasa Stadium, where there were also no formal greetings between the players…
