Ai-Da, the humanoid robot artist, gears up for first solo exhibition
OXFORD, England – Wearing a white blouse and her dark hair hanging loose, Ai-Da looks like any artist at work as she studies her subject and puts pencil to paper.…
Nepal picks up four bodies, 11 tonnes of garbage in Everest clean-up
KATHMANDU – Nepali climbers have retrieved four bodies and collected some 11 tonnes of decades-old garbage from Mount Everest and its approach below the base camp as part of a…
Germany planning to access voice assistant data to tackle crime
BERLIN – German authorities are working on guidelines to allow them to access data held by voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa or smart fridges to help them fight crime, a…
Saudi Arabia says it is watching Sudan with concern, urges renewed dialogue
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia says its watching developments in Sudan with great concern and it supports continued dialogue between the ruling military council and the opposition. Saudi Arabia has close…
Australian minister in Sri Lanka to lay out stance on asylum seekers
SYDNEY – A senior Australian minister will meet Sri Lanka’s leaders in Colombo today to discuss border control and security matters following reports that the Australian navy had intercepted and…
Sudanese forces storm protest camp, 13 people dead- medics
KHARTOUM – Security forces stormed a protest camp in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday morning and at least 13 people were reported killed in the worst violence since the…
Donald Trump welcomed to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth
LONDON – Britain has rolled out the royal red carpet for Donald Trump but the pomp, pageantry and banquet with Queen Elizabeth looked set to be overshadowed by the US…
‘We’re ready to welcome you’ NATO tells North Macedonia
SKOPJE – NATO’s secretary-general has commended North Macedonia for making the reforms necessary to join the transatlantic military alliance next year. “We are ready to welcome you,” Jens Stoltenberg told…
North Korea’s Kim visits factories linked to missile launches
SEOUL – The factories have innocuous names, but analysts say several ostensibly civilian facilities visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently are also used to build ballistic missile…
Protesters set fire to US Embassy in Honduras in second day of demonstrations
TEGUCIGALPA – Protesters torched the access gate to the US Embassy in the Honduran capital on Friday during a second day of major protests against President Juan Orlando Hernandez. The…
