DAVOS – Singapore has released a model governance framework for artificial intelligence (AI) which companies in Singapore and elsewhere can adopt as they grapple with issues that have emerged with new technology. The framework was released by Mr S. Iswaran, Minister for Communications and Information, at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting which he is attending. […]
Claim: India has not experienced a single major terror attack since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government came to power in 2014. Verdict: Both official and independent data provide details of a series of fatal attacks by militant groups within India since 2014. The government’s own documents refer to at least two of these as being […]
Amal Umer, a 10-year-old Pakistani girl, was shot in the head on 13 August by a police officer who was targeting an armed robber at a busy Karachi intersection. Her parents have mounted a campaign to change what they say is a broken and unaccountable system – and they are starting to see results, as […]
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s conservative finance minister said capitalism could collapse if global inequality continues to rise. In a speech marking the start of France’s presidency of the G7, Bruno Le Maire said the Group of Seven economic powers should consider setting a joint minimum corporate tax and tackle the power of giant multinational corporations. […]
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s three major U.S. indexes were set to open lower on Tuesday after rallying for four straight weeks, as fears of a global economic slowdown resurfaced after the International Monetary Fund trimmed its growth outlook in a week of heavy corporate earnings. The gloomy IMF forecasts, released on Monday, predicted the global […]
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) – Indian police on Tuesday (Jan 22) arrested 31 Rohingya Muslims stranded on the border after they were denied entry into Bangladesh and border officials failed to agree on what to do with members of the community fleeing a crackdown in India. India’s Hindu nationalist government regards the Rohingya as illegal aliens […]
(Reuters) – Wall Street’s three major U.S. indexes were set to open lower on Tuesday after rallying for four straight weeks, as fears of a global economic slowdown resurfaced after the International Monetary Fund trimmed its growth outlook in a week of heavy corporate earnings. The gloomy IMF forecasts, released on Monday, predicted the global […]
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – TomTom will remain independent and grow its core digital maps business, its CEO said on Tuesday after the company agreed to sell its fleet management business to Japan’s Bridgestone for 910 million euros ($1 billion). Amsterdam-based TomTom faces a turning point after Google broke into the market to supply maps to carmakers […]
NEW DELHI – The Modi government has rolled out the red carpet at the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD), a biannual gathering for the Indian diaspora, which has taken on added significance this year amid an attempt to widen voting rights for Non Resident Indians (NRIs) ahead of general elections this year. Mr Modi, who is […]
SINGAPORE – Victims lost more than $28,000 in 2018 after they were tricked into buying software for fake computer virus infections, police said on Tuesday (Jan 22). Latest figures released by the police also showed that at least four reports of such tech support scams have been made in the first month of this year. In […]