Perspectives

The United States fears that China’s rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to revolutionise warfare could accelerate its decline in global influence. The Biden administration has now made efforts to close the gap.

A failed bank robbery in the Swedish capital on August 27, 1973, gave birth to the term that denotes the so-called emotional bond between hostages and captors.

Russia's Putin will address meet through video link while Chinese premier Xi Jinping will attend the summit along with India's Modi, Brazil's Lula, and host Cyril Ramaphosa.

Two exhibits at the museum offer visitors a chance to look at the world through the eyes of the blind and listen to life through the ears of the deaf.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation deeply regrets Quran desecration in Sweden and Denmark and their failure to prevent such acts.

UN chief Antonio Guterres called on states to preserve multilateralism in fractured and troubled world.

The UN's children's body blamed neighboring governments for being inactive and not deploying teams to prevent such deadly incidents.

G20 countries to gather in India to discuss new international financial architecture designed to give breathing room for debtor nations.

The report on progress in achieving 17 wide-ranging UN goals, adopted by world leaders in 2015, said that only 15 percent of some 140 specific targets that experts evaluated are on track to be reached by the end of the decade.

Transgenders are at the forefront of a growing extremism movement, known as Trantifa, that combines far-left activism with intimidation, harassment, and even violence to advance their radical gender agenda.

The temperamental player's recent comments regarding the tense situation in Kosovo have drawn strong pushback from many.

Covid-19 has infected more than 444M people and killed over 6M worldwide. Here are some of the latest coronavirus-related developments:

Statement confirmed all proceeds would be placed in a frozen UK bank account and Russian owner Roman Abramovich, who is currently subject to sanctions by the British government, would donate all of the proceeds to charitable causes.

Brazil seek to be the first team to reach the semi-final after their game with Croatia while Argentina hope to beat the Dutch in 90 minutes for the first time in the World Cup.

Covid-19 has infected more than 346M people and killed over 5.6M worldwide. Here are some of the latest coronavirus-related developments:

Russia's Medvedev rolled through 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 in 1hr 55min, while Greek fourth seed Tsitsipas gained a 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (2/7), 6-4 win over unseeded Frenchman Benoit Paire.

Covid-19 has killed nearly 3.3M people and infected over 158M others globally. Here are all the coronavirus-related developments for May 9:

Covid-19 has infected over 167M people and has killed more than 3.4M globally. Here are virus-related developments for May 25:

Comedian Bill Cosby was freed after Pennsylvania's highest court overturned a 2018 verdict that found him guilty of sexual assault.

Onaranlar Kulübü (Fixers Club), based in Istanbul, Turkey, puts playfully artistic touches on public spots, improving the lives of ordinary citizens and giving them hope for a better future.

Covid-19 has infected 126 million people and has claimed some 2.7 million lives. Following are the virus-related developments for March 27.

UN Commission on the Status of Women reaffirms blueprint to achieve gender equality adopted 25 years ago.

After five months of inactivity the English Premiership cranks back into action this weekend with protocols on pandemic and Black Lives Matter Movementi

Meltwater is threatening ice shelves surrounding 76 percent of Antarctica's coastlines that could create a dramatic rise in sea level, scientists say.

The coronavirus has killed more than 2.5M people and infected over 116M worldwide. Here're the latest developments for March 5:

The administrator for $630 million fund will evaluate each claim separately to determine how much money each woman, who was sexually attacked by the financier Jeffrey Epstein, receives.

Masters winner Tiger Woods will play with defending champion Brooks Koepka and British Open titleholder Francesco Molinari.

Researchers say they traced the DNA of a jawbone found in a cave on the Tibetan Plateau to the Denisovans, a defunct cousin of modern humans.

Canelo Alvarez keeps his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association titles and seizes Daniel Jacobs' International Boxing Federation belt in a bout that marks the Mexican's return to the 160-pound division.

Britain’s Jamie Chadwick stood on top of the podium as the first race winner in the new all-female W Series on Saturday with compatriot Alice Powell second at a damp and overcast Hockenheim

FIFA is open to having discussions about concussion substitutes for serious head injuries, the medical committee head of the global footballers’ players union has told the Times newspaper.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has ruled that South Africa’s Olympic-winning athlete Caster Semenya will have to take pills to suppress the natural levels of testosterone in her body if she wants to continue competing as a female.

Barcelona extended its unbeaten streak at home in Europe's elite club competition to 32 straight matches, a run that started in 2013.

Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak.

The 28-year-old South African won her last 800 metre race on Friday before the introduction of the rules by the IAAF come into effect on May 8.

Facebook banned right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, controversial figure Louis Farrakhan and other extremist figures for violating its policies against hate and violence.