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In this file photo taken on November 27, 2019 an Amazon sign is pictured at the Amazon Fulfilment Centre in Peterborough, east England. (Photo: AFP)

Amazon announces cutting more than 18,000 jobs

Amazon's job-slashing plan is the largest among recent workforce reductions that have impacted the US tech sector

5 Jan 2023 10:12 AM IST

A passenger of a flight from Beijing leaves the terminal after landing at the Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport in Barajas, on the outskirts of Madrid, on December 31, 2022. (Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP)

Canada to require COVID tests for passengers from China

The requirement will apply to all air travellers aged two and older from the three countries and will begin on Jan. 5

1 Jan 2023 10:35 AM IST

Passengers prepare to board a flight at the airport in north-central Chinas Jiangxi province. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

US considering COVID entry restrictions for travelers from China

Infections have surged across China as key pillars of its containment policy have been dismantled

28 Dec 2022 11:00 AM IST

A car sits blanketed in snow on a driveway, Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, in Amherst, N.Y. Millions of people hunkered down against a deep freeze Sunday morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 34 people across the United States (AP Photo/Delia Thompson)

Frigid monster storm across US claims at least 34 lives

About 60 per cent of the US population faced some sort of winter weather advisory or warning, and temperatures plummeted...

26 Dec 2022 10:24 AM IST

A phone screen displays the Twitter account of Elon Musk with a photo of him shown in the background, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

'Should I step down as head of Twitter?' asks Elon Musk, majority say...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk started a poll on the microblogging site, asking users if he should step down as head of the...

19 Dec 2022 12:46 PM IST

Elon Musk-led SpaceXs satellite broadband arm Starlink said that its service is available in many countries and it will be easier for it to get government approvals if it has a high number of pre-orders from India. (AFP Photo)

Twitter suspends accounts of several journalists, Musk cites 'doxxing'...

It was unclear if all the journalists whose accounts were suspended had commented on or shared news about @elonjet

16 Dec 2022 11:06 AM IST

Elton John performs on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Veteran musician Elton John quits Twitter due to misinformation

The singer-songwriter shared the news in a statement posted on the microblogging site

10 Dec 2022 1:28 PM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP)

Biden to decide on second term 'shortly' after new year: Top aide

At 80 he is already the oldest president in US history and if he served a second term he would be 86 by the time he...

6 Dec 2022 10:09 AM IST

Indian-American Pichai was awarded the Padma Bhushan for 2022 in the Trade and Industry category. (Twitter)

'India is a part of me': Google CEO Sundar Pichai after receiving...

He received India's third-highest civilian award in the presence of his close family members in San Francisco on Friday

3 Dec 2022 10:39 AM IST

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. (AP file photo)

G-7 joins EU on $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the pact will help restrict Putin's primary source of revenue for his...

3 Dec 2022 10:04 AM IST

In this image taken from video police respond to the scene of a fatal shooting at a Walmart on Tuesday night in Chesapeake, Va. (WAVY-TV 10 via AP)

Shooting at Walmart store in Virginia, several people dead

The Virginia shooting comes three days after a person opened fire at a gay nightclub in Colorado, killing five people...

23 Nov 2022 1:09 PM IST

US President Joe Biden (R) and Chinas President Xi Jinping (L) shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 14, 2022.

Biden, Xi shake hands as they meet amid superpower tensions

Both men entered the highly anticipated meeting with bolstered political standing at home

14 Nov 2022 3:42 PM IST