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A 61-year-old Japanese man was fined over Rs900,000 for taking too many smoke breaks at work despite receiving warnings numerous times from the office administration. According to The Mainichi, a Japanese man was fined for over Rs900,000 for taking smoke breaks more than 4,500 times in 14 years. The employee …

Chinese search engine Baidu on Monday shared pre-recorded videos of its AI-powered chatbot Ernie summarising financial statements and producing powerpoint presentations, among other industry-focused capabilities. According to images shared by a Baidu spokesperson in a media-facing group on WeChat, China’s most widely used messaging service, the Chinese chatbot has a …

KABUL: A suicide attack on Monday not far from Afghanistan’s foreign ministry killed six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry said. The attacker was identified by Afghan forces but the explosives he carried detonated and “killed six civilians and wounded a number of others”, ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy …

A spine-chilling incident was reported from India’s Hyderabad city, where a youth killed his friend cut the body in parts and took pictures. According to the Indian media reports, the victim namely Nainawat Naveen, 20, fell in love with his junior girl but later they broke up. Later, Naveen’s friend …

  Former US President Donald Trump warned of potential “death & destruction” if he faces criminal charges, hours after New York prosecutors probing his hush-money payment to actor Stormy Daniels said they would not be intimidated. The early Friday post on Trump’s Truth Social media site was the latest in …

A dashboard camera captured the moment of a glider plane crashing into a building immediately after takeoff due to a technical glitch in the Indian state of Jharkhand. As a result, the pilot and a 14-year-old passenger onboard the flight have been injured seriously and taken to the hospital, officials …

 North Korea has tested a new nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, state media reported on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un warned joint military drills by South Korea and the US should stop. During the test, the new North Korean drone cruised underwater at a depth of 80 to 150 metres …

BEIJING: China’s military said on Thursday it monitored and drove away a U.S. destroyer that had illegally entered waters around the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. In a statement, the military said without the approval of the government, the guided-missile destroyer Milius illegally intruded into China’s territorial waters, …

India outlined plans on Monday to invest billions of dollars in airports, aircraft and recruitment as the world’s fastest-growing economy seeks to meet booming air travel demand. Growth will include new airports, more regulators and air traffic controllers, and new flying schools, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told an industry …

Donald Trump could be charged in New York as soon as this week for allegedly covering up hush money payments to a celebrity during his 2016 presidential campaign, nearly seven years after the money changed hands. But any trial of the former US president would still be more than a year …