Author: Steven Sahiounie

China described the war in Gaza as a “disgrace to civilization” and called on Thursday for an immediate ceasefire as the conflict stretched into its sixth month despite efforts by mediators to reach a truce. Wang also said Beijing supports “full” United Nations membership of a Palestinian state. “We support Palestine becoming a formal member of the United Nations,” the foreign minister said. “The catastrophe in Gaza once again reminded the world that the fact that the Palestinian territories have been occupied for a long time can no longer be ignored.” Mediators in Egypt have struggled to overcome tough obstacles…

Russia on Sunday announced additional voluntary cuts in oil supply mainly in the form of production cuts rather than exports, as it faced curtailed refining capacity as well as stricter sanctions, analysts said.

British Airways Plc will spend $952 million (£750 million) on information-technology improvements including an overhaul of its website as part of a £7 billion push to modernize the airline.

India has asked tech firms to seek its approval before the public release of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that are “unreliable” or under trial, noting they should also be labelled for the potential to return wrong answers for user queries.

Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia’s space agency Roscosmos said on Tuesday, something he said could one day allow lunar settlements to be built.

Elon Musk said on Wednesday that his social media platform X is considering getting rid of showing the number of likes and reposts on each post.

Microsoft’s LinkedIn was down for thousands of users on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Nigeria needs to ensure that Shell safely dismantles its old infrastructure or pays to remove them from the Niger delta before its exit, says a report on the environmental impact of the activities of multinational companies.

Saudi Arabia is seeking to attract as much as $80 billion in private investment into the tourism industry as the Kingdom looks to share the financial burden of plans to become one of the world’s most visited destinations.

The Dubai government’s latest initial public offering sold out as soon as books opened, with investors rushing to snap up shares in the city’s public-parking business.