In 2016, while visiting New York City, Megan Troutwine took a selfie and noticed one eyelid seemed unusually droopy. After returning home, she immediately consulted a neurologist. A subsequent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed a meningioma, a tumour that develops in the membranes surro»»»

Democratic control of Congress will increase scrutiny of the war and its economic costs, but could also make the concessions needed for a lasting agreement with Tehran more difficult to deliver. The Democrats' sweeping victory in the US midterm elections has changed the political environment in whi»»»

MANILA: A key regional summit opens on Sunday in Manila, with Southeast Asian heads of state facing questions on trade, security and an ongoing energy crisis while playing host to a who’s who of global leaders. US President Donald Trump is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday near the summit’s conclusion»»»

By Staff, Agencies The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency in Thuringia, Stephan Kramer, has warned that Tesla vehicles could pose an espionage risk, as German officials call for restrictions on parking internet-connected cars near sensitive government and military facilities. Kramer’s r»»»

The 19-year-old singer beats 10 rivals in Bangkok with her song 'Sobra-Sobra' Bangkok: A teenage pop star from the Philippines won the first Asia edition of Eurovision on Saturday after a night of power ballads, pop-dance hits and pyrotechnics from the makers of the cult European kitsch fest. Carme»»»

BANGKOK: Eurovision fans sporting flags and bright outfits gathered Saturday in Bangkok for its first Asia edition, featuring Bangladeshi beatboxing, Vietnamese pop and a love song by a Mongolian economist. Performers from 11 countries also including Laos, the Philippines and South Korea are battli»»»

The summit of leaders of Russia, China and the US Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump will be held on November 19 in Shenzhen, an agreement has been reached, a spokesman of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said. The main topics planned for discussion are reportedly nucl»»»

Trump weighs restraint as Israel prepares war scenarios and Hormuz tensions persist Dubai: US President Donald Trump is considering holding off on further attacks against Iran unless Tehran or Yemen’s Houthis launch new provocations, according to a Reuters report on Saturday. The possibility of a p»»»

Seoul, Nov 14. SANA South Korea has advanced to 10th place globally in the 2026 competitiveness rankings for digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI), climbing eight positions compared to last year. According to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, the Ministry of Science and ICT announ»»»

An asphalt tanker rammed a docked cruise ship in New Orleans, Louisiana on Friday, causing it to capsize and sending passengers into the Mississippi River. Videos from the scene show the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker striking the American Heritage cruise ship directly in the side. The vessel,»»»

By Staff, Agencies An asphalt tanker collided with a docked cruise ship in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Friday, causing the passenger vessel to capsize and throwing people into the Mississippi River. Videos circulating from the scene show the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker striking the side of t»»»

By Staff, Agencies Singaporean authorities received limited assistance from the United States during an investigation into the suspected transfer of advanced Nvidia chips to China, despite holding the passport of former Megaspeed chief executive Alice Huang for eight months. According to US media r»»»

US Secretary ​of State Marco Rubio attacked the International Criminal Court in a speech to a conservative legal group on ‌Friday, arguing for a muscular foreign policy and against international law restraining US actions. Rubio’s speech to the Federalist Society in Washington, his first prepared r»»»

By Staff, Agencies The United States and China have held their first meeting of a newly established Trade Council through a video conference, discussing tariffs, agricultural commerce and possible reciprocal reductions in trade duties, China's Commerce Ministry announced Saturday. The talks took pl»»»

By Staff, Agencies US President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to hold a rare trilateral meeting next Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation [APEC] summit in Shenzhen, China, with discussions expected to focus»»»

Washington: US President Donald Trump will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a trilateral meeting next Thursday, the White House announced on Saturday. White House spokeswoman Olivia Wells said the scheduled talks would be held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pa»»»

Washington, United States: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold the first three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a summit in Shenzhen next week, the White House said Friday. Trump wants to talk about reducing nuclear arsenals at the trilater»»»

Asia-Pacific summit to host unprecedented dialogue among global superpowers Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping will hold the first ever three-way meeting between the leaders of the United States, Russia and China at a summit in Shenzhen next week, the White House said Friday. Trump wants t»»»

MOSCOW, November 14 (Sputnik) - A meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit would be logical and appropriate, the Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large for G20 and APEC, Marat Berd»»»

Coast Guard says the asphalt tanker appeared to lose steering before hitting the boat A tanker in New Orleans that apparently lost its steering slammed into a docked river cruise boat with 180 people aboard Friday, the mayor said. All aboard survived after the crash prompted a massive rescue operat»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump doesn’t plan to discuss Ukraine with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping Xi meet next week in China, the White House said Friday. The three leaders plan to meet Thursday on the sidelines of next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit »»»

The downfall of Nvidia founder Jensen Huang in a scandal involving a suspected Chinese spy has raised a politically explosive question: who benefits from the removal of one of Washington’s most influential critics of chip restrictions on China? Huang resigned on Thursday following revelations of ex»»»

Doha: The 28th Asian Bowling Championships opened in Doha today, bringing together 168 male and female athletes from 18 Asian nations, including some of the sport's leading players. Hosted by the Qatar Bowling Federation at its bowling center, the tournament will run until November 23. Teams from Q»»»

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to issue a stark warning Friday to the International Criminal Court against trying to enforce rules that Washington does not recognize. Rubio’s planned remarks to the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention — excerpts of which were seen in»»»

BRUSSELS: AstraZeneca said on Friday a European medicines committee had backed its hypertension pill baxdrostat, branded as Baxfendy, for marketing authorization, potentially making it the first drug of its class to reach patients in the European Union. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Huma»»»

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s key garment labor unions called for restraint on Friday after the industry’s wage board agreed to raise the minimum wage following weeks of violent worker protests. The South Asian nation of 170 million people is the world’s second-largest garment exporter after China, producing»»»

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security last week, called the Moscow Format consultations on Afghanistan “the most representative platform for developing a region-wide consensus.” It is hard to argue with the central point of the f»»»

BERLIN: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday urged US President Donald Trump not to spring any surprises during expected talks on Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin in China next week. “Some here in Dublin fear this could turn into a ‘second Anchorage moment’,” said Merz, referring»»»

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday that he would not be cowed by Iranian threats ​against his life, after recently moving from his Washington, DC, residence to a US military base. “Why am I going to be afraid when our, the brave military personnel in the Gulf, President »»»

PROMOMED opened a new division at the Russian Trade Representation in China on November 13, focusing on joint drug development, molecular research, and clinical trials. Company chairman and co-owner Pyotr Bely told Sputnik that the initiative would support the exchange of pharmaceutical development»»»

Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been called to testify before Congress alongside US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over national security concerns sparked by an alleged affair between Huang and a suspected Chinese spy. Senator Tim Scott sent letters to both men on Thursday, seeking their test»»»

MANILA: Southeast Asian leaders are expected to discuss new measures to deal with the energy crunch triggered by the fallout of the US-Israel war on Iran during their upcoming annual summit, the Philippines said on Friday. As chair of the 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Philip»»»

By Staff, Agencies Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick have been asked to testify before the Senate Banking Committee in early December amid national security concerns surrounding an alleged Chinese espionage scandal and US chip exports to China. Senator Tim Scot»»»

Shares hover flat as lawmakers press Huang, a shareholder suit and Q3 expected on Nov 17 Dubai: Nvidia shares are staging a recovery in premarket trade on Friday as investors weighed the fallout from Jensen Huang’s resignation. The stock is trying to gain back the losses from the 4.34 per cent fall»»»

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday affair raises national security concerns. The company named Colette Kress as interim CEO. She is the current executive vice president and chief financial officer. Huang faced growing calls to resign after his affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Late Wednesd»»»

Doha: Kuwait’s Abdulrahman Al-Faihan claimed the Trap Men world title at the ISSF Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun World Championship in Doha yesterday, prevailing in a dramatic shoot-off against India’s Vivaan Kapoor after both athletes finished the final with 29 hits. Al-Faihan took gold with three hits»»»

DOHA: The Global Carbon Council (GCC), the first independent carbon crediting standard established in the Global South, headquartered in Qatar and internationally recognised under UN ICAO’s CORSIA scheme and ICVCM, has joined a global coalition of leading financial institutions, exchanges and carbo»»»

BEIJING (Sputnik) - Beijing calls on all sides to abstain from actions that may lead to a further escalation of tensions in the Middle East, Chinese special envoy for the Middle East Zhai Jun said. "China calls on all parties concerned to abstain from actions that may lead to escalation of tensions»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott sent an official letter to former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang demanding that he appear at a public hearing on December 3 regarding media reports of his romantic relationship with a Chinese businesswoman suspected of spying for the Chines»»»

As global economic and geopolitical processes undergo transformation, the international financial system is becoming multipolar and more diversified, with the renminbi — China's official currency — gradually gaining greater international significance, Mihály Varga said at the Hungarian National Ban»»»

From Indian shares to Chinese healthcare and LatAm banks, fund managers seek alternatives Dubai: For UAE investors holding global stocks, the latest selloff in artificial intelligence-linked companies raises a question: where can they find opportunities without depending heavily on a handful of tec»»»

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that former Apple CEO Tim Cook should replace Jensen Huang at Nvidia, after Huang quit over revelations of two affairs, including one with an alleged Chinese spy. “Now that Nvidia CEO JENSEN HUANG, who has done a fantastic job, has resigned, there»»»

WASHINGTON: Senior White House officials are discussing whether Commerce Secretary ​Howard Lutnick should be pushed out amid a spy scandal surrounding Nvidia’s now-former CEO Jensen Huang, two people familiar with the situation said on Thursday. A growing number of lawmakers criticized Lutnick for »»»

NEW YORK CITY: The UN Security Council on Thursday renewed its sanctions on Yemen and moved to cut off supplies of dual-use components and chemicals the Houthi militia uses to build drones and missiles. A resolution unanimously adopted by council members also strongly condemned the group’s military»»»

WASHINGTON: The leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile expressed disappointment that human rights appeared absent from US President Donald Trump’s dealings with China, telling Reuters that a focus solely on trade and business risked emboldening Beijing. Penpa Tsering said in an interview on Wednesda»»»

NEW YORK CITY: Fifty-three countries and international organizations on Thursday called on Israel’s incoming government to lift restrictions on shelter materials, fuel and medical supplies entering Gaza. They warned that as winter sets in, displaced Palestinians faced threats such as hypothermia, r»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia and the United States have agreed to continue trilateral negotiations on Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Thursday, following a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow. The meeting, which la»»»

The trilateral talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi have prompted mixed reactions, but most observers advise against expecting a breakthrough. The delegations may be senior, but their discussions are essentially technical, plus they can’t make political decisions, and the positions publicly maintained by »»»

Russia, Ukraine, and the US have concluded two days of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, reaching an agreement in principle on a major prisoner exchange. The first formal trilateral talks since February centered on wider European security arrangements, with Moscow reporting common ground on some issues an»»»

BusinessUnited States of AmericaJensen Huang: How Nvidia lost its rockstar CEONik MartinJensen Huang, who built Nvidia into the world’s dominant AI chipmaker, is stepping down as CEO after a second affair came to light. DW examines how losing its figurehead will affect the firm and the US-China AI »»»