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August 3, 2024 1:05 PM

Global gold demand drops 6 pc in Q2 2024 due to slump in jewellery consumption, OTC investment pushes total to record high

Global gold demand in Q2 2024, excluding over-the-counter (OTC) transactions declined by 6 per cent year-on-year to 929 tonnes, primarily due to a sharp fall in jewellery consumption according to the latest report of World Gold Council. However, wh...

August 3, 2024 12:59 PM

Meta in talks to use voices of Judi Dench, Awkwafina for A.I.

Meta is in discussions with actors such as Awkwafina and Judi Dench, as well as influencers, for the right to use their voices in its MetaAI digital assistant product. The social media giant is also in talks with comedian Keegan-Michael Key, among o...

August 3, 2024 11:15 AM

Israel to send delegation to Cairo for Gaza ceasefire talks; Hamas calls it ’empty statements’

An Israeli delegation will travel to Cairo in the coming days for negotiations to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Friday. "The negotiating team for a hostage deal will depart for Ca...

August 2, 2024 5:51 PM

Yazidis fear returning to their homeland, 10 years after massacre

Fahad Qassim was just 11 years old when Islamic State militants overran his Yazidi community in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq in August 2014, taking him captive. The attack was the start of what became the systematic slaughter, enslavement, and...

August 2, 2024 4:30 PM

We were forced to issue statement in custody; protest to continue: Quota Reform coordinators

In Bangladesh, six coordinators of the quota reform protests have said they were forced to withdraw their programmes while in the custody of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka police. A day after their release from custody, they issued a joint statem...

August 2, 2024 5:11 PM

Ancient Egypt’s ‘screaming’ mummy woman may have died in agony

It is a startling image from ancient Egypt - a mummy discovered during a 1935 archaeological expedition at Deir el-Bahari near Luxor of a woman with her mouth wide open in what looks like an anguished shriek. Scientists now have an explanation for t...

August 2, 2024 11:35 AM

Intel to cut 15% jobs, suspend dividend in turnaround push

Intel said on Thursday it would cut more than 15% of its workforce and suspend its dividend starting in the fourth quarter as the chipmaker pursues a turnaround centered around its loss-making manufacturing business. It also forecast third-quarter r...

August 2, 2024 11:27 AM

US recognizes Maduro’s opponent as winner in Venezuela election

The United States on Thursday recognized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's opponent and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the winner of Venezuela's disputed presidential election, rejecting Maduro's claim of victory. "Given the overwhe...

August 2, 2024 10:22 AM

India has lifted 800 million out of poverty through smartphone use, says UNGA President

Dennis Francis, President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, has commended India's digitalization initiatives, saying that they have significantly contributed to development and poverty alleviation efforts. "India has lifted 800 million...

August 2, 2024 10:03 AM

Americans freed alongside Russian assassin in biggest post-Cold War prisoner swap

Russia freed U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan on Thursday as part of the biggest prisoner exchange of its kind since the end of the Cold War. The White House said the U.S. had negotiated the trade with Russia, German...

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