Freetown: The Parliament of Sierra Leone has passed the Finance Act of 2026 into law following a prolonged debate. The Act, which was enacted with several amendments, aims to facilitate the collection of necessary taxes for the development of Sierra L…

Kandahar: Afghanistan has exported nearly 40,000 tons of dried figs from the southern Kandahar province to global markets so far this year, marking a sharp increase from last year’s figures, the state-owned Bakhtar news agency said Friday.

According…

Hong kong: Hong Kong’s Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Friday arrested two directors of an engineering consulting firm responsible for overseeing the maintenance work of Wang Fuk Court, a residential complex engulfed by a major fir…

Beijing: Chinese AI firm DeepSeek has launched DeepSeekMath-V2, a mathematical reasoning model that sets new performance benchmarks and pushes the frontiers of AI-powered problem-solving. The new model, now open-sourced on Hugging Face and GitHub, int…

Beijing: The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee convened a meeting on Friday to examine a report concerning the 20th CPC Central Committee’s disciplinary inspection missions. These missions are focused on the coun…

Tai po: Orange flames engulfed Wang Fuk Court, a residential complex in Tai Po, Hong Kong, as a major fire raged from Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters, weighed down by water and soot, persisted in their efforts to control the blaze.

According to Na…

Hong kong: The death toll in a major fire that broke out at a residential complex in Hong Kong had jumped to 128, and may rise further, the HKSAR government said on Friday.

According to Namibia Press Agency, the fire erupted in a densely populated a…

Abu dhabi: Russian judokas have been granted the opportunity to compete in international judo competitions under their national flag once again. This decision was made by the Executive Committee of the International Judo Federation (IJF), which announ…