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Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group, speaks during 2020 China Green Companies Summit on September 29, 2020 in Haikou, Hainan Province of China. Liu Yang | Visual China Group | Getty Images Ant Group president and finance chief Cyril Han will take over as chief executive officer from next year, the financial technology giant announced … Read more
EPA Several European countries have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad. Austria’s caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and says it is making plans to to repatriate or deport people back to their homeland, arguing that the situation in the country has … Read more
The messaging app’s popularity has soared during the war with Russia, leading Ukrainian officials to increasingly weigh Telegram’s upsides against its security risks.
Syrian rebels led by Islamist armed group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham announced Sunday that they had liberated thousands of political prisoners after a dramatic 10-day military campaign that toppled the Assad family’s 50-year rule. As former prisoners reunite with their families, questions remain about the prison’s hidden sections and the full extent of its brutal history under the Assad regime.
Manila — A volcano briefly erupted in the central Philippines on Monday, sending a huge ash column high into the sky as the government ordered the evacuation of surrounding villages. Rising more than 8,000 feet above sea level on the central island of Negros, Kanlaon is one of 24 active volcanoes in the Philippines. A … Read more
The US journalist is believed to be among 135,000 people detained or disappeared by Syrian government during war. The United States has renewed its efforts to locate missing journalist Austin Tice in Syria in the immediate aftermath of the toppling of the country’s longtime leader Bashar al-Assad in a surprise offensive. Just a day after … Read more
Whoopi Goldberg and Ana Navarro clashed on Monday’s segment of “The View” over President-elect Donald Trump and whether they should be panicked over his plans ahead of Inauguration Day. “All we have to do from now until January 21 is be with our families, be with our kids, do our jobs, make sure our checks … Read more
OpenAI said Monday it’s releasing its buzzy AI video-generation tool, Sora, later in the day. The AI video-generation model works similarly to OpenAI’s image-generation AI tool, DALL-E: A user types out a desired scene, and Sora will return a high-definition video clip. Sora can also generate video clips inspired by still images and extend existing … Read more
Lina Sinjab in Damascus says people find it hard to believe that 54 years of the Assad dynasty have ended.
Officials said it would take time to determine the cause of the explosion. At least 26 people were injured in the blast.