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Driving innovation through digital leadership
08/06/2025

Driving innovation through digital leadership

ASTARI, Poni Group’s Innovation Hub took part in the recently concluded Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) Borneo Studies Network (BSN) Conference on June 3 and the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) Digital Future Conference and Exhibition on June 4-...

Italy thrashed by Norway as Belgium held in World Cup qualifying
08/06/2025

Italy thrashed by Norway as Belgium held in World Cup qualifying

Paris (AFP) – Italy crashed to a 3-0 loss away to Norway as the four-time champions made a disastrous start to their 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign Friday, while Belgium had to settle for a draw in North Macedonia. Alexander Sorloth, Antonio Nusa and Erling Haaland all scored in the first half...

Postecoglou sacked by Spurs despite ending trophy drought
08/06/2025

Postecoglou sacked by Spurs despite ending trophy drought

London (AFP) – Ange Postecoglou was sacked as Tottenham manager, just 16 days after the Australian ended the club’s 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League. Postecoglou led Tottenham to a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in Bilbao to clinch the north Londoners’ first European pri...

Carlo Ancelotti’s son Davide joins Brazil as an assistant coach
08/06/2025

Carlo Ancelotti’s son Davide joins Brazil as an assistant coach

SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil’s soccer confederation announced on Friday that Davide Ancelotti had joined his father, Carlo Ancelotti, as an assistant coach for the five-time World Cup champions. Davide Ancelotti started his career as an assistant coach in 2015, following his father at Napoli, Everton...

Japan says ‘progress’ but no ‘agreement yet’ in US tariff talks
08/06/2025

Japan says ‘progress’ but no ‘agreement yet’ in US tariff talks

TOKYO (AFP) – Japan said yesterday it was making “progress” in talks aimed at easing United States (US) President Donald Trump’s tariffs but cautioned that the two sides have not found “a point of agreement yet”. Japan, a key US ally and its biggest investor, is subject to the same 10-pe...

South Korea’s new leader talks tariffs in Trump call
08/06/2025

South Korea’s new leader talks tariffs in Trump call

SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea’s new leader Lee Jae-myung and United States (US) President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call to work towards a tariff deal, Seoul said, as a deadline approaches to avoid punishing US levies. Lee won a thumping victory in South Korea’s election this week after month...

Trump says fresh US-China trade talks in London next week
08/06/2025

Trump says fresh US-China trade talks in London next week

WASHINGTON (AFP) – United States (US) President Donald Trump announced a new round of trade talks with China in London next week, a day after calling Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a bitter battle over tariffs. The talks in the British capital tomorrow will mark the second round of...

Trade war pushes Canada jobless rate to seven per cent
08/06/2025

Trade war pushes Canada jobless rate to seven per cent

MONTREAL (AFP) – Canada’s unemployment rate rose to seven per cent in May, the statistics agency said on Friday, the highest level since 2016 excluding the pandemic, as sectors most vulnerable to United States President Donald Trump’s trade war lost jobs. Statistics Canada said that in May the...

From allies to enemies
08/06/2025

From allies to enemies

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The bitter clash between Elon Musk and United States (US) President Donald Trump has drawn a spotlight on the South African-born tycoon’s businesses. Here is a look at his affairs as their White House partnership turns toxic, with billions of dollars in market value and govern...

Indonesia faces youth brain drain as jobseekers look abroad
08/06/2025

Indonesia faces youth brain drain as jobseekers look abroad

ANN/THE JAKARTA POST – Indonesia is witnessing a growing brain drain as skilled young professionals increasingly seek employment opportunities overseas, a trend attributed by experts to concerns over limited domestic job prospects. One such case is 25-year-old political science graduate Fikri Haik...

Over 900,000 cubic metres of water supplied to Makkah
08/06/2025

Over 900,000 cubic metres of water supplied to Makkah

SAUDI ARABIA (BERNAMA/SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company (NWC) announced that it distributed a total of 904,941 cubic metres of water across Makkah and the holy sites on the first day of Aidiladha, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. In a statement, the company said water pumping operat...

Trump says Musk ‘lost his mind’ as feud fallout mounts
08/06/2025

Trump says Musk ‘lost his mind’ as feud fallout mounts

WASHINGTON (AFP) – United States (US) President Donald Trump said that Elon Musk had “lost his mind” but insisted he wanted to move on from the fiery split with his billionaire former ally. The blistering public break-up between the world’s richest person and the world’s most powerful is f...

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