WASHINGTON: The US Senate voted 68-32 on Tuesday to approve a sweeping package of legislation intended to boost the country’s ability to compete with Chinese technology. An indignant China responded to the vote by saying it objected to being cast as an “imaginary” US enemy. The desire for a hard line in dealings with China is one of the few …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday called on the international community to take urgent steps to curb Islamophobia. He said this in a telephone call with Foreign Minister of Canada Marc Garneau on the murder of four Muslims of Pakistani origin in London, Ontario, in an Islamophobic attack. “The Islamophobic attack is a matter of serious concern and has caused …

AMSTERDAM: Fastly Inc., the company behind a major global internet outage this week, said on Wednesday the incident was caused by a bug in its software that was triggered when one of its customers changed their settings. Tuesday’s outage raised questions about the reliance of the internet on a few infrastructure companies. Fastly issue knocked out high traffic sites including …

WASHINGTON: The White House dropped Trump-era executive orders intended to ban the popular apps TikTok and WeChat and will conduct its own review aimed at identifying national security risks with software applications tied to China, officials said on Wednesday. A new executive order directs the Commerce Department to undertake what officials describe as an evidence-based analysis of transactions involving apps …

Israeli officials said on Tuesday they would allow a right-wing march in Jerusalem’s Old City to go ahead next week under certain conditions, a day after police barred the event’s route fearing it would rekindle violence between Israel and Palestinian fighters in Gaza. Several right-wing Israeli groups had planned a flag-waving procession through the walled Old City’s Damascus Gate and …

American actor Ernie Lively died last week in Los Angeles at the age of 74. Actor Blake Lively’s father passed away after cardiac complications in Los Angeles, last Thursday, revealed his representative to People magazine. He had a career in Hollywood spanning over five decades, with some of his notable appearances being on hit shows like The Waltons, The Dukes of Hazzard, The …

Acclaimed star Salma Hayek recounted the challenges she faced during the course of her career because of the pressure of weight loss. In conversation with InStyle magazine, the Eternals actor, 54, revealed that she has felt the pressure of being a specific size even as she grew older. “As you get older, you’re expected not to age,” said Hayek. “I’ve lost very little. You …

Kanye West and Irina Shayk have been involved romantically since months after the former’s split with Kim Kardashian. The two broke the internet on Wednesday when news got out that they in fact are dating. “Kanye and Irina [are] dating,” an insider confirmed to Us Weekly. “They’ve been quietly seeing each other for a couple months.” “Irina and Kanye have been spending …

Pakistan’s emerging actress Alizeh Shah, who has been under intense social media scrutiny and moral policing, shared Billie Eilish’s powerful message to hit back at trolls who criticised her new look. The 20-year-old multi-talented star’s new look caught the attention of her fans and followers, with one compared her to BTS’s Jungkook. An Instagram user shared the actress’s snap on …

Kanye West and her rumoured girlfriend Irina Shayk have been spotted arriving in New York after spending quality time together in France amid his split from Kim Kardashian. The two were seen on the tarmac at Teterboro Airport on Wednesday, where the rapper did his best to hide from waiting photographers amid rumours of their budding romance. In the photo …