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It can’t be said now that polls will be competitive: CEC
It cannot be said at the moment that the election will be competitive, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said. "It needs to create a conducive climate for competitive polls through concerted efforts of all, including the election commission, cand...
Students sue after teacher ends exam 90 seconds early
A group of South Korean students are suing the government because their college admission examination ended 90 seconds earlier than scheduled. They are asking for 20 million won ($15,400; £12,000) each - the cost of a y...
China tries activist Li Qiaochu for 'inciting subversion of state power'
Chinese activist Li Qiaochu has been tried for "inciting subversion of state power" in a case seen as part of China's sprawling crackdown on dissent. Ms Li's lawyer Li Guobei said she was denied entry to the closed-door trial held in Linyi, Shandong on Tuesday. The 32-year-o...
Narendra Modi breaks silence on US murder plot allegation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India will "definitely look into" any evidence provided on its alleged links to an assassination plot in the US. In November, the US charged an Indian man of conspiring to murder a S...
Italian court jails parents for life over 'honour killing' of Pakistani teen
An Italian court has given a Pakistani couple life sentences for killing their 18-year-old daughter because she refused an arranged marriage. Saman Abbas's body was found at a farmhouse in northern Italy in November 2022, 18...
Apple halts some Watch sales in the US
Apple will stop selling its latest watches in the US, after the US found it had violated patent rights. An order barring sales and imports of watches with the disputed blood oxygen feature is due to go into effect on 26 December.
Europe and US extend trade truce over Trump tariffs
The European Union and the US have agreed to pause their trade war until after the presidential election. US tariffs on steel and aluminium and the EU's retaliation on goods including motorcycles and whisky will be suspended until...
End of an era for electronics giant Toshiba
There was a time when more than one of your TVs, computers, speaker systems or other essential electronic goods would have been made by Toshiba. Once a poster boy for Japan's domina...
UK tipped for speedier rate cut after surprise inflation fall
A surprise fall in inflation in November has raised hopes that the Bank of England will begin cutting interest rates sooner than expected. Inflation - the rate prices rise at - fell from 4.6% to 3.9% last month, the lowest for more...
AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms
The UK Supreme Court has upheld earlier decisions in rejecting a bid to allow an artificial intelligence to be named as an inventor in a patent application. Technologist Dr Stephen Thaler had sought to have his AI, called Dabus, re...