TEL AVIV — Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas braved winter thunderstorms Saturday for a second night of protests since cease-fire negotiations stalled this week, a development that families blame on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Thousands gathered outside Israeli military headquarters here chanting “Now! Now! Now!” Demonstrators Thursday shut down a major road … Read more
On Thursday, OpenAI once again shook up the AI world with a video generation model called Sora. The demos showed photorealistic videos with crisp detail and complexity, based off of simple text prompts. A video based on the prompt “Reflections in the window of a train traveling through the Tokyo suburbs” looked like it was … Read more
An editorial picture of the Japan flag set against an economic trend graph and images associated with the stock market, finance and digital technology. Manassanant Pamai | Istock | Getty Images Japan’s economy unexpectedly contracted again in the October-December period, provisional government data showed Thursday, as high inflation crimped domestic demand and private consumption in what’s … Read more
Pictured here is a real estate project under construction in Huai’an, China, on Jan. 21, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Demand for new housing in China is set to drop by around 50% over the next decade, making it harder for Beijing to quickly bolster the country’s overall growth. That’s according … Read more
Gold purchases from central banks led to last year’s surge, with purchases exceeding 1,000 tons for two consecutive years. Traffic_analyzer | Istock | Getty Images Gold demand hit record highs in 2023 as persistent geopolitical tensions and weakness in China’s economy pushed investors toward the safe haven asset, the World Gold Council said in report. … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Opponents of Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic rallied outside the Constitutional Court building on Friday to press their demand that last month’s election be annulled and held again over reported widespread irregularities. The Serbia Against Violence group has accused Vucic’s populist government of orchestrating a fraud in the Dec. 17 parliamentary and local … Read more
AL-MAZRA’A AL-SHARQIYA, West Bank — The air was fresh and the sky clear on Jan. 19 in this Palestinian village, and 17-year-old Tawfic Abdel Jabbar wanted to be outside with his friends. The photo roll on his cellphone was filled with pictures showing how much his life had changed in the nine months since he … Read more
The Utah Jazz is casting its net wide for international players. “We have scouts all over the world — almost every basketball country throughout the world,” Danny Ainge, the team’s CEO and governor, told CNBC’s “Halftime Report” on Friday. The two-time champion of the National Basketball Association and former NBA All-Star highlighted having scouts in … Read more
The Tokyo government has been overwhelmed by interest in its new fertility subsidy program, one of several pilot programs across the country designed to address one of the lowest birth rates in the world. Read More: China Is Desperate to Boost Its Low Birth Rates. It May Have to Accept the New Normal More than … Read more
By Aditi Shah HYDERABAD, India (Reuters) – Lufthansa is pulling flight capacity from other countries to meet booming travel demand in India, which is now the German airline’s fastest-growing major market, Chief Commercial Officer Heiko Reitz said on Thursday.Lufthansa’s flight capacity to India is 14% higher than pre-COVID levels, even as it has yet to … Read more