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Joselyn Chuquillanqui had worked for Starbucks for nearly seven years when the company fired her last month. She had been waiting for the decision, according to BBC report.

Starbucks fires employee for being three minutes late. Read here

1 min read . 02:38 PM IST

A visitor looks as phones on Xiaomi's stand (Image for representation) (AFP)

China smartphone market in deep trouble, records sharp decline in demand

2 min read . 01:37 PM IST

Chinese spy vessel Yuan Wang 5 arrived in Sri Lanka and docked at Hambantota Port. (File image)

Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 arrives in Sri Lanka, docks at Hambantota Port today

1 min read . 10:17 AM IST

Hadi Matar, who attacked Salman Rushdie, is a 24-year-old New Jersey native.

Salman Rushdie attacker’s mother blames it on son’s Middle East trip

2 min read . 08:35 AM IST

Business travel throws up a high volume of data and travel, and is the second most controllable spend after salaries. Photo: iStock

Spending in international business travel won't improve until 2026 - here's why

1 min read . 06:19 AM IST

The UK medicines regulator (MHRA) gave the so-called bivalent vaccine made by US drug company Moderna conditional approval as a booster for adults on Monday. (Hindustan Times)

This country is first to approve Covid vaccine that targets both strain

2 min read . 07:36 AM IST

Apple Inc has called its employees to start working from office at least three days a week. (Reuters)

Apple calls employees back to office after Covid-19 delays, Sept 5 deadline

1 min read . 05:59 AM IST

London's Heathrow Airport

Planning to visit London? You may have to wait until October

2 min read . 05:45 AM IST

Rushdie, 75, was taken off a ventilator on Saturday and could talk after he was stabbed on stage at a literary event in New York state on Friday. (Paul Hackett/Reuters)

Salman Rushdie's ‘feisty and defiant’ humour intact: Son and NY Governor

4 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Oil prices slumped more than five percent Monday on the rising prospects of a return of Iranian oil to the market (Bloomberg)

Oil prices tumble on possible Iran deal, stuttering China economy

3 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani denied on Monday that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie (AP)

After shrugging off any involvement, Iran justifies attack on Salman Rushdie

4 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

An excessive-heat watch stretches the length of California’s Central Valley where temperatures could reach 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) as soon as Tuesday (REUTERS)

California braces for near-record heat at 43°C that will test power grid

1 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Russia's President and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu attend the opening of the Army 2022 International Military and Technical Forum in the Patriot Park outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, 15 August, 2022. (AP)

Putin boasts of Russian weapons prowess, says Moscow ready to share with allies

1 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Ranveer Singh, Shefali Shah, Shoojit Sircar bag awards IFFM (AFP)

IFFM Awards full list: Ranveer Singh, Shefali Shah, Shoojit Sircar bag awards

2 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained since the military staged a coup and toppled her government in February last year (AP)

Myanmar: Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi gets 6 years jail term for corruption

1 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Apple, the world's biggest listed company, updated its general employee conduct policy about two years ago to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of caste (PTI)

Caste in California: Tech giants confront ancient Indian hierarchy

6 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

A fresh delegation of US lawmakers visited Taiwan following the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit two weeks back. (Taiwan Foreign Ministry Twitter)

China announced military drills after Taiwan's president met with US delegates

2 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Elon Musk speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (AFP)

Elon Musk says we’re in big trouble if aliens visit Earth; he explains why

2 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

Elon Musk, Tesla CEO (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Elon Musk has a plan ‘so that civilisation is not wiped out’

1 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

It is the first Dornier aircraft to be inducted into the Sri Lankan fleet after the Sri Lankan government requested India's assistance in obtaining two Dornier aircrafts during Defence Dialogue held in 2018.

Sri Lankan navy to receive first-ever Dornier surveillance aircraft from India

1 min read . Updated: 15 Aug 2022

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