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Markets

Indonesia emerges as world’s dominant producer of nickel

LONDON: Indonesia has emerged as the world’s dominant producer of nickel over the last 10 years. Mined production...

Published 05 Jun, 2021 04:08am

Business & Finance

UK strikes post-Brexit trade deal with three European countries

LONDON: Britain announced Friday a free-trade agreement with three European countries — major fishing neighbour...

Published 05 Jun, 2021 04:08am

World

US blacklists six Bulgarians over corruption

WASHINGTON: The United States blacklisted six Bulgarians including an influential gambling tycoon Wednesday for ...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

Print

PM urges ECO states to play due role

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday called upon the member countries of the Economic Cooperation...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

Business & Finance

Australia’s economy booms to pre-pandemic levels

SYDNEY: Australia’s economy raced ahead last quarter as consumers and businesses spent with abandon, lifting ...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

World

Covid origins search ‘being poisoned by politics’: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization warned Friday that efforts to uncover the Covid-19 pandemic’s origins were...

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

World

EU fails to agree farming subsidies deal amid disputes over green schemes

After all-night talks on Thursday, EU member states failed to find a compromise to put forward in negotiations with the European Parliament and the European Commission.
Portuguese agriculture minister Maria do Ceu Antunes said member states had made "numerous concessions" in the talks.

Published 28 May, 2021 05:03pm

World

Swiss scrap talks with EU on cooperation deal

BERN: Switzerland on Wednesday called off years of talks with the European Union aimed at sealing a cooperation...

Published 27 May, 2021 03:41am

Print

EU reassured 27 GSP+ conventions will be implemented

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Wednesday reassured Pakistan’s commitment to the European Union...

Published 27 May, 2021 03:40am

World

EU partly to blame for Mediterranean migrant deaths: UN

"The real tragedy is that so much of the suffering and death along the central Mediterranean route is preventable," she said.

Published 26 May, 2021 11:16am

World

EU expects more than a billion COVID shots by end of September, document shows

EU to easily meet vaccination targets, 1.5 bln doses by year-end.
Doses coming from four drugmakers, not Sanofi, CureVac - EU doc.
EU leaders back goal of donating at least 100mln doses in 2021.
WHO's Tedros asks for much more.

Published 25 May, 2021 05:48pm

Markets

French soft wheat crop conditions hold steady again

PARIS: The condition of French soft wheat was unchanged for a second week in a row, data from farm office...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

Markets

Russia may raise 2021/22 grain exports

MOSCOW: Russia may raise grain exports by 3 million tonnes to 51 million tonnes in the 2021/22 marketing season,...

Published 22 May, 2021 04:05am

World

White House says no plans to require vaccines for foreign visitors

"We certainly understand the desire of many Europeans to come to travel the United States and vice versa," Psaki said.

Published 22 May, 2021 01:26am

Markets

Asian markets mixed as inflation, recovery vie for attention

Iran has said discussions are moving in the right direction, while a US official said they were "positive and we saw meaningful progress".

Published 21 May, 2021 10:13am

World

'Agreement shaping up' on Iran nuclear talks: negotiators

The goal is to find a way back to the accord known by its acronym JCPOA, which former US president Donald Trump walked away from and which his successor Joe Biden wants to revive.

Updated 20 May, 2021 05:56pm

World

EU agrees to open doors to vaccinated foreigners

BRUSSELS: European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to ease Covid-19 travel restrictions on non-EU visitors ahead...

Updated 20 May, 2021 09:23am

World

Under pressure EU presents WTO plan to boost vaccine output

BRUSSELS: The European Union put forward a plan on Wednesday it believes will help boost the production and...

Updated 20 May, 2021 09:23am

Markets

US MIDDAY: Soyabean, wheat and corn plunge

CHICAGO: US corn, soyabean and wheat futures fell sharply on Wednesday, with traders noting selling by investment...

Published 20 May, 2021 04:26am

World

EU agrees to reopen border to fully vaccinated travellers

The European Union has agreed to reopen its borders to fully vaccinated travellers.
Furthermore, meeting in Brussels, representatives and diplomats agreed to raise the threshold of new cases a country can hit before being declared unsafe.

Published 19 May, 2021 03:55pm

World

EU hits 200-million-jab milestone

• Globally 1.5bn doses have been administered

Updated 19 May, 2021 10:10am

Opinion

Big global trends – 21st century

The world is a dynamo. Approximately 7.6 billion people (nobody knows the exact number). Different religions,...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

Print

G20 snubs Covid patent waiver

BRUSSELS: Leaders of the world's largest economies back "voluntary licensing" of Covid-19 vaccine patents, the draft...

Published 19 May, 2021 06:00am

World

Record 1,000 migrants reach Spain’s Ceuta enclave in one day

MADRID: Around 1,000 migrants, a third of them minors, managed to reach Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta on...

Updated 18 May, 2021 09:36am

World

UNICEF says rich countries can afford to donate Covax jabs

GENEVA: Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to...

Updated 18 May, 2021 09:36am

Pakistan

Afghan peace process: EU envoy, COAS discuss developments

RAWALPINDI: Androulla Kaminara, Ambassador of European Union called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army ...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Pakistan

Pakistan earnestly look forward to enhance mutually beneficial relations with EU: COAS

During the meeting, matters of mutual interest and regional security situation, including recent developments in the Afghan peace process were discussed.

Published 17 May, 2021 11:31pm

Pakistan

Fawad urges int’l community to meet its obligation in normalizing situation in Palestine

The minister said the Pakistani government was undertaking all possible steps to contain the pandemic through timely decisions and effective preventive measures.

Published 17 May, 2021 10:51pm

Markets

EU 2020/21 soybean imports at 13.17mn tonnes by May 16, rapeseed 5.80mn tonnes

Since Jan. 1, the European Commission's data has covered the EU's 27 countries only, whereas previous figures up to Dec. 31 covered both the EU-27 and Britain.
EU rapeseed imports in 2020/21 had reached 5.80 million tonnes, compared with 5.39 million a year ago.

Published 17 May, 2021 08:37pm

World

UN General Assembly to consider call for Myanmar arms embargo

Several NGOs have long been calling for an arms embargo on Myanmar.

Updated 17 May, 2021 05:25pm