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World - 2021-10-24

World

US should have pushed ex-Afghan president Ghani harder: Khalilzad

WASHINGTON: The United States did not put enough pressure on former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani to share power ...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 09:31pm

USA

Yellen sees US inflation moderating by mid-to-late 2022

NEW YORK: Inflation in the United States, pushed upward by pandemic-related supply and labor problems, should return...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 09:24pm

Middle East

Iran's supreme leader urges reversal of Arab-Israeli normalisations

TEHRAN: Arab nations that normalised ties with Israel last year have "sinned" and should reverse such moves, Iran's...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 06:13pm

South Asia

Barter trade: Taliban offer jobs for wheat to tackle hunger and unemployment

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban government launched a programme to tackle hunger on Sunday, offering thousands of ...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 06:28pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Sunday

PARIS: The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,941,032 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 04:06pm

World

China says 76% of population have received complete doses of Covid-19 vaccines

BEIJING: China has given complete doses of COVID-19 vaccines to about 75.6% of its population as of Oct. 23, ...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 03:32pm

Africa

Deadly blast in Ugandan capital a 'terrorist act': President

KAMPALA: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Sunday that an explosion in the capital Kampala that killed one and...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 01:00pm

World

Strong quake strikes northern Taiwan

TAIPEI: A strong earthquake struck northeastern Taiwan on Sunday, with residents reporting violent shaking in the...

Updated 24 Oct, 2021 12:03pm

Asia

Myanmar says it's committed to ASEAN peace plan, despite general's snub

Myanmar's military rulers pledged on Sunday to cooperate "as much as possible" with a peace plan agreed with ASEAN,...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 11:31am

World

Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured

BOGOTA: Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker "Otoniel" has been captured, the government said Saturday, a major...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 10:58am

World

Hurricane Rick gains strength as it advances on Mexico

MEXICO CITY: Hurricane Rick gained strength as it advanced toward Mexico's Pacific coast Saturday and risked ...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 10:44am

World

US envoy urges North Korea to stop missile tests

SEOUL: The US on Sunday urged North Korea to stop "counterproductive" missile tests, but expressed hope Pyongyang...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 10:27am

World

Uzbekistan holds polls with reform-touting strongman a shoo-in

TASHKENT: Voting was underway in Central Asian Uzbekistan's presidential election Sunday, with incumbent Shavkat...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 10:15am

World

Cargo ship on fire, spewing toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast: officials

WASHINGTON: A container ship has caught fire and is expelling toxic gas off Canada's Pacific coast, authorities said...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 10:12am

World

Merkel says German politics needs more women

BERLIN: Angela Merkel encouraged more women to get involved in German politics as she prepared to leave office after...