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World - 2021-11-10

USA

Biden says inflation 'top priority' as US prices hit 30-year high

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has made fighting US inflation his "top priority" after government data Wednesday...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 11:26pm

Europe

UK PM urges 'determined push' for climate change deal

GLASGOW: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said a UN climate change summit had made progress towards...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 11:20pm

USA

900,000 US kids aged 5-11 get Covid vaccine in a week

WASHINGTON: The United States immunized around 900,000 children aged five-to-11 against Covid in the first week the...

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 11:20pm

South Asia

Indian police arrest man for threatening to rape Virat Kohli's infant daughter

Police say investigators arrested Akubathini Ramnagesh after his tweet targeting the cricketer's 10-month-old daughter went viral

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 10:41pm

South Asia

Islamic State threat in Afghanistan 'more or less under control', say Taliban

KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said on Wednesday that the threat posed by the Islamic State (IS) group in the...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 07:54pm

South Asia

Iran say won't sign climate deal while under sanctions

TEHRAN: Iran won't ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change while the Islamic republic remains under sanctions,...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 07:51pm

Europe

Swedish PM resigns, finance minister likely successor

STOCKHOLM: Swedish centre-left Prime Minister Stefan Lofven formally resigned on Wednesday, opening the way for...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 06:49pm

USA

US consumer prices surge; weekly jobless claims fall

WASHINGTON: US consumer prices increased more than expected in October as the cost of gasoline and food surged,...

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 06:44pm

Europe

Russian COVID-19 deaths hit new record, some hospitals low on oxygen

MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday reported a record 1,239 deaths from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, just days after...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 01:55pm

World

'Bedtime fail': Daughter interrupts New Zealand PM's livestream

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was busy telling the nation about important revisions to...

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 01:57pm

Companies

Emirates airline posts $1.6bn loss over six months

DUBAI: Emirates airline posted a $1.6 billion loss in the first half of the financial year, the Dubai-based carrier...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 01:18pm

South Asia

As a test case, UN bypasses Taliban to pay Afghan health workers

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has paid nearly $8 million in salaries to some 23,500 health workers across...

Updated 10 Nov, 2021 02:00pm

World

Xi says China is ready to work with US to manage differences

BEIJING: China is ready to properly manage differences with the United States, President Xi Jinping has said, ahead...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 12:26pm

USA

UN climate agency publishes draft of final Glasgow deal

The United Nations climate agency on Wednesday published a first draft of the political decision countries will ...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 12:09pm

Asia

South Korea urges COVID-19 booster shots, as severe cases hit record

SEOUL: South Korea encouraged its citizens to take COVID-19 booster shots on Wednesday, as more of the elderly fell...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 12:03pm

Europe

21 survive Turkey building collapse with no deaths

ISTANBUL: Twenty-one people survived being buried under heavy debris when a two-storey building collapsed in eastern...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 10:56am

World

US court overturns historic opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson

NEW YORK: The Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a historic decision to fine US pharmaceutical giant...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 10:50am

World

Pfizer applies for COVID-19 vaccine approval for 5-11 year olds in Japan

TOKYO: Pfizer Inc has applied for approval from Japan's health ministry to use COVID-19 vaccines on children aged 5...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 10:33am

World

Biden talks to Walmart, UPS, Target, other CEOs on supply issues

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden spoke on Tuesday with the chief executives of Walmart Inc, United Parcel Service...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 10:29am

Europe

Prince Harry says 'Megxit' is a misogynistic term

Prince Harry said on Tuesday that the term "Megxit", a phrase used by the British press to describe the decision by...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 10:27am

World

Aucklanders return to malls as New Zealand eases lockdown in biggest city

WELLINGTON: Shops and malls in New Zealand's biggest city Auckland flung their doors open for the first time in ...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 10:18am

Asia

Japan reports first bird flu outbreak of season, culling 143,000 chickens

TOKYO: Japan has detected its first outbreak of bird flu for the 2021 winter season, with confirmation of a case of...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 10:17am

World

WHO looking forward to oral, nasal Covid vaccines

GENEVA: The World Health Organization's chief scientist said Tuesday she was looking forward to the "second...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 09:57am

World

APEC ministers say free trade key to pandemic recovery

WELLINGTON: Pacific Rim trade and foreign ministers agreed at a virtual summit Wednesday that free trade and open...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 09:52am

Europe

Polish PM accuses Putin of masterminding Belarus migrant 'attack'

WARSAW: Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of orchestrating a wave of...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 09:49am

Europe

France's over-65s will need booster for Covid pass: Macron

PARIS: People over 65 in France will need to show proof of a Covid-19 booster jab to be able to visit restaurants,...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 09:45am

World

US judge rules Trump Capitol attack records can be released to Congress

WASHINGTON: A US judge Tuesday ordered White House records that could implicate former President Donald Trump in the...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 09:44am

Europe

Covid cases spike in Greece, hospitals buckle

ATHENS: Greece is experiencing a fourth wave of Covid, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Tuesday as daily...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 09:31am

World

Morocco airline to launch direct Israel flights

RABAT: Morocco’s national carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) said Tuesday it would start regular direct flights to...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 06:07am

World

US to buy $1bn more worth of Covid-19 pill

NEW YORK: The US government will buy another $1 billion worth of the COVID-19 pill made by Merck & Co Inc and...