News Archives for World - 2022-02-09

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World - 2022-02-09

Middle East

UN panel wraps up after Iraq pays $52.4bn for Kuwait invasion

GENEVA: A UN commission set up to obtain reparations from Iraq over the country's 1990 invasion of Kuwait submitted...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 09:32pm

Europe

Digital art auction raises more than $52mn for WikiLeaks' Assange

LONDON: An online auction of digital art raised more than $52 million worth of cryptocurrency to help fund WikiLeaks...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 08:12pm

Europe

England could end Covid isolation requirement by March: Johnson

LONDON: England will scrap the legal requirement to self-isolate after testing positive for Covid-19 later this ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 07:50pm

South Asia

WHO chief, Taliban discuss 'dire' Afghan health crisis

GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he had met with the Taliban's health minister for...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 07:35pm

Europe

COVID cases surpass 400mn as Omicron grips world

Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 400 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the highly contagious...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 07:08pm

World

Toyota, Domino's apologise over tweets as India uproar entangles more companies

NEW DELHI: Global automaker Toyota Motor and fast food chain Domino's Pizza are among half a dozen companies that...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 07:03pm

South Asia

Indian students block roads as row over hijab in schools mounts

KOLKATA: Hundreds of students in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday chanted slogans and blocked roads ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 06:36pm

Asia

South Korea drops vaunted 'test and trace' strategy as Omicron surges

SEOUL: South Korea said Wednesday it was dropping its vaunted "trace, test and treat" programme as a surge in ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 04:03pm

Africa

Madagascar cyclone toll rises to 30

ANTANANARIVO: The death toll from Cyclone Batsirai, which left Madagascar on Monday morning, has risen to 30,...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 03:57pm

Middle East

Israel warns of crisis with UAE over Dubai aviation security dispute

JERUSALEM: Israel extended on Tuesday a deadline that might have halted its airlines' flights to the United Arab...

Updated 09 Feb, 2022 04:38pm

World

Abuse campaigner says Australia's prime minister apology not enough

SYDNEY: A day after Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologised in parliament for the treatment of women ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 02:27pm

Middle East

Iran unveils missile with range of 1,450km

DUBAI: Iran unveiled a new missile with a range of 1,450 kilometers on Wednesday, the semi-official news agency...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 02:24pm

Middle East

Abu Dhabi says building fire caused by gas cylinder blast

DUBAI: Civil defence teams in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi said they put out a fire caused by a gas cylinder...

Updated 09 Feb, 2022 05:04pm

Stocks

Higher oil prices boost Middle East markets

Major Gulf bourses rose on Wednesday, tracking a rally in global peers amid higher oil prices, with the Qatari index...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 01:46pm

Europe

Brexit has made trade more expensive, accounts committee says

LONDON: Britain's exit from the European Union has so far made trade more expensive because of delays and red tape,...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 01:39pm

Europe

UK minister apologises for continuing meeting after positive COVID test

LONDON: British health department minister Gillian Keegan has apologised for continuing a meeting after she was...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 01:29pm

World

Blinken in Australia for Quad meet as Ukraine crisis festers

MELBOURNE: Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Australia Wednesday to meet Asia-Pacific allies concerned by...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 01:21pm

World

US judge dismisses two charges against former Boeing 737 MAX technical pilot

WASHINGTON: A US judge on Tuesday dismissed two charges against a former chief technical pilot for Boeing Co accused...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 12:23pm

South Asia

'My heart and body shake': Afghan women defy Taliban

KABUL: One after the other, quickly, carefully, keeping their heads down, a group of Afghan women step into a small...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:59am

Europe

WHO laments 'tragic' 500,000 Covid death toll since Omicron

GENEVA: The World Health Organization lamented Tuesday that half a million Covid-19 deaths had been recorded since...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:51am

World

Thousands protest Argentina's debt deal with IMF

BUENOS AIRES: Several thousand protesters marched in Buenos Aires on Tuesday to denounce the agreement reached...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:39am

Middle East

Israel strikes missile targets in Syria: military

JERUSALEM: Israel launched strikes against targets in Syria early Wednesday, hitting anti-aircraft batteries in...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:28am

South Asia

Taliban sniper becomes Afghan mayor

MAYMANA: Strolling through the town of Maymana, the new mayor appears to inspire goodwill from war-weary ...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:23am

Africa

Top UN court to rule on massive DR Congo reparation claim

THE HAGUE: The UN's top court will rule Wednesday in a long-running compensation fight between Uganda and the...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:16am

Europe

EU leaders vow unity as Macron sees path on easing Russia tensions

BERLIN: European leaders on Tuesday pledged unity in their goal of averting war on the continent, as France's...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:12am

South Asia

Taliban erases signs of ex-government from Kabul streets

KABUL: In the six months since taking back control of Afghanistan, the Taliban have erased all visible signs of the...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 11:07am

World

At least 14 dead in Colombia mudslide

DOSQUEBRADAS: At least 14 people died and 34 were injured in a mudslide triggered by heavy rains in Colombia on...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 10:48am

USA

Peru's president swears in new cabinet, his fourth in six months

LIMA: Peru's leftist President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday appointed a new cabinet, the fourth since he came to power...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 10:11am

South Asia

‘Nightingale of India’ legacy lives on at superfan’s museum

MEERUT, (India): Beloved Bollywood superstar Lata Mangeshkar’s legacy has been kept alive at a home museum in ...