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World - 2022-04-27

World

Russia halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria

WARSAW/SOFIA/KYIV: Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand for...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 09:49pm

World

US goods trade deficit hits record high; inventories rise

WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit in goods widened to a record high in March amid a broad surge in imports,...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 08:36pm

Europe

Biden to meet Italian PM Draghi on Ukraine war

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will host Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi at the White House next month to...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 06:50pm

Europe

Biden says US-Russia prisoner swap required ‘difficult decisions’

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that “difficult decisions” had been made to secure the release of...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:51pm

South Asia

Garbage fire chokes Indian capital reeling from heatwave

NEW DELHI: Indian firefighting teams poured truckloads of sand and mud to douse a huge rubbish dump blaze on...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 04:51pm

Middle East

Ukraine war to hit MENA’s poor nations, boost oil-producers: IMF

DUBAI: The war in Ukraine has “significantly” impacted the Middle East and North Africa, with the crisis dealing a...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 04:28pm

Europe

Internet outages in French cities after cable ‘attacks’: operator

PARIS: Internet services were down or running slowly in several French cities on Wednesday after fibre optic cables...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 04:25pm

Europe

EU vows ‘coordinated response’ to Russia gas stoppage

BRUSSELS: The EU said Wednesday it was “prepared” for Moscow to suspend gas supplies to the 27-nation bloc and is...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 02:27pm

Asia

China’s Xi urges ‘all-out’ infrastructure push to boost growth

BEIJING: China’s Xi Jinping has called for an “all-out” campaign to build infrastructure, according to state media,...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 02:19pm

World

Progressive Twitter accounts lose followers, conservatives gain

SAN FRANCISCO: Key figures on the American left, Barack Obama among them, have shed thousands of followers since...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 12:46pm

Europe

Ukraine says several villages in east captured by Russian forces

KYIV: Ukraine said Wednesday that Russian forces had pushed deeper into the east of the country and captured several...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 12:39pm

World

Russia cuts Poland, Bulgaria gas over Ukraine

KYIV: Russia halted gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday, after blasts in a breakaway region of...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 12:30pm

South Asia

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi handed 5 year jail term for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 10:30am

Europe

Blasts heard overnight in three Russian provinces along Ukraine border

Series of blasts were heard in the early hours of Wednesday in three Russian provinces bordering Ukraine,...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 10:13am

World

UN approves measure requiring states to justify veto

UNITED NATIONS: The 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus Tuesday a resolution...