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World - 2022-05-29

Europe

EU unity on Russian sanctions 'starting to crumble', German minister says

BERLINL: German Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Sunday expressed fears that the European Union's unity was...

Published 29 May, 2022 10:52pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka police tear-gas students in fresh clashes

COLOMBO: Police fired tear gas to disperse thousands of students trying to storm the Sri Lankan president’s home...

Published 29 May, 2022 09:32pm

World

Pacific ‘very positive’ on Australian re-engagement: PM

SYDNEY: Australia’s newly elected prime minister has said Pacific leaders have been “very positive” about his...

Published 29 May, 2022 09:17pm

Europe

Zelensky visits Ukraine’s east for first time since invasion

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the country’s war-ridden east for the first time since the...

Published 29 May, 2022 09:11pm

Middle East

Clashes at Al-Aqsa mosque before contested Israeli flag march

JERUSALEM: Israeli police faced off with Palestinians holed up inside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque on Sunday as...

Published 29 May, 2022 07:33pm

World

Serbia secures new gas deal with Russia

BELGRADE: Serbia, which has been trying to tread a delicate balancing act between East and West since Moscow invaded...

Published 29 May, 2022 06:42pm

Europe

Erdogan says won’t let ‘terrorism-supporting’ countries enter NATO

ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s talks last week with Finnish and Swedish delegations were not at...

Published 29 May, 2022 06:30pm

South Asia

Afghan women demand education and work at Kabul protest

KABUL: About two dozen Afghan women chanting "bread, work, freedom" protested in the capital on Sunday against the...

Published 29 May, 2022 04:49pm

South Asia

Nepal plane missing with 22 people on board

KATHMANDU: A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, airline ...

Updated 29 May, 2022 02:27pm

South Asia

Monsoon rains lash India’s Kerala coast, two days ahead of usual

NEW DELHI: India’s annual monsoon, which delivers about 70% of the country’s rainfall, arrived on the coast of...

Published 29 May, 2022 01:06pm

Asia

Shanghai takes further steps towards reopening, Beijing eases COVID curbs

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Shanghai announced on Sunday further steps towards returning to more normal life and lifting a...

Published 29 May, 2022 11:30am

Europe

Russia advances in east; Ukraine calls for longer-range weapons

KYIV: Russian forces intensified their assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk on Sunday after claiming to...

Updated 29 May, 2022 05:02pm

USA

Biden to console Texas town reeling from school massacre

UVALDE: US President Joe Biden will visit Uvalde on Sunday to console residents mourning 19 children and two...

Published 29 May, 2022 10:59am

USA

The comeback kid: ex-VP Pence steps out of Trump’s shadow

ATLANTA: Sixteen months after the US Capitol was sacked by a pro-Trump mob chanting “hang Mike Pence,” the target of...

Published 29 May, 2022 10:39am

Middle East

Deadly nose-bleed fever shocks Iraq as cases surge

NASIRIYAH: Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq’s worst...

Published 29 May, 2022 10:20am

Europe

UK companies to trial four-day workweek

LONDON: Louis Bloomsfield inspects the kegs of beer at his brewery in north London, eagerly awaiting June, when he...

Published 29 May, 2022 10:11am

Asia

Seven fishermen missing after Philippine sea collision

MANILA: Rescuers searched waters off the Philippines on Sunday for seven people missing after a collision between a...

Published 29 May, 2022 10:03am

Africa

Rwanda says troops kidnapped as feud with DR Congo widens

KIGALI: Rwanda on Saturday said two of its soldiers were being held captive by rebels in the Democratic Republic of...