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World - 2022-05-31

Commodities

EU agrees gradual Russian oil embargo, gives Hungary exemptions

BRUSSELS: European Union leaders have agreed an embargo on Russian oil imports that will kick in around the turn of...

Published 31 May, 2022 09:51pm

USA

US consumer confidence edges down in May; house prices soar in March

WASHINGTON: US consumer confidence eased modestly in May as persistently high inflation and rising interest rates...

Published 31 May, 2022 09:44pm

USA

Canada’s economy gains momentum in Q2, rate hikes loom

OTTAWA: Canada’s economy was not as robust as expected in the first quarter, but had momentum heading into the...

Published 31 May, 2022 09:38pm

USA

Brazil storm death toll rises to 100: officials

RECIFE: The death toll from torrential rains that triggered floods and landslides in northeastern Brazil has risen...

Published 31 May, 2022 09:07pm

Europe

Macron suggests to Putin UN resolution to end Odessa blockade

BRUSSELS: French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had urged Vladimir...

Published 31 May, 2022 09:03pm

South Asia

Xi says China ready to expand ties with Zambia

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Zambian counterpart in a telephone call on Tuesday that China was...

Published 31 May, 2022 06:35pm

Middle East

Iran says IAEA report on undeclared sites ‘not fair’

TEHRAN: Iran condemned as “not fair” Tuesday a report by the UN nuclear watchdog on traces of nuclear material found...

Published 31 May, 2022 05:36pm

World

India growth slows on inflation, higher oil prices

NEW DELHI: India’s growth slowed further in the first three months of 2022, the National Statistics Office said...

Published 31 May, 2022 05:33pm

USA

Biden and Fed Chair Powell to discuss inflation crisis on Tuesday

U.S. President Biden will meet Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday as historic inflation continues to...

Published 31 May, 2022 05:13pm

Europe

Ukraine, West must act to resolve food crisis: Russia’s Lavrov

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday it was up to the West and Kyiv to resolve a growing...

Published 31 May, 2022 05:08pm

Europe

UK says Russia making slow inroads into Ukraine’s Luhansk region

LONDON: British military intelligence said on Tuesday that Russia was advancing slowly into Ukraine’s Luhansk...

Published 31 May, 2022 01:35pm

Middle East

Russia’s Lavrov to meet with GCC ministers in Riyadh on Wednesday

RIYADH: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Saudi Arabia on Wednesday where he will meet with foreign...

Published 31 May, 2022 01:25pm

South Asia

Sri Lankan woman rickshaw driver has to queue 12 hours, or more, for fuel

GONAPOLA: Lasanda Deepthi, a 43-year-old Sri Lankan woman, plans her day around fuel queues. The driver of an...

Published 31 May, 2022 12:56pm

Middle East

Israel signs major trade pact with Gulf state UAE

DUBAI: Israel signed a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, its first big trade accord...

Updated 31 May, 2022 01:10pm

Europe

Denmark votes on scrapping EU defence opt-out

COPENHAGEN: After staying out of the European Union's common defence policy for 30 years, Denmark votes Wednesday in...

Published 31 May, 2022 11:18am

USA

Funerals to begin for Uvalde victims as Biden vows action on guns

UVALDE: Grieving families were to hold the first funerals Tuesday for Texas shooting victims one week after a school...

Published 31 May, 2022 10:55am

USA

Trudeau announces Canada handgun 'freeze'

OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday a proposed freeze on handgun ownership in Canada that would...

Published 31 May, 2022 10:48am

Europe

War in Ukraine: Latest developments

KYIV: Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: EU agrees ban on most Russian oil EU leaders back a...

Published 31 May, 2022 10:45am

South Asia

All 22 bodies retrieved from Nepal plane crash

POKHARA: Nepali rescuers have retrieved the bodies of all 22 people on board a plane that crashed in the Himalayas,...

Published 31 May, 2022 10:41am

Europe

EU leaders ban most Russian oil, as Moscow advances in Donbas

KYIV: European Union leaders have agreed to ban more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports, tightening economic...

Published 31 May, 2022 10:39am

USA

Hurricane Agatha drenches Mexican beach resorts

HUATULCO: Hurricane Agatha, the first of the season, lashed a string of beach resorts on Mexico's Pacific coast as ...

Published 31 May, 2022 10:31am

World

Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile 18 times over 2015 deal limit: IAEA

VIENNA: The UN nuclear watchdog said Monday that it estimated Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium had grown to...