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World - 2022-06-16

USA

Porsche to pay $80mn to resolve fuel economy claims on US vehicles

Volkswagen AG and its Porsche AG unit have agreed to a class-action settlement worth at least $80 million to resolve...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 09:49pm

Europe

Apple faces £750mn lawsuit over iPhone software update

LONDON: Apple is facing a £750 million (878 million euros, $918 million) lawsuit in Britain after a consumer rights...

Updated 16 Jun, 2022 10:17pm

Europe

Russia bans 121 Australians including journalists and defence figures

Russia said on Thursday that it had banned 121 Australian citizens, including top journalists and defence officials,...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 08:50pm

USA

US targets Chinese, Emirati firms for Iran petrochemical sales

WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Chinese and Emirati companies and a network of...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 08:36pm

Europe

WTO provisionally agrees to extend e-commerce tariff moratorium

GENEVA: WTO members reached a provisional deal on Thursday to extend a moratorium on applying duties to electronic...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 08:29pm

USA

US weekly jobless claims fall modestly; housing starts hit 13-month low

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell less than expected last week,...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 08:21pm

Europe

Italy wants to see Ukraine as part of EU, Draghi says in Kyiv

KYIV: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday the main message of his talks in Kyiv with Ukrainian...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 08:16pm

Middle East

Qatar emir invited to July 16 summit in Saudi Arabia

CAIRO: Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has received an invitation from Saudi Arabia’s king Salman to...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 04:43pm

Energy

Sri Lanka left with fuel stocks for around five days, minister says

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s fuel stocks will last for about five more days, its power and energy minister said on Thursday,...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 04:36pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia energy minister holds talks with Russian deputy PM at St Petersburg forum

Saudi Arabia energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 01:46pm

Europe

No fixed date for when UK will send first migrants to Rwanda, Raab says

LONDON: Britain’s government cannot give a fixed date for when it will first be able to send asylum seekers to...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 01:28pm

Stocks

Most Gulf shares decline after Fed rate hike; Saudi gains

Most Gulf markets fell in early trade on Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve lifted interest rates to curb...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 01:26pm

South Asia

Protests break out in India over new military recruitment system

LUCKNOW: Crowds in India set a train coach on fire and blocked railway tracks and roads in protests on Thursday...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 01:24pm

South Asia

India records 12,213 new daily cases of COVID-19

MUMBAI: India recorded 12,213 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday,...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 12:23pm

Europe

Russia tried to talk Turkey out of Syria operation

Russia tried to persuade Turkey to cancel plans for a military operation in Syria during talks in Kazakhstan on...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 12:21pm

USA

US panel recommends Covid vaccines for youngest children

WASHINGTON: A panel of experts convened by the US Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Covid-19...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 11:37am

Europe

Weapons delays cast doubt on Germany’s support for Ukraine

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised Ukraine world-class weapons – from self-propelled howitzers to...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 11:29am

Middle East

Hariri killers to be sentenced as end looms for Lebanon court

THE HAGUE: A UN-backed court for Lebanon will sentence two Hezbollah members in their absence Thursday for the 2005...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 11:18am

World

Australia submits more ambitious 2030 emissions target to UN

SYDNEY: Australia’s new centre-left government submitted more ambitious emissions targets to the United Nations...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 11:06am

USA

Watergate: A scandal for the ages that could yet be eclipsed

WASHINGTON: Fifty years since it ignited Washington, the Watergate affair remains a cautionary tale on the threat of...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 11:00am

Europe

European leaders expected in Kyiv as US pledges more weapons

KYIV: The leaders of France, Germany and Italy are expected to visit Kyiv on Thursday, a day after the United States...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 10:55am

World

Black Death origin mystery solved... 675 years later

TOKYO: A deadly pandemic with mysterious origins: it might sound like a modern headline, but scientists have spent...

Published 16 Jun, 2022 07:35am

World

Xi assures Putin of China’s support for Russian ‘sovereignty, security’

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping assured his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of Beijing’s support for...