News Archives for World - 2022-07-26

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World - 2022-07-26

USA

U.S. consumer confidence near 1-1/2-year low; house prices still high

WASHINGTON: U.S. consumer confidence dropped to nearly a 1-1/2-year low in July amid persistent worries about higher...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 09:43pm

USA

Fed opens policy meeting as it seeks to tame inflation

WASHINGTON: The US central bank opened its two-day policy meeting on Tuesday, preparing for another salvo in the war...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 08:15pm

USA

US has ‘very narrow path’ to avoid recession: IMF

WASHINGTON: The United States has only a slim chance of avoiding an economic downturn given the many risks it faces,...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 08:12pm

Middle East

Saudi prince heads to Greece, France in first EU trip

RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was set to embark on a visit to Greece and France Tuesday, state...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 07:41pm

Europe

UK sanctions more Russian ministers over Ukraine invasion

LONDON: The UK on Tuesday announced a new slew of sanctions on Russian ministers, members of Kremlin-linked families...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 06:52pm

South Asia

IMF cuts global growth outlook amid US, China slowdowns

WASHINGTON: Surging inflation and severe slowdowns in the United States and China prompted the IMF to downgrade its...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 06:32pm

Europe

Russia doing better than expected despite sanctions: IMF

WASHINGTON: Despite damaging Western sanctions imposed on Moscow in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 06:28pm

Europe

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Russia will cut gas supplies to Europe once again in a blow to countries that have supported Ukraine, just as there...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 01:51pm

South Asia

US and Taliban make progress on Afghan reserves, but big gaps remain

KABUL/WASHINGTON: US and Taliban officials have exchanged proposals for the release of billions of dollars from...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 01:30pm

South Asia

Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka’s hospitals empty

COLOMBO: Entire wards are dark and nearly empty in Sri Lanka’s largest hospital, its few remaining patients leaving...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:50am

Europe

Thaw and redraw: melting glacier moves Italian-Swiss border

ZERMATT: Way up in the snowy Alps, the border between Switzerland and Italy has shifted due to a melting glacier,...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:45am

USA

Trump returns to Washington for first time since 2020 defeat

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump returns Tuesday to Washington for the first time since he left the White House after a...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:38am

Africa

One person killed fighting Morocco forest fire

RABAT: One volunteer firefighter has been killed and another injured in a forest fire in northern Morocco, where new...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:36am

Asia

China’s Xi to hold talks with Indonesia’s Jokowi in rare visit

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to hold in-person talks in Beijing with his Indonesian counterpart...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:26am

Europe

EU countries seek deal on weakened plan to cut winter gas use

BRUSSELS: European Union countries are set to approve a weakened emergency EU proposal to curb their gas demand on...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:21am

South Asia

Toll rises to 38 in Indian spurious liquor incident

AHMEDABAD: At least 10 more people have died in India’s western state of Gujarat after having drunk spurious liquor,...

Updated 27 Jul, 2022 11:13am

Asia

ASEAN chair calls timing of Myanmar executions ‘highly reprehensible’

ASEAN chair Cambodia has called the timing of the Myanmar junta’s execution of four activists “highly reprehensible”...

Published 26 Jul, 2022 10:00am

Asia

Chinese astronauts set up new lab on space station

BEIJING: Astronauts entered the new lab module of China’s space station for the first time Monday, in a major step...