News Archives for World - 2022-10-07

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USA

World facing '5th wave' of debt crisis: World Bank chief

WASHINGTON: The world is facing a "fifth wave of debt crisis," World Bank President David Malpass warned Friday,...

Updated 07 Oct, 2022 09:24pm

USA

Canada lifts work hour limits for international students to help labour shortage

TORONTO: Canada is lifting the 20-hour-a-week limit on the number of hours international students can work...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 08:14pm

Europe

Biden signs order to implement EU-US data privacy framework

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to implement a European...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 07:28pm

USA

US hiring slows in September as unemployment rate dips

WASHINGTON: Hiring in the US economy slowed slightly in September, as expected, while the jobless rate ticked back...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 07:03pm

Europe

‘Outstanding courage’: rights watchdogs hailed after Nobel peace win

PARIS: Reactions poured in Friday after human rights champions Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russia’s Memorial group...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 07:01pm

Europe

Four Nobel Peace laureates who were in jail when they won

PARIS: Belarusian rights campaigner Ales Bialiatski, who was jailed in July 2021, is the fourth laureate to win the...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 06:55pm

USA

US announces sanctions for illegal oil transfers to North Korea

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday slapped sanctions on three companies and two people based in the Marshall...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 06:48pm

Europe

Erdogan and Putin discuss improving ties, ending Ukraine war

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin about improving...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 04:37pm

Asia

Putin and North Korea’s Kim forge closer ties amid shared isolation

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a birthday greeting to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week,...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 01:42pm

Asia

South Korea, US stage drills with aircraft carrier after North Korean missile launches

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States began joint maritime exercises with a US aircraft carrier on Friday, South...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 01:37pm

Europe

Russia says Zelenskiy’s comments confirm need for ‘special operation’ in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 01:35pm

Europe

Five killed by Ukrainian strike on bus in Kherson region

At least five people were killed and as many injured after Ukrainian forces shelled a bus in the Russian-controlled...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 01:33pm

Asia

China reports 1,656 new COVID cases on Oct 6 vs 1,337 a day earlier

Mainland China reported 1,656 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, of which 288 were symptomatic and 1,368 were...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 12:28pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka top court allows proceedings against former President Rajapaksa, others

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa,...

Updated 07 Oct, 2022 01:18pm

Europe

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

US President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons is the biggest such...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 12:06pm

South Asia

India probing cough syrup linked to Gambia child deaths

NEW DELHI: Indian authorities are investigating cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:53am

USA

Biden says Putin’s nuclear threat biggest risk since Cuban Missile Crisis

NEW YORK/KYIV: US President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons is the...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:33am

Europe

European leaders show ‘unity’ in face of Russia’s war

PRAGUE: Leaders from across Europe met Thursday in Prague for the inaugural summit of a new forum aimed at bringing...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:26am

Asia

Distraught parents lay white roses for Thai nursery massacre victims

NA KLANG: One by one, grieving parents came to lay single white roses on the steps of the Thai nursery where nearly...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:18am

Europe

EU leaders struggle for common response to energy crisis

PRAGUE: EU leaders meeting in Prague on Friday will look to overcome divisions on how to tackle soaring energy...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:15am

South Asia

Death toll in Indian Himalayas avalanche rises to 19

NEW DELHI: At least 19 people are confirmed dead after an avalanche struck climbers in the Indian Himalayas,...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 11:10am

World

India police detain one after death threats to billionaire Ambani, family

NEW DELHI: Police in Mumbai said on Thursday they had detained one person from India’s eastern state of Bihar ...