News Archives for World - 2023-01-25

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World

Saudi Arabia to host world’s media leaders for major industry forum

Forum will cover the important role played by the industry in relation to social, political, and economic issues

Published 25 Jan, 2023 11:22pm

World

Biden says US tanks, Ukraine aid not 'offensive threat to Russia'

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the delivery of 31 US tanks and other large-scale military aid ...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:48pm

Europe

Britain urges allies to 'intensify' Ukraine support: PM's office

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomed Western allies' announcements on sending tanks to Ukraine and urged...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:39pm

Africa

Egypt’s Suez Canal nets $8bn in new annual record

CAIRO: Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority announced Wednesday an all-time annual revenue record, earning $8 billion in...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 08:32pm

Stocks

Qatar leads Gulf markets higher, Abu Dhabi shares fall

Qatar’s stock market on Wednesday extended its winning streak to a fifth straight session to outperform the Gulf...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:50pm

South Asia

UN aid chief asks Taliban authorities for more exemptions to female NGO worker ban

KABUL: The UN aid chief said on Wednesday the humanitarian community was speaking with Taliban officials to try and...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:34pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia sees borrowing around 45bn riyals in 2023

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, expects its financing needs to be around 45 billion riyals ($12...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:14pm

Europe

Spain ‘ready’ to send German tanks to Kyiv: minister

MADRID: Spain said Wednesday it was ready to send some of its German-made Leopard tanks to bolster Ukraine’s fight...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:10pm

Europe

Ukraine confirms its troops have withdrawn from Soledar

KYIV: Ukraine confirmed on Wednesday its troops had withdrawn from Soledar in eastern Ukraine, almost two weeks...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:05pm

Europe

UK income inequality widens after pandemic dip

LONDON: British income inequality rose to a three-year high in the 2021/22 financial year after a dip during the...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 05:53pm

Europe

Ukraine toughens punishment for disobedience, desertion in the army

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed a controversial law toughening punishments for...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 05:44pm

South Asia

Defiant Indian students to hold more screenings of BBC documentary on Modi

NEW DELHI: Indian students said they would show again a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 05:08pm

Europe

NATO’s Stoltenberg expects allies to lift defence spending target

BERLIN: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expects the alliance’s member states to raise their current spending...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 02:12pm

Africa

Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads

BLANTYRE: The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has passed 1,000 while cases have risen to 30,621, the...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 02:05pm

Asia

North Korea locks down capital over ‘respiratory illness’: report

SEOUL: North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown in the capital over “respiratory illness”, a report said...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 12:29pm

Asia

Heavy snow, deep cold halts transport across Japan, at least one dead

TOKYO: Heavy snow blanketed wide swathes of Japan on Wednesday, snarling traffic, forcing hundreds of flight...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 11:50am

Europe

Two UK aid workers killed in Ukraine: families

LONDON: Two Britons reported missing in eastern Ukraine have been killed while trying to help people evacuate from...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:52am

USA

Grief grips Asian Americans after California mass shootings

MONTEREY PARK: Asian Americans were reeling Tuesday after two mass shootings in California targeting members of...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:27am

Europe

‘Total torture’: Sick Ukrainians gasp for oxygen amid blackouts

KYIV: Valentyn Mozgovy cannot breathe on his own, and keeping his ventilator powered during Ukraine’s blackouts has...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:18am

World

New Zealand’s new PM known for his candour and poor dress sense

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s new prime minister does not draw adoring crowds like his predecessor Jacinda Ardern, but...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:06am

USA

Fresh clashes in Lima as president seeks ‘truce’

LIMA: Peru’s President Dina Boluarte called Tuesday for a “national truce” to end weeks of nationwide unrest, while...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 10:00am

Europe

Germany promises swift answer on battle tanks for Ukraine

BERLIN: Berlin was expected to announce a decision on Wednesday on the export of powerful German-made Leopard battle...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 09:56am

Asia

Eight missing after ship sinks between Japan, South Korea

TOKYO: Japan and South Korea’s coast guards were searching Wednesday for eight crew from a cargo ship that sank...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 09:48am

South Asia

Cow dung protects from radiation, claims Indian court

AHMEDABAD, (India): Houses made of cow dung are protected from atomic radiation such as nuclear blast fallout, an...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 07:02am

World

Turkey postpones NATO meeting with Sweden, Finland

ISTANBUL: Turkey has indefinitely postponed a new round of talks with Sweden and Finland on the Nordic neighbours’...