News Archives for World - 2023-03-10

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USA

Fed seen on shallower rate path as wage gains cool

The Federal Reserve may have less reason to raise interest rates as sharply or as high as earlier thought after a...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 09:52pm

World

Adani seeks to sell stake in Ambuja Cement for $450mn to reduce debt

Gautam Adani is seeking to sell a stake in Ambuja Cement for about $450 million, the Financial Times reported on...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 08:03pm

Europe

France and Britain agree new $577mn migration deal

PARIS/LONDON: Britain will pay France around 480 million pounds ($577 million) over the next three years to help...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 07:57pm

Africa

Gambian doctors’ fight to ban toxic Indian syrup

BANJUL: Last July, more than 20 children were admitted to the Paediatric Emergency Unit of the Edward Francis Small...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 07:48pm

Europe

Belgium bans TikTok from federal government work phones

BRUSSELS: Belgian federal government employees will no longer be allowed to use the Chinese-owned video app TikTok...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 06:16pm

South Asia

Iran, Saudi Arabia to restore ties in China-brokered deal

Will reopen diplomatic missions, seven years after relations were severed

Updated 10 Mar, 2023 08:30pm

Stocks

United Arab Emirates markets mirror losses in crude prices

Stock markets in United Arab Emirates closed lower for a fourth straight session on Friday, mirroring losses in...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 05:19pm

Europe

US behind ‘anti-Russia’ sentiment in Georgia: Kremlin

MOSCOW: The Kremlin on Friday accused the United States of stoking anti-Russian sentiment among thousands of...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:40pm

South Asia

Australia, India agree on strengthening economic, defence ties

NEW DELHI: Australia and India have agreed to accelerate a broader economic partnership and to boost their defence...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 02:37pm

Europe

Russia and United States remain in contact over New START nuclear deal

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Friday said Russia and the United States remained in contact over...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 02:31pm

Europe

Putin congratulates Xi on new term, hails ‘strengthening’ ties

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday congratulated Xi Jinping on his third term as China’s leader,...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 01:57pm

USA

Slower, but still solid US job growth expected in February

WASHINGTON: US job growth likely slowed to a still-solid pace in February, with the unemployment rate expected to...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 12:43pm

Europe

Pope says Ukraine war fuelled not just by ‘Russian empire’

VATICAN CITY: The war in Ukraine is driven by the interests of several “empires” and not just of Russia’s, Pope...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 12:06pm

South Asia

Boeing to set up 737 freighter conversion facility in India

NEW DELHI: Boeing Co said on Friday it would set up a facility in India to convert 737 passenger planes into...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 11:54am

USA

Biden to meet with Trudeau in Canada this month: White House

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will meet with his Canadian counterpart Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa and...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 11:47am

Europe

UK hails ‘essential’ French alliance ahead of breakthrough summit

LONDON: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acclaimed Britain’s “essential” alliance with France ahead of a bridge-building...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 11:42am

Africa

UN Security Council team arrives in DR Congo

KINSHASA: A United Nations Security Council delegation arrived in DR Congo on Thursday for a three-day visit, the...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 11:31am

Asia

North Korea’s Kim orders intensified ‘real war’ drills

SEOUL: Kim Jong Un ordered North Korea’s military to intensify drills for a “real war”, state media reported Friday,...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 11:18am

Asia

Malaysia ex-premier Muhyiddin charged with corruption

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged Friday with abusing his power to obtain...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 11:05am

Europe

Several dead in shooting at Jehovah’s Witness church in Germany

HAMBURG: A gunman believed to have been acting alone killed several people on Thursday in a Jehovah’s Witness church...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 10:51am

Asia

China’s Xi secures precedent-breaking third term as president

BEIJING: Xi Jinping on Friday secured a precedent-breaking third five-year term as China’s president as he tightens...

Published 10 Mar, 2023 10:44am

World

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of US-Seoul drills

SEOUL: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile Thursday, Seoul’s military said, Pyongyang’s latest ...