News Archives for World - 2023-04-26

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World

South Korea's Yoon says peace comes through force, not 'goodwill'

WASHINGTON: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday at the White House that peace with North Korea would...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 11:40pm

World

Biden says nuclear attack by N.Korea would result in 'end' of regime

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime would be finished...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 11:36pm

Europe

Covid deaths down 95 percent this year: WHO

GENEVA: The WHO said Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 percent since the start of the year – but...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 09:30pm

USA

US House Republicans revise debt ceiling bill after dissension in ranks

WASHINGTON: Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said lawmakers would vote on Wednesday on a bill to raise...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 09:00pm

USA

White House welcomes Xi-Zelenskiy phone call

WASHINGTON: The White House on Wednesday welcomed a phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukraine...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 07:45pm

Stocks

Gulf markets put in mixed performance on recession fears

Stock markets in the Gulf put in a mixed performance on Wednesday amid expectations of slowing economic growth and...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 07:28pm

USA

US goods trade deficit narrows sharply in March; retail inventories rise

WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit in goods narrowed sharply in March as exports surged and imports declined, which...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:32pm

Europe

France says backs ‘all dialogue’ after Xi-Zelensky call

PARIS: France said Wednesday it backed all dialogue towards ending the conflict sparked by Russia’s invasion of...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:20pm

Europe

Russia says ‘no progress’ towards extending grain deal

GENEVA: Russia warned Wednesday that “no progress” had been made towards meeting the conditions it has set for...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:16pm

South Asia

Ten policemen, driver killed in central India blast; Maoists suspected

BHUBANESWAR: Ten policemen and a civilian driver were killed in a blast in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 05:53pm

Europe

Kremlin warns it could widen foreign company asset seizures

MOSCOW: The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that Russia could widen the list of foreign companies subject to temporary...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 05:34pm

Europe

China’s Xi holds call with Ukraine’s Zelensky

Zelensky's spokesman Sergiy Nykyforov says two had 'an almost one hour-long telephone conversation'

Published 26 Apr, 2023 05:31pm

Middle East

Iran says Belgium prisoner swap ‘finalised’

TEHRAN: Iran said Wednesday a prisoner exchange with Belgium was “finalised”, hinting at the release of Belgian aid...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 05:24pm

South Asia

Powerful Iranian cleric killed in attack: state media

TEHRAN: A powerful Iranian cleric, a member of the Assembly of Experts that selects the country’s supreme leader,...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 02:23pm

Stocks

Major Gulf markets mixed in early trade

Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Wednesday amid rising recession fears in the United...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 01:35pm

World

Australia PM says Sydney to host Quad leaders’ summit on May 24

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday that Sydney will host the 2023 Quad Leaders’...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 12:34pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka trying to reduce overall debt by $17bn, president says

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is trying to reduce its overall debt by $17 billion through restructuring, its president told the...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 12:12pm

Europe

UK has evacuated 200-300 Britons from Sudan

LONDON: Britain has evacuated 200-300 of its citizens from conflict-ridden Sudan, interior minister Suella Braverman...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 11:45am

Africa

Sudan’s Bashir was in hospital before fighting started

KHARTOUM: Sudan’s toppled leader Omar al-Bashir had been moved from Kober prison to a military hospital in the...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 11:00am

Europe

EU to unveil reforms for cheaper drugs

BRUSSELS: The EU on Wednesday is to unveil a long-awaited proposed reform of legislation governing pharmaceutical...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 10:42am

Africa

Ceasefire shaky as Sudanese, foreigners flee

KHARTOUM: A US-brokered ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals entered its second day Wednesday but remained...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 10:31am

USA

Taliban kill IS ‘mastermind’ of Kabul airport attack: White House

WASHINGTON: The Taliban government has killed the alleged mastermind of a devastating suicide bomb attack at the...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 09:06am

USA

Biden to attend G7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan, from May 19-21, the White...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 08:55am

South Asia

Joy, fear as India’s population becomes world’s biggest

DEHRA: Exhausted, elated and cradling her newborn daughter in a rundown government hospital, young mother Manu Bala...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 08:52am

World

NZ ex-PM Ardern to take up Harvard fellowships

WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she plans to take up fellowships at...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 08:44am

World

Homegrown fried chicken chain replaces KFC in Russia

MOSCOW: The Russian incarnation of KFC opened its first restaurant in Moscow on Tuesday after the American fast food...