News Archives for World - 2023-06-12

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World

Blinken hopes Ukraine offensive a 'success' to force Putin to talk

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Monday that a successful offensive by Ukraine would...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 10:52pm

Europe

Dam flood death roll rises to 10, with 41 missing: Kyiv

KYIV: Ukraine on Monday said 41 people were still missing in the floods caused by a dam breach that it blamed on...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 10:45pm

Europe

Putin visits Russian troops wounded in Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited Russian soldiers wounded in Ukraine in a rare...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 09:28pm

South Asia

India asks Myanmar to expedite trade through rupee

NEW DELHI: India has urged Myanmar’s administration to speed up the process of trade settlements through mutual...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:37pm

South Asia

India’s retail inflation eases to a more than 2-year low in May

NEW DELHI: India’s annual retail inflation cooled to a more than two-year low of 4.25% in May as cost pressures on...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:33pm

Europe

First Covid vaccine side-effect claims land in German courts

HAMBURG: Vaccine-maker BioNTech faced Monday its first legal claim in its home country of Germany over adverse...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:17pm

Middle East

Iran says indirect talks with US continue via Oman

TEHRAN: Iran on Monday said it has continued indirect negotiations with the Unites States through the Sultanate of...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:12pm

Europe

Putin pays tribute to ‘true friend’ Berlusconi

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said the death of Silvio Berlusconi, one of his closest friends...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 05:08pm

Europe

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s ex-prime minister and media mogul, dies at 86

MILAN: Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy’s largest media company...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 02:52pm

Europe

UK PM Sunak: I wasn’t prepared to intervene in Johnson honours list

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday said he had not been prepared to overrule recommendations made...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 02:10pm

South Asia

China hopes India can meet it halfway in media row

BEIJING: China called on Monday on India to meet it halfway in a dispute over journalists working in each other’s...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 02:06pm

Asia

North Korea’s Kim offers ‘full support’ to Putin on Russia Day

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered his country’s “full support and solidarity” to Moscow in a message to...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 11:24am

Europe

NATO begins unprecedented air drill in ‘show of strength’

BERLIN: NATO will begin the largest air force deployment exercise in Europe in the alliance’s history on Monday in a...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 11:20am

Asia

Hearing for Abe murder suspect cancelled over suspicious object: Japan media

TOKYO: A pre-trial hearing for the man accused of killing Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe was cancelled...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 11:16am

Europe

Ukraine says three villages retaken in fresh offensive

KYIV: Ukraine announced that its forces have retaken three villages in the eastern region of Donetsk, the first...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 11:12am

South Asia

Indian finance ministry officials to meet Moody’s on June 16

NEW DELHI: The Indian finance ministry officials will meet credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on June 16...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 10:35am

World

New Zealand PM Hipkins to visit China at end of June

SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Monday he will visit China at the end of this month at the...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 10:21am

World

Bus accident kills 10 wedding guests in Australia

SYDNEY: At least 10 people died and 25 were injured after a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled off a ramp...

Published 12 Jun, 2023 10:08am

World

KSA seeks cooperation with China, ‘ignores’ Western worries

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia wants to collaborate, not compete, with China, the kingdom’s energy minister declared on...