News Archives for World - 2023-12-21

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Europe

Unions announce end of Channel tunnel strike

COQUELLES: French unions on Thursday announced the end of a wildcat strike that paralysed train travel through the...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 11:58pm

World

Entire Gaza faces 'crisis or worse' hunger level: UN

ROME: Every single person in war-torn Gaza is expected to face high levels of acute food insecurity in the next six...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 11:03pm

Europe

Several killed in Prague university shooting, shooter ‘eliminated’, police say

PRAGUE: A shooter at a Prague university killed several people and injured dozens of others on Thursday before being...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 09:13pm

Europe

Shelling kills two in Ukraine after drone barrage

KYIV: Two women were killed by Russian artillery in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikopol on Wednesday, local...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 07:14pm

Middle East

No functional hospitals left in northern Gaza: WHO

GENEVA: There are no longer any functional hospitals in the north of the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization...

Updated 21 Dec, 2023 10:20pm

Energy

Angola says it is leaving OPEC

LUANDA/LONDON: Angola is leaving the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) because membership is...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 06:29pm

Middle East

Gaza war to throw Lebanon back into recession: World Bank

BEIRUT: The impacts of the Israel-Hamas war are set to push crisis-hit Lebanon’s economy back into recession, the...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 05:39pm

Africa

World Bank approves new Tanzania loans worth $1.14bn

NAIROBI: The World Bank has approved two separate loans worth about $1.14 billion combined to Tanzania to support...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 04:55pm

Luxury

Dubai property prices hit all-time high, crossing September 2014 peak

The Dubai property market reached new highs in November, crossing a previous record set in September 2014, according...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 04:44pm

Middle East

Israel orders more Gaza evacuations as envoys seek truce

GAZA STRIP: Israel has ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza’s main city as diplomats pressed on with efforts to...

Updated 21 Dec, 2023 04:03pm

Europe

Ukraine shoots down 34 out of 35 Russian drones

KYIV: Ukraine’s air defence shot down 34 out of 35 Russian drones launched in a major overnight attack on 12...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 12:43pm

Asia

A dozen still missing after China’s earthquake, 137 dead

DAHEJIA: A dozen people were still missing on Thursday after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck northwestern Gansu...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 12:41pm

Europe

Ukrainian town faces tough winter, a year after driving out Russian forces

LYMAN: The few remaining residents in the devastated eastern Ukrainian town of Lyman are preparing for a difficult...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 12:24pm

Asia

China coal mine accident kills 12

BEIJING: An accident at a coal mine in China’s northeastern province of Heilongjiang has killed 12, state...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 11:38am

Europe

Russia splashes $12bn to keep aviation sector in the air

Russia has handed out more than $12 billion in state subsidies and loans to keep its aviation sector afloat since...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 11:29am

Asia

China’s cold snap reaches Shanghai with chilliest year-end in 40 years

SHANGHAI: China’s financial hub Shanghai was set to record its chilliest period in December in four decades,...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 11:24am

Middle East

World waits on US as Security Council Gaza resolution stalled

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Thursday will try once again to pass a resolution calling for a halt in...

Updated 21 Dec, 2023 11:48am

South Asia

‘Dying every two hours’: Afghan women risk life to give birth

KHOST: Zubaida travelled from the rural outskirts of Khost in eastern Afghanistan to give birth at a maternity...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 11:01am

Middle East

Gaza children dizzy from hunger as war impedes food deliveries

RAFAH: The children displaced to south Gaza were craving chicken, but all their mother had left to feed the family...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 10:09am

Asia

North Korea’s Kim warns of ‘nuclear attack’ if provoked with nukes

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang would not hesitate to launch a nuclear attack if an enemy...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 09:55am

World

Kuwait emir rebukes parliament, cabinet in inaugural speech

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s new emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Wednesday criticised parliament and cabinet for...