News Archives for World - 2024-04-26

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Luxury

World’s tallest residential tower coming to Dubai Marina

Six Senses Residences to be completed by 2028

Published 26 Apr, 2024 10:32pm

Europe

Erdogan expects new NATO chief to address Turkey’s terror concerns

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he expected NATO’s next secretary general to prioritise Turkey’s...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 09:40pm

South Asia

India votes in second election phase as Modi vs Gandhi contest heats up

BENGALURU/NOIDA: India voted on Friday in the second phase of the world’s biggest election, as Prime Minister...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 06:01pm

Europe

Students block Paris’ Sciences Po University over Gaza war

PARIS: Students blocked access to Paris’ prestigious Sciences Po University over the war in Gaza on Friday,...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 05:41pm

Europe

Russia’s Shoigu meets Iranian counterpart, says ready to expand military co-operation

MOSCOW: Russia is ready to expand military and technical cooperation with Iran, Russian Defence Minister Sergei...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 05:27pm

South Asia

Blinken says US campus protests part of ‘democracy’

BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that campus protests sweeping the United States over the...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 05:18pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka leases white elephant airport built with Chinese loans

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said Friday it had leased a white elephant international airport built with Chinese loans to a...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 05:07pm

Middle East

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 34,356

GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Gaza said on Friday that at least 34,356 people have been killed in the territory...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:52pm

Middle East

UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has reduced much of the narrow, coastal territory of 2.3 million people to a wasteland with most civilians homeless, hungry and at risk of disease

Updated 26 Apr, 2024 09:47pm

Asia

Xi tells Blinken US, China should be ‘partners, not rivals’

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday told top US diplomat Antony Blinken that the world’s biggest...

Updated 26 Apr, 2024 04:59pm

Europe

Russian attacks wound four in northeastern Ukraine, local officials say

Russian guided bombs struck an industrial facility and a residential building in northeastern Ukraine on Friday,...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:08pm

Africa

Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for two weeks

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting for a...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 01:55pm

Europe

Volodymyr Zelensky blasts Russian nuclear risks on Chernobyl anniversary

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Friday that Russia’s capture of a major nuclear power plant...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 01:50pm

South Asia

India’s top court declines to order any change to vote-counting process

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court declined on Friday to order any change to the vote-counting process, rejecting...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 12:34pm

Europe

Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, El Pais reports

MADRID: Spain will send a small number of Patriot missiles to Ukraine, El Pais newspaper reported on Friday, quoting...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 12:22pm

Europe

Greece rules out air defence systems to Ukraine, prime minister says

ATHENS: Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece can not offer air defence systems like ‘Patriots’ or S-300 to...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 12:15pm

South Asia

Bangladesh children sweat at home as heatwave shuts schools

DHAKA: Classes are cancelled across Bangladesh due to searing heat, but high school student Mohua Akter Nur found...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 11:33am

Asia

North Korea’s Kim oversees test of multiple rocket launcher

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test-firing of a multiple rocket launcher, state media said...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 10:59am

South Asia

India begins voting in second phase of giant election as Modi vs Gandhi campaign heats up

BENGALURU/KOTTAYAM/MATHURA: India began voting on Friday in the second phase of the world’s biggest election, as...

Updated 26 Apr, 2024 11:41am

Asia

Antony Blinken meets Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing

BEIJING: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday for talks...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 10:24am

Asia

Chinese, French militaries set up dialogue mechanism for cooperation

BEIJING: The Chinese and French militaries have established an inter-theatre dialogue mechanism for cooperation,...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 10:18am

World

Musk’s X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don’t promote violence

SYDNEY: Elon Musk’s social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 09:59am

Europe

German unemployment seen rising to highest level in almost a decade

BERLIN: Germany’s economic weakness is finally taking a toll on the labour market, with the number of unemployed...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 09:35am

Europe

Paris landmark Moulin Rouge’s windmill sails collapse

PARIS: The sails of the windmill above the Moulin Rouge cabaret, one of the most famous landmarks in Paris, ...