News Archives for World - 2024-07-10

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USA

CNN to cut 100 jobs in major overhaul to focus on digital, memo shows

News outlet CNN will cut about 100 jobs as part of a plan to consolidate news operations and bolster its digital...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 07:58pm

Middle East

Israeli military says it strikes Syrian army targets on Golan Heights

JERUSALEM: Israeli tanks and artillery on Wednesday struck Syrian army targets that had violated the 1974...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 07:05pm

Europe

Ukraine creates new ‘legion’ to recruit men abroad to fight

KYIV: The Ukrainian military has launched a new initiative to entice fighting-age men living abroad to enlist, as...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 06:49pm

Middle East

Shell, Total, BP take stakes in UAE gas project

DUBAI: Energy majors TotalEnergies, Shell and BP will each take a 10 percent stake in a liquefied natural gas...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 06:45pm

South Asia

China says India has no right to develop contested border region

BEIJING: India has no right to carry out development in the area China calls South Tibet, China’s Foreign Ministry...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 06:09pm

Europe

Norway says it will donate six F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

OSLO: Norway will donate six F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, the Norwegian government said in a statement on Wednesday...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 05:57pm

Middle East

Syria’s national airline resumes Saudi flights after 12 years

RIYADH: Syria’s national airline resumed regular services to Saudi Arabia after a 12-year suspension on Wednesday as...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 05:48pm

Middle East

Israel defence minister says ‘60 percent’ of Hamas dead or wounded

JERUSALEM: Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that 60 percent of Hamas fighters had been...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 05:07pm

Europe

Kremlin says there were no disagreements between Putin and Modi at Moscow meeting

MOSCOW: The Kremlin denied on Wednesday that there had been any disagreement between President Vladimir Putin and...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:27pm

South Asia

Bangladesh suspends job quotas after student protests

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s top court on Wednesday temporarily suspended quotas for coveted government jobs after thousands...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 03:07pm

Middle East

Israel presses Gaza aggression hours after deadly airstrike on tent camp

CAIRO: Israeli forces pressed their offensive in north and central Gaza on Wednesday, hours after an airstrike on a...

Updated 10 Jul, 2024 11:25pm

USA

Joe Biden meets union leaders as Democrats’ calls to exit race continue

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden returns to the campaign trail on Wednesday, rallying the key constituency of...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 02:42pm

Europe

Kremlin says it will respond if UK allows Ukraine to strike Russia with British weapons

MOSCOW: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Russia would respond if Britain allowed Ukraine to...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 02:37pm

Stocks

Major Gulf markets mixed on falling oil, stronger US rate cut hopes

Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Wednesday following a decline in oil prices, while...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 02:34pm

Europe

UK’s overflowing prisons present PM Starmer with early crisis

LONDON: The scale of the challenge facing Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new government is writ large in Britain’s...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 12:08pm

Europe

Russian attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region kills two, damages port, Ukraine says

KYIV: Russia launched 20 drones and five missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday, killing two people in the Black Sea...

Updated 10 Jul, 2024 02:24pm

South Asia

At least 18 killed as bus collides with milk tanker in India

LUCKNOW: At least 18 people were killed in north India after a bus collided with a milk tanker early on Wednesday,...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 12:01pm

Europe

Mourning in Kyiv as rescuers clear rubble from children’s hospital

KYIV: Rescue workers cleared debris as Ukraine observed a day of mourning Tuesday, after Russian strikes shattered a...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 11:14am

Europe

Fuming EU partners to show Hungary PM ‘yellow card’

BRUSSELS: Hungary is raising the hackles of its EU partners with a go-it-alone diplomatic initiative on Ukraine by...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 11:05am

Asia

Four dead in record torrential rains in South Korea

SEOUL: Parts of South Korea were battered by record rainfall typically seen just once every 200 years, the country’s...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 10:50am

USA

NATO leaders seek to bolster Ukraine as gloom grows

WASHINGTON: NATO leaders meet Wednesday for their 75th anniversary, seeking ways to ramp up support for Ukraine as...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 10:47am

Asia

Eight missing after boat sinks in Myanmar commercial hub

YANGON: Eight people were missing after a boat sunk on a river in Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon, the local fire...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 10:38am

Pakistan

Pakistani Mango Festival: king of fruit becomes king of discussion at Dubai event

DUBAI: The king of fruits became the topic of discussion as people from across the world connected in just one...

Updated 10 Jul, 2024 06:31pm

Europe

Sweden to harden family reunification rules

STOCKHOLM: Sweden announced on Tuesday it would toughen up family reunification rules and potentially expand DNA...