World

Musician, 80, vows to play trombone in Kyiv 'until we win' 08 Apr 2023 - 01:26 pm

Kyiv, Ukraine: Every morning, Valentyn Dudkin picks up his trombone -- an instrument he hadn't touched in 30 years -- to play Ukraine's...

China applicants make up 95% of Hong Kong talent visa approvals 08 Apr 2023 - 12:08 pm

About 95% of applicants approved in Hong Kong’s program to attract top talent to the city were from mainland China, according to government...

Ukraine minister to visit India for talks 08 Apr 2023 - 11:57 am

New Delhi: A Ukrainian minister will visit India from Sunday in the first face-to-face talks between the two countries since Russia's invasion of...

Musk to visit China this weekend with possible Tesla Plant stop 08 Apr 2023 - 11:15 am

Elon Musk will be in China for a visit from Saturday, with a possible stop at Tesla Inc.’s Shanghai factory, according to people...

Biden condemns ‘shocking’ Tennessee expulsions over gun furor 07 Apr 2023 - 10:54 pm

US President Joe Biden condemned Tennessee Republicans’ expulsion of two lawmakers who protested a deadly Nashville school shooting last week, calling the episode...

Tunisia rescues over 14,000 illegal immigrants in first quarter of 2023 07 Apr 2023 - 10:32 pm

Tunis: The Tunisian authorities announced on Friday the rescuing of more than 14,000 illegal immigrants during the first quarter of 2023. In a...

Russia hits illegally annexed Ukraine areas from ground, air 07 Apr 2023 - 10:26 pm

KYIV: Russian forces used ground- and air-fired missiles, rocket launchers and weaponized drones to bombard the provinces of Ukraine it has illegally annexed...

Moose feasts on lobby plants in Alaska hospital building 07 Apr 2023 - 10:07 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: So this moose walks into a medical building... While that could be a setup for a bad joke, it actually happened...

Italy orders Philips to fast-track recall of sleep apnea devices 07 Apr 2023 - 09:30 pm

Rome: An Italian court has ordered Dutch multinational Philips to replace defective sleep apnea breathing devices by April 30, according to a ruling...

Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm 07 Apr 2023 - 09:07 pm

Montreal: Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power on Friday, two days after an ice storm killed two people...

Despite Lula's promises, deforestation still rampant in Brazil 07 Apr 2023 - 08:51 pm

Brasília: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest in the first quarter of 2023 was one of the worst on record, according to official figures...

Russia threatens to scrap Ukraine grain deal 07 Apr 2023 - 08:38 pm

Ankara: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday threatened to abandon a landmark grain deal with Ukraine if obstacles to Moscow's exports remained....

Russia formally charges Journal reporter with espionage 07 Apr 2023 - 08:24 pm

MOSCOW: Jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been charged with espionage in Russia and has entered a formal denial, two Russian...

Airstrikes kill five ISIS members in Northeastern Iraq 07 Apr 2023 - 07:43 pm

Baghdad: Airstrikes killed five ISIS members in northeastern Iraq. In a statement on Friday, the Joint Operations Command stated that the army forces...

Italy's Berlusconi vows from hospital bed: 'I'll make it' 07 Apr 2023 - 07:32 pm

Rome: Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed on Friday to survive another stint in hospital, as the 86-year-old media mogul showed signs...

Notorious arms dealer urges Trump to seek refuge in Russia 07 Apr 2023 - 06:20 pm

Moscow: Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, freed from a US jail last year, on Friday urged US ex-president Donald Trump to seek refuge...

China sanctions Reagan library, others over Tsai's US trip 07 Apr 2023 - 06:08 pm

TAIPEI:China retaliated for the United States House speaker's meeting with the Taiwanese president by announcing sanctions on Friday against the Ronald Reagan Presidential...