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Indian billionaire Adani's firm wins bid to develop vast Mumbai slum 29 Nov 2022 - 07:01 pm

MUMBAI: The real estate unit of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's Adani Enterprises has won the right to redevelop India's largest slum, Mumbai's Dharavi...

General Asim Munir takes charge as chief of Pakistan's powerful army 29 Nov 2022 - 05:17 pm

Rawalpindi: General Asim Munir on Tuesday took charge as Pakistan's new army chief, a key change of command in an institution that plays...

WHO to use 'mpox' for monkeypox to tackle stigma 29 Nov 2022 - 04:25 pm

Geneva: The World Health Organization said on Monday it would start using a new preferred term, "mpox", as a synonym for monkeypox and...

Nigeria stowaways who survived 11-days on ship rudder must return home: Spanish police 29 Nov 2022 - 03:54 pm

Las Palmas: Three migrants rescued in Spain's Canary Islands, after apparently enduring an 11-day journey from Nigeria crouched on the rudder of a...

London's West End regains pre-pandemic buzz, boosting sales 29 Nov 2022 - 03:30 pm

London's West End has seen retail, hospitality and leisure venue sales return to pre-pandemic levels, boosting rent and property demand, commercial landlord Shaftesbury...

Smog engulfs Indian capital as winter pollution worsens 29 Nov 2022 - 12:56 pm

NEW DELHI: Thick smog engulfed India's capital New Delhi on Tuesday as air pollution worsened with the setting in of winter, shooting up...

Welders wanted: France steps up recruitment drive as nuclear crisis deepens 29 Nov 2022 - 11:24 am

Paris: French power giant EDF is looking to recruit a new generation of welders, pipe-fitters and boiler makers to fix its ageing nuclear...

Lights go out on Hungary stadiums, theatres as energy crisis bites 29 Nov 2022 - 09:41 am

Székesfehérvár, Hungary:Rocketing energy bills are forcing Hungary to shutter libraries, theatres, swimming pools and even its new football stadiums for winter. The state-of-the-art...

Pakistan, IMF begin talks on $7bn loan review 28 Nov 2022 - 10:35 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund have begun talks online on a ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme, the Finance...

More than 80 injured as Indian police clash with Adani port protesters 28 Nov 2022 - 08:38 pm

Kochi: More than 80 people were wounded in southern India as villagers halting the construction of a $900m port clashed with police, the...

China's lockdown protests spread to campuses and cities abroad 28 Nov 2022 - 05:57 pm

Protests against China's strict zero-COVID policy and restrictions on freedoms have spread to at least a dozen cities around the world in a...

Libyans, divided by conflict, unite around football 28 Nov 2022 - 05:52 pm

Tripoli: Hundreds of football fans gather in front of a huge screen in a Libyan park to watch the day's World Cup matches,...

Illegal building blamed as Italian island landslide death toll rises 28 Nov 2022 - 04:43 pm

CASAMICCIOLA TERME, Italy: Experts and activists said the construction of illegal buildings increased the risks from natural disasters on the Italian island of...

Russian manufacturing sustained by drive to equip mobilised troops 28 Nov 2022 - 04:38 pm

Moscow: Russia's drive to equip freshly mobilised troops and increase spending on its military campaign in Ukraine is helping the country's industrial sector...

German, Dutch shopping picks up over Black Friday 28 Nov 2022 - 04:18 pm

Berlin/Amsterdam: Germans snapped up smartphones, Christmas decorations, sweaters, jewellery and gift vouchers in a pick-up in shopping over the Black Friday weekend, retailers...

Gunfire inside besieged Somali hotel as troops battle militants 28 Nov 2022 - 04:15 pm

Mogadishu: Gunfire crackled from inside a Mogadishu hotel on Monday as Somalia's special forces battled al Shabaab militants more than 12 hours after...

Dutch police charge Moroccan fans after World Cup win 27 Nov 2022 - 11:39 pm

The Hague: Dutch riot police carried out baton charges in three cities on Sunday to disperse unruly Moroccan football supporters celebrating the country's...

Al-Shabaab attacks hotel in Somali capital: police 27 Nov 2022 - 11:07 pm

Mogadishu: Al-Shabaab militants attacked a hotel near the presidential palace in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Sunday, police and witnesses said, with explosions...