KABUL: Anti-Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley said today they were battling to repulse “heavy” assaults, as the Islamists seek to capture the last holdout province defying their rule. Efforts to strike a peace deal between the two sides have failed, and the Taliban are keen to cap their lightning […]
Month: September 2021
SEOUL : South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co plans to use an auto chip it has developed itself for one of its upcoming vehicles next year, the Seoul Economy Daily reported on Friday. Hyundai Motor, which together with affiliate Kia Corp is among the world’s top 10 biggest automakers by sales, […]
PARIS: Former French prime minister Francois Fillon, who is appealing a five-year jail sentence for embezzling public funds, is under investigation again by financial prosecutors over payments to an assistant, his lawyer said today. Lawyer Antonin Levy accused the National Financial Prosecutor’s (PNF) office of a witch hunt and said […]
TOKYO : Japan’s trade ministry is ready to back Western Digital’s bid to merge with memory chipmaker Kioxia provided control of cutting edge technology stays in Japan, two sources with knowledge of the industry regulator’s internal discussions said. The tie-up could give Japan greater leverage in geopolitical rivalries increasingly dominated […]
Fifa is investigating racial abuse aimed at England players during Thursday’s 4-0 win over Hungary in a World Cup qualifier in Budapest. Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham were both targeted. England condemned the abuse as “completely unacceptable”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Fifa “to take strong action against those […]
La Casa De Papel or Money Heist’s Lisbon, Helsinki and Palermo played by Spanish actors Itziar Ituño, Darko Peric and Rodrigo de la Serna got candid about the fate of their characters and what lies ahead for The Professor and his team in season five. Money Heist season 5 had […]
KABUL: Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as it battled rebel fighters in the Panjshir Valley and strived to ward off economic collapse. Baradar, who heads the Taliban’s political office, will be joined […]
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday (Sep 2) shipped more than two million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to Kenya and Ghana on Thursday through the COVAX global distribution programme, a White House official said. The United States sent 880,320 doses to Kenya, bringing the total number of doses sent […]
NEW YORK: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency on Wednesday night (Sep 1) due to what he called a “historic weather event” with record-breaking rain across the city leading to flooding and dangerous conditions on the roads. Nearly all New York City subway lines […]
US President Joe Biden has condemned a new law in Texas banning abortion from as early as six weeks and vowed to defend women’s constitutional rights. The “extreme” law “blatantly” violated rights and would “significantly impair” women’s access to healthcare, he said. On Wednesday the Supreme Court refused, by a […]