ZHANGJIAKOU, China: The United States won gold in the inaugural snowboard cross mixed team event at the Beijing Games on Saturday, with Lindsey Jacobellis beating Italian Michela Moioli in a nail-biting final race. Canada, whose female rider had crashed in the final race, caught up to win bronze. The American […]
Day: February 11, 2022
CAPE TOWN: The head of the World Health Organization said Friday the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year, if around 70 per cent of the world gets vaccinated. “Our expectation is that the acute phase of this pandemic will end this year, of course with one condition, […]
WASHINGTON: The United States dramatically raised the alarm Friday over Ukraine, warning that a Russian invasion starting with civilians caught under aerial bombing could begin in days and telling US citizens to leave within 48 hours. An attack by the more than 100,000 Russian troops currently massed next to Ukraine […]
MOSCOW: Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said today Moscow’s ties with London were at a low point as he met with UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace for rare talks amid soaring tensions over Ukraine. “Unfortunately, the level of our cooperation is close to zero and about to cross the zero […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden seized US$7 billion in assets belonging to the previous Afghan government today with the aim of splitting the funds between victims of the 9/11 attacks and desperately needed aid for post-war Afghanistan. Biden formally seized the assets in an executive order. The money had been stuck […]
MELBOURNE: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken today said Russia is amassing yet more troops on Ukraine’s border, and warned an invasion during the ongoing Winter Olympics was possible. “We’re in a window when an invasion could begin at any time, and to be clear that includes during the Olympics,” […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s economic growth, measured by gross domestic product (GDP), is likely to grow at 5.4 per cent for 2022 from the 5.0 per cent initial forecast, said OCBC Bank. OCBC Bank made the revised forecast after considering the consumption propensity and still-supportive exports environment. Its economist Wellian Wiranto […]