KYIV: The European Commission will meet today to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine’s bid for EU candidacy, a step closer to membership for the country a day after the bloc’s most powerful leaders visited Kyiv as it battles Russia’s invasion. Never before has an opinion been given so quickly […]
Year: 2022
A Tesla Inc shareholder sued the electric car maker, Chief Executive Elon Musk and its board, accusing them of neglecting to tackle complaints about workplace discrimination and harassment, and engendering a “toxic workplace culture.” Thursday’s lawsuit is the latest against Tesla, which has been accused of racial discrimination and sexual […]
PARIS: Daniil Medvedev returned to the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, ahead of Alexander Zverev, with Novak Djokovic slipping out of the top two for the first time in nearly four years. The 26-year-old Russian, who was surprisingly beaten by Tim van Rijthoven in the final at ‘s-Hertogenbosch […]
LONDON: British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer is being investigated by parliament’s standards commissioner over whether he broke the rules on registering his earnings and gifts. An update to the parliament website today showed an investigation was opened into Starmer on June 8. It did not provide further details. Members […]
LONDON: The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, has filed an appeal against a Moscow court decision demanding that it remove information related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, arguing that people have a right to know the facts of the war. A Moscow court fined the Wikimedia Foundation 5 million […]
TOKYO : Senior officials from Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Bank of Japan and banking regulator Financial Services Agency will meet on Friday from 4 p.m. (0700 GMT) to discuss global market developments, the finance ministry said in a statement. Masato Kanda, vice finance minister for international affairs, will speak to […]
Jackson Irvine hopes Australia can reward fans who get up early to watch their World Cup playoff against Peru and inspire the next generation of ‘Socceroos’ with victory. The one-off clash for a spot in the Qatar finals kicks off in Doha from 9 p.m. (1800 GMT) on Monday, meaning […]
NEW DELHI : An oversupply of naphtha at a time of poor demand has squeezed the product’s Asian margins to their weakest levels since the 2008 global financial crisis, traders and analysts said. As Asian refiners boost output of more lucrative products – gasoline and diesel – to overcome global […]
WASHINGTON: A congressional panel investigating last year’s mob assault on the US Capitol laid out its case Thursday that Donald Trump and his claims of a stolen election were at the heart of what amounted to an “attempted coup” to remain in power. In a prime-time presentation of its findings […]
GENEVA: Scientists advising the World Health Organization on how to move forward investigating the origins of Covid-19 said Thursday further studies were needed into whether the disease escaped from a lab. In its first preliminary report, the so-called Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO) stressed that […]