SEOUL: North Korea’s foreign ministry on Sunday (Mar 5) called on the United Nations to demand an immediate halt to combined military drills by the United States and South Korea, saying they were raising tensions that threaten to spiral out of control. The drills and rhetoric from the allies are […]
Year: 2023
SAKHIR: Max Verstappen said it was a “pleasant surprise” to claim pole position as Red Bull locked out the front row of the grid for Sunday’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The 25-year-old Dutchman, who has never won in Bahrain or at a championship-opening race, secured the 21st pole position of […]
LONDON: Arsenal and Manchester City continued to slug it out in the Premier League title race with wins over Leicester City and Bournemouth respectively yesterday while at the bottom Leeds United moved out of the relegation zone. Gabriel Martinelli earned Arsenal a 1-0 win at Leicester City to briefly send […]
A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said early on Sunday (Feb 26). The Soyuz MS-23, which lifted off from Baikonour space centre in Kazakhstan on Friday, is […]
WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Central Asia hoping that greater US engagement will reassure former Soviet republics rattled by the Ukraine war, although Russia’s historic clout limits the extent of cooperation. Days after the anniversary of the Ukraine invasion, the top US diplomat will hold talks […]
BEIJING: China called Friday for Russia and Ukraine to hold peace talks as soon as possible while insisting that nuclear weapons must not be used in their conflict. China made the comments in a 12-point paper on the “political settlement” of the crisis, timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary […]
TOKYO: Japanese Emperor Naruhito today gave his first public birthday address since ascending the throne almost four years ago, after delays due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and urged support for people struggling with inflation and the pandemic. “Many people are having difficulties in their daily life amid the pandemic and […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s plan to require exporters to retain part of their earnings onshore should boost U.S. dollar liquidity, but bankers and businesses warn against imposing mandatory conversion of funds to rupiah, some likening it to a form of capital control. The central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), hopes the repatriation of […]
Switzerland’s biggest bank UBS Group AG is looking to apply for a mutual fund license in China, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Swiss bank is in informal talks with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) about its intention to apply, the […]
The Die Hard actor’s family, which includes wife Emma Heming Willis and ex-wife Demi Moore, are trying to keep him active after he was recently diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. Bruce Willis’ family are determined to “keep him active”. The 67-year-old actor was recently diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, and his family […]