HONG KONG : Hong Kong will give more handouts to consumers to support the city’s recovery from a prolonged economic downturn induced by COVID-19 restrictions, Financial Secretary Paul Chan announced in the 2023/24 budget on Wednesday. The global financial hub will issue vouchers worth HK$5,000 ($637) per person to all […]
Year: 2023
BERLIN: Dismissing mounting evidence that a Russian missile downed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, news anchors on Russian state-owned TV are shown voicing alternative theories in a new documentary: one claims a Ukrainian fighter jet shot down the plane; another suggests the aircraft was floored by aliens. Ukrainian director Roman Liubyi’s […]
NEW DELHI: Independent Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is being sued by tycoon Gautam Adani’s business empire in six different courts – and he is not allowed to speak about the conglomerate or its owner. US investment firm Hindenburg Research, whose explosive report on Adani Group last month triggered a […]
NEW DELHI : India’s spin trio of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel were always going to play key roles in the home series against Australia but few, particularly the touring side, expected so much of it would be with the bat. The three have done justice to their […]
MONTREAL: China has rejected allegations it interfered in Canada’s federal elections, describing Canadian media reports that cited intelligence documents as “false” and attempts at “smearing” Beijing. A statement Friday afternoon from the Chinese consulate general in the western city of Vancouver accused Canadian media of “smearing and discrediting China” and […]
WOKING (England): Australian Formula One rookie Oscar Piastri is confident he can avoid suffering the same problems as Daniel Ricciardo, the compatriot he has replaced at McLaren. Ricciardo, a winner of eight races, never felt fully at home in the car and left a year before his contract was up […]
STOCKHOLM : Nokia and Kyndryl have extended their partnership for three years after clocking up more than 100 customers for automating factories using 5G wireless networks, following their first tie-up a year earlier. Big technology firms have been partnering with telecom gear makers such as Nokia to sell private 5G […]
KYIV: Ukraine’s top general and the top US Army commander in Europe discussed further military aid for Kyiv yesterday as allies began training Ukrainian troops on the Leopard 2 and other modern battle tanks that are to boost the country’s defence. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, commander in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces […]
Manchester United and Crystal Palace have been charged following a “mass confrontation” between their players during last weekend’s Premier League, the Football Association said. The incident took place in the 67th minute of the Feb. 4 game, which United won 2-1 at home, as Casemiro was shown a straight red […]
A year of war in Ukraine has already made a dent in world prosperity. But its deeper impact will be felt in how the conflict plays into shifts that were already reshaping the global economy before Russia’s tanks rolled in. Most immediately, the war added new uncertainties to the economic […]