WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden took jabs yesterday at former President Donald Trump with jokes about the mental fitness of his election opponent during a speech at the Gridiron Club dinner, a Washington tradition that began in the 1880s. Biden’s appearance at the dinner, in which politicians and journalists trade […]
Year: 2024
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia’s industrial production grew faster than expected in January, rising 4.3 percent from a year earlier, government data showed on Tuesday. The rate of expansion was the quickest since May last year, when factory output rose 4.7 percent. January’s output had been forecast to expand 2 per […]
The Boeing plane dropped abruptly mid-flight, injuring more than 50 passengers who were travelling from Sydney to Auckland. SYDNEY: New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) said on Tuesday (Mar 12) it was seizing the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of a LATAM Airlines Boeing 787 after an […]
TOKYO: Japan’s government on Tuesday approved a draft amendment to existing legislation to allow for the installation of offshore wind power in exclusive economic zones (EEZ), a milestone towards the country’s goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Japan aims to have 10 gigawatt (GW) of offshore wind power projects by […]
SYDNEY: Australia coach Andrew McDonald believes it is too early to judge Steve Smith as a test opener and has made it clear that changes in the batting order are unlikely before India visit at the end of the year. Smith, one of the world’s best batsmen over the last […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden warned Israel that it cannot use aid as a “bargaining chip” as he issued a call for an immediate, temporary ceasefire with Hamas in the bloody Gaza war. “To the leadership of Israel I say this — humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or […]
CAIRO: Israel boycotted Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo yesterday after Hamas rejected its demand for a complete list naming hostages that are still alive, an Israeli newspaper reported. A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for the talks, billed as a possible final hurdle before an agreement that would halt the […]
BENGALURU: Indian police have detained three men and are searching for four others accused of attacking two tourists and gang-raping the woman, authorities and the couple said. Police found the couple, who are Spanish citizens, around 11pm local time on Friday on a roadside, looking like they had suffered a […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Saturday (Mar 2) inched ahead in his quest to become the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, winning internal party elections in the states of Missouri, Michigan and Idaho, US media reported. The former president has now won every state nominating contest heading into next week’s “Super Tuesday”, […]
LONDON: Red Bull risk being torn apart as a team and will ‘explode’ if Christian Horner stays as principal, the Daily Mail newspaper quoted the father of triple world champion Max Verstappen as saying on Saturday. Horner, 50, was cleared last week by an independent investigation into allegations of misconduct […]