MELBOURNE: Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the timesheets in the final free practice at the Formula One Australian Grand Prix on Saturday in a minor boost before qualifying at Albert Park. Leclerc, who was also quickest in the second practice session on Friday, clocked one minute 16:714 seconds with his final […]
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NEW YORK: Robert Bosch GmbH, Lennox International and Samsung Electronics are among the industrial firms competing to acquire heating and ventilation assets worth over $6 billion from Johnson Controls International, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls has been working with its advisers to sell its […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to turn away billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Musk in December asked the justices to take up his appeal after a lower court upheld his consent decree with the SEC that arose […]
ZAGREB: Croatia’s constitutional court said yesterday it would consider President Zoran Milanovi’s candidacy for prime minister in the country’s upcoming elections, after he attracted criticism for not resigning beforehand. Milanovic, who already served as prime minister from 2011 to 2016, announced on Friday he would run as the Social Democratic […]
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 […]
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 […]