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 […]
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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 […]
BRUSSELS : Meta Platforms was hit with privacy complaints on Thursday as eight EU consumer groups asked watchdogs to act against the Facebook owner for allegedly breaching the bloc’s privacy rules when it hoovers up user data. The complaints by the consumer groups in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, […]
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia’s finance ministry on Thursday dismissed adjusting monetary policy or pegging the ringgit to support the weakened currency, saying it expects the ringgit’s value to appreciate this year. The ringgit has fallen about 3.7 per cent this year so far and briefly hit a 26-year low last […]
Liverpool’s fans and the media must avoid sensationalising the Premier League club’s young players and afford them the time they need to grow and learn, manager Juergen Klopp said. Liverpool have a lengthy injury list and Klopp was forced to field a young team in their 3-0 win over Championship […]
NEW YORK: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday (Feb 26) that without new US military aid his country would be unable to defend a Black Sea shipping corridor that has allowed Kyiv to export millions of tons of grain to global markets. Ukraine launched the shipping corridor hugging its […]
TOKYO: The dollar traded on the back foot on Tuesday, as markets looked ahead to a week of U.S. economic data that will provide fresh signals on how soon the Federal Reserve may begin cutting interest rates. Leading cryptocurrency bitcoin soared to a more than two-year high above $57,000 after […]
OTTAWA: Canada on Monday unveiled draft legislation to combat online hate that would force major companies to quickly remove harmful content and boost the penalty for inciting genocide to life in prison. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced the bill with the stated aim of protecting children […]