BANGKOK : Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Friday his government will move ahead with its flagship $14.3-billion ‘digital wallet’ handout scheme, though it may be delayed. Srettha, who has been touting the policy as a stimulus measure necessary to revive a sluggish economy, did not specify a launch […]
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TOKYO : German renewable energy company RWE plans further expansions into Japan’s offshore wind sector after winning its first project last month, a senior executive told Reuters, and also considers South Korea a promising market. RWE, the world’s second-biggest offshore wind company, won the right to build a 684-megawatt (MW) […]
MELBOURNE : Order of play on the main courts on the seventh day of the Australian Open on Saturday (prefix number denotes seeding): * Day session: From 12 p.m. (0100 GMT) * Night session: From 7 p.m. (0800 GMT) ROD LAVER ARENA 12-Zheng Qinwen (China) v Wang Yafan (China) Shang […]
Barcelona players must shoulder the blame for the club’s dismal performances this season, defender Jules Kounde said as the reigning Spanish champions find themselves eight points off the top spot in LaLiga. Barca suffered a heavy defeat against old rivals Real Madrid in the final of the Spanish Super Cup […]
WASHINGTON: US fighter aircraft shot down an anti-ship cruise missile fired from Houthi militant areas of Yemen toward a US destroyer operating in the Southern Red Sea, the US military said yesterday. The midair interception is the latest incident in the Red Sea where the Houthis have been attacking international […]
BENGALURU: India’s No.1 software services exporter Tata Consultancy Services is planning to focus more on markets such as Japan, Latin America and Southern Europe amid weakness in North America, its chief executive said. The plan to diversify more comes after the industry leader reported its slowest quarterly profit growth since […]
NEW YORK: The holiday weekend brought dangerous freezing temperatures across much of the United States, snarling everything from political campaigning to football games and travel, and knocking power out to about 350,000 customers in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest. An Arctic blast from Canada caused temperatures to plummet across a […]
MELBOURNE : Iga Swiatek will begin her Australian Open campaign with a first round match against former champion Sofia Kenin and the world number one said on Friday it was strange how different their career paths had been since their only meeting in 2020. Swiatek beat Kenin 6-4 6-1 in […]
SANAA: Heavy US and British air strikes pounded targets in rebel-held Yemen early today after weeks of disruptive attacks on Red Sea shipping by Iran-backed Houthi forces. The strikes targeted an airbase, airports and a military camp, the Houthi rebels’ Al-Masirah TV station said, with AFP correspondents and witnesses also […]
COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s soon-to-be king and queen have sought to balance their royal jobs with a modern family life and an engagement in progressive causes, helping keep the monarchy relevant and popular in the Nordic country. Crown Prince Frederik, 55, will take the throne on Sunday, following his mother Queen Margrethe […]