BEIJING: China’s imports from Russia dropped in July, the first monthly decline since February 2021 when imports of oil and other goods began steadily rising after the outbreak of conflict in Ukraine, Chinese customs data showed on Tuesday (Aug 8). China’s imports from Russia shrank 8 per cent to US$9.2 […]
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NEW YORK: New York wants to introduce car-loving America’s first congestion charge, but the move faces fierce opposition – including from the city’s famous yellow taxis. The plan, similar to pricing long in place in London and Singapore, aims to improve air quality in the Big Apple by easing Manhattan’s […]
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he is “not holding his breath” over a proposed cage fight with rival Elon Musk. In a post on the new social media app Threads, Zuckerberg said he had proposed 26 August for the showdown. Responding to a post on X in which Musk […]
DEMNATE (Morocco): A minibus plunged into a ravine in Morocco yesterday, killing all 24 people on board in one of the North African country’s worst-ever road accidents, officials said. The passengers were travelling a mountainous route to a weekly market in the town of Demnate, in the central province of […]
BENGALURU: Paytm’s founder and CEO, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, will buy a 10.3 per cent stake valued at US$628 million in the company from its largest shareholder, in a bid to simplify its ownership structure, the fintech company said in a filing on Monday (Aug 7). Sharma’s stake purchase from Antfin […]
WASHINGTON: Former US president Donald Trump appeared before ardent supporters in the deeply conservative southern state of Alabama on Friday (Aug 4), dismissing the latest federal indictment against him a day earlier as an “illegal and unconstitutional travesty”. Trump, who is facing sweeping conspiracy charges over his efforts to overturn […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has upheld the RM120,000 fine and one-month suspension on Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) and Selangor FC sensational winger Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim respectively. The decision was made in a meeting of the FAM Appeals Committee chaired by Datuk Seri Mohammad Mokhtar Mohamad […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia was set to host talks on the Ukraine war on Saturday (Aug 5) in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, though expectations are mild for what the gathering might achieve. The meeting of national security advisers and other officials in the Red Sea coastal city of […]
DHAKA : Tamim Iqbal has stepped down as Bangladesh one day international (ODI) captain and will miss the Asia Cup as he continues to recover from a back injury, the opener has said. Tamim announced his shock retirement last month before reversing the decision within 24 hours following his meeting […]
BRASÍLIA: Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by more than 66 per cent last month from July 2022, officials said yesterday, crediting President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s push to protect the world’s biggest rainforest. July typically marks the start of peak deforestation season, with the onset of drier weather […]