Coffee may make you less drowsy, but it doesn’t really “energize” the body. Many of us want (or should I say need?) our morning coffee to give us our “get up and go.” Altogether, the people of the world drink more than two billion cups of coffee each day(opens in […]
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MUMBAI: Under-fire Indian tycoon Gautam Adani insisted Thursday (Feb 2) that the fundamentals of his conglomerate were “strong” even as shares in its companies plunged again after the group cancelled a multi-billion-dollar stock sale. Adani’s empire has lost more than US$100 billion following explosive allegations of accounting fraud last week […]
The star-studded grassroots campaign for Andrea Riseborough had prompted skepticism from some academy voters and caused a stir in Hollywood. After a review of the awards campaign for the indie drama To Leslie, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has said that Andrea Riseborough will not be stripped […]
LONDON: Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday leaving transport networks paralysed and thousands of classrooms empty in the largest walkout in over a decade. As Europe battles a cost-of-living crisis, Britain’s umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress (TUC) called it the “biggest […]
MELBOURNE: Aryna Sabalenka bludgeoned her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena Rybakina on Saturday (Jan 28) in a thrilling final between two of the most exciting power-hitters in the women’s game. An 11th straight […]
MUMBAI: A US$2.5 billion share sale by India’s Adani Enterprises remains on schedule at the planned issue price, the company told Reuters on Saturday (Jan 28), while sources said bankers were considering changes due to a market rout in the group’s shares. Bankers on the deal were considering extending the […]
WASHINGTON: The House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to hold a vote next month on a bill aimed at blocking the use of China’s popular social media app TikTok in the United States, the committee confirmed yesterday. The measure, planned by the panel’s chair Representative Michael McCaul, a Republican, would aim […]
TRIPOLI: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni flew to Tripoli on Saturday where she is expected to agree a major gas deal aimed at boosting energy supplies to Europe despite the insecurity and political chaos in the North African country. Meloni is meeting Mohamed al-Menfi, the head of Libya’s three-man Presidency […]
THE HAGUE : ASML Holding NV said on Saturday it understood progress had been made towards an agreement among several governments on new restrictions on semiconductor manufacturing equipment exports to China. ASML, a key supplier to chipmakers, has been restricted from selling its most advanced tools to China since 2019. […]
BRASILIA: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sacked the commander of Brazil’s army on Saturday (Jan 22), two weeks after an election-denying mob loyal to his far-right predecessor ransacked the halls of power in Brasilia. The veteran leftist’s dismissal of Julio Cesar de Arruda came a day before Lula was […]