More violence after Israel arrests Palestinians on May 9, 2022Jerusalem: Two Palestinians were shot dead and another was wounded in separate incidents in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem on Sunday, officials said, the latest in a spate of violence. The unrest came hours after the arrest of two Palestinians suspected of axing three Israelis to death.
Asian Games postponed as China battles Covid on May 6, 2022Beijing: The Asian Games in September in the Chinese city of Hangzhou have been postponed because of Covid with new dates to be announced “in the near future”, organisers said on Friday. The Games were scheduled to be held from September 10 to 25 but have now been delayed as China tries to stamp out […]
Ukraine says UN-led Mariupol mission rescues ‘almost 500 civilians’ on May 6, 2022Zaporizhzhia: Almost 500 civilians have been evacuated from the devastated city of Mariupol and its besieged Azovstal steel plant in a UN-led rescue operation, the Ukrainian president’s office said Friday. The United Nations had said Thursday that a new convoy would evacuate civilians from the “bleak hell” of the factory, which has become the last […]
Russia ‘trying to destroy’ last Ukrainian units in Azovstal: Kyiv on May 5, 2022Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukraine said Thursday Russia was “trying to destroy” its remaining soldiers holed up in Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant, with Kyiv’s last defenders in the battered city saying Moscow forces have broken into the giant factory. “Russian occupiers are focusing on blocking and trying to destroy Ukrainian units in the Azovstal area,” Kyiv’s army […]
Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight Covid on May 5, 2022Beijing: The streets of Beijing’s business district were deserted on Thursday as the government called for people to return to work remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after a national holiday muted by coronavirus curbs. Chinese authorities have stuck to their zero-Covid policy of lockdowns and mass testing as they battle the biggest outbreak […]
Asian markets rise as Fed eases fears over huge rate hike on May 5, 2022Asian markets rallied Thursday following a Wall Street surge after the Federal Reserve played down chances of a huge interest rate hike in the near future, while oil extended gains as the European Union moved to ban imports from Russia. US central bank officials announced an expected half-point lift in borrowing costs — the biggest […]
Tom Cruise unveils ‘Top Gun’ sequel with mid-air stunt on April 29, 2022Las Vegas: Tom Cruise unveiled the world-first screening of “Top Gun: Maverick” at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Thursday — introducing the long-awaited sequel while balancing the top flying biplane. The new “Top Gun,” which picks up the story of Maverick and his fighter pilot buddies some three decades after the blockbuster original, was scheduled to […]
Islamic State claims deadly bomb blasts on minibuses in Afghan city on April 29, 2022Kabul: The Islamic State group claimed two bomb blasts aboard minibusses that killed at least nine people Thursday in Afghanistan’s Mazar-i-Sharif, a week after a deadly explosion at a mosque in the northern city. The number of violent public attacks across Afghanistan has fallen since the Taliban returned to power last August. A string of […]
EU defies gas ‘blackmail’ as Russia pushes deeper into Ukraine on April 28, 2022Brussels: The European Union has warned Russia it will not bend to “blackmail” over its support for Kyiv after the Kremlin cut off gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland. The warning on Wednesday came ahead of UN chief Antonio Guterres arriving in Kyiv to meet Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky following talks with Russian President Vladimir […]
SpaceX launches its latest crew to ISS for NASA on April 27, 2022Washington: Days after a SpaceX Dragon capsule crewed by wealthy adventurers splashed down off Florida’s coast, another launched Wednesday, this time for a NASA mission to the International Space Station. The Crew-4 mission blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 3:52 am (0752 GMT), carrying Americans Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as […]