Brazil’s president accuses actor DiCaprio of financing Amazon fireson November 30, 2019SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader’s latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. Bolsonaro appeared to be commenting on social media postings claiming that the environmental […]
‘British police shoot man at London Bridge after stabbing’on November 29, 2019LONDON: British police shot a man on Friday after a stabbing in the London Bridge area, a security source told Reuters. Videos and photographs on Twitter showed several police cars and buses on the bridge and a truck straddling several lanes. “Police were called at 1:58 pm to a stabbing at premises near to London Bridge,” police […]
Iraq death toll passes 400 in weeks of mass protestson November 29, 2019BAGHDAD: The death toll in Iraq from weeks of anti-government unrest rose on Friday to at least 408 people killed, mostly unarmed protesters, a Reuters count based on police and medical sources showed. Several people died of wounds sustained in clashes on Thursday with security forces in the southern city of Nassiriya, hospital sources said, […]
Man City owners expand empireon November 29, 2019MUMBAI: The owners of Premier League champions Manchester City have agreed to buy 65 percent of Indian soccer team Mumbai City FC, expanding their global stable of clubs to eight in countries from China to Japan to the US. The City Football Group (CFG) announced the deal just a day after it agreed to sell […]
‘Banana on steroids’ – life saver for warming worldon November 28, 2019LONDON: Described as “a banana on steroids”, enset may be the superfood you’ve never heard of, let alone tasted, but scientists say it could be a lifesaver for a warming world. The plant, which grows up to 10 meters, is a staple for 20 million people in the Ethiopian Highlands who turn it into bread […]
TikTok apologizes for temporary removal of video on Muslims in Chinaon November 28, 2019SHANGHAI: Social media app TikTok apologized to a user on Thursday for removing a video that criticized China’s treatment of Muslims, blaming a “human moderation error” and saying the images had been restored within less than an hour. The controversy over the video, viewed 1.6 million times, comes as TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, faces an […]
Iraqi forces kill 16 protesters after Iranian consulate torchedon November 28, 2019BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces shot dead 16 protesters in the southern city of Nassiriya on Thursday, medical sources said, and authorities imposed a curfew in Najaf after demonstrators burned its Iranian consulate. Authorities set up joint military-civilian “crisis cells” to try to stem unrest and a paramilitary commander vowed to use force to stop an […]
TikTok apologizes for temporary removal of video on Muslims in Chinaon November 28, 2019SHANGHAI: Social media app TikTok apologized to a user on Thursday for removing a video that criticized China’s treatment of Muslims, blaming a “human moderation error” and saying the images had been restored within less than an hour. The controversy over the video, viewed 1.6 million times, comes as TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, faces an […]
Vietnam jails another Facebook user as dissent crackdown intensifieson November 26, 2019HANOI: A court in Vietnam sentenced a Facebook user to six years in prison on Tuesday for a series of posts he made on the social media platform that the Southeast Asian country’s government said were “anti-state”. Despite sweeping economic reform and increasing openness to social change, Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party retains tight media censorship […]
China’s Saudi crude imports rise 76% in October on increasing demandon November 25, 2019BEIJING: China’s crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia rose 76.3% in October, boosted by demand from new refiners, with the kingdom retaining its position as the top supplier to the world’s biggest oil importer. Saudi shipments grew to 8.41 million tons, or 1.98 million barrels per day (bpd), compared with 1.74 million bpd in September […]