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Saudi, Israeli officials spar at regional meet
An influential Saudi prince launched a bitter attack on Israel at a regional conference Sunday, drawing retorts from the Jewish state’s foreign minister who addressed the gathering virtually.
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM
US opens up on diplomats’ mysterious illness in Cuba
“Directed” radio frequency is the most plausible explanation for mysterious symptoms experienced by diplomats stationed in US embassies in Cuba
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Mass evacuation in Frankfurt as WWII bomb is defused
Nearly 13,000 residents were evacuated in Frankfurt yesterday as experts defused an unexploded World War II bomb, local emergency services
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Japan retrieves asteroid samples in hunt for origins of planets
Japan has retrieved a capsule of asteroid dust from Australia’s remote outback after a six-year mission that may help uncover more about the origins of the planets and water, the Asian nation’s space agency said yesterday.
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Indonesia minister arrested over pandemic aid graft
Indonesia’s social affairs minister was arrested yesterday for allegedly taking $1.2 million in bribes linked to food aid for those hit by the
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Congress backs farmers’ nationwide strike call
The Indian Congress Party yesterday expressed its whole-hearted support to the ‘Bharat Bandh’ (nationwide strike) called tomorrow by farmer unions over new agriculture laws after latest round of talks between the government and farmers failed to ease tensions.
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM
‘We will still win it’
President Donald Trump made clear Saturday he had no intention of relinquishing his baseless claims that last month’s election was stolen from him, telling a raucous crowd at his first post-poll rally he would somehow still win.
6 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Thousands of anti-Lukashenko protesters march in Belarus, hundreds detained
Thousands of demonstrators have marched in the Belarus capital Minsk and elsewhere demanding the resignation of veteran President Alexander Lukashenko, and prompting police to detain more than 300 people.
6 December 2020, 16:15 PM
Explainer: The potential impact of Brexit without a trade deal
Britain and the European Union sought on Sunday to strike an elusive trade deal, with failure likely to end with trade in chaos, markets tumbling and a huge economic price to pay.
6 December 2020, 15:15 PM
Kuwaiti opposition make gains in first parliamentary vote under new emir
Opposition candidates have made gains in a parliamentary vote in Kuwait in which two thirds of MPs lost their seats and no women were elected, a result which analysts say could hamper government reform efforts to address a severe liquidity crunch.
6 December 2020, 14:35 PM
Coal mine accident in China’s Chongqing kills 23
Twenty-three people died after being trapped in a mine in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua news agency has said, the region’s second such accident in just over two months.
6 December 2020, 14:23 PM
Britain and EU resume trade talks in ‘final throw of the dice’
British negotiators have arrived in Brussels for a last-ditch attempt to strike a Brexit trade deal with the European Union and avert a chaotic parting of ways at the end of the year.
6 December 2020, 14:00 PM
China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines
Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country’s 1.4 billion people.
6 December 2020, 12:34 PM
‘UAE target of cyber attacks after Israel deal’
The United Arab Emirates was the target of cyber attacks after establishing formal ties with Israel, the Gulf Arab state’s cyber security head said today.
6 December 2020, 12:06 PM
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island
Residents of a coastal township on Australia’s World Heritage-listed Fraser Island were told to evacuate on Sunday as a bushfire approached.
6 December 2020, 08:00 AM
Britain's Queen Elizabeth to get Covid-19 vaccine 'in weeks': reports
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks, after UK regulators granted emergency approval and the world's first roll-out begins next week, reports late Saturday said.
6 December 2020, 05:00 AM
Ivory Coast lifts suspension of Hershey cocoa sustainability schemes
Ivory Coast will lift a suspension imposed this week on cocoa sustainability schemes run by Hershey after the US-based chocolate maker committed to paying a premium aimed at combating poverty among farmers.
5 December 2020, 18:45 PM
Violence erupts during Paris protest against Marcron’s security law
Scores of hooded anarchists have launched projectiles at riot police, smashed up shop fronts, torched cars and burned barricades during a demonstration in the French capital Paris against police violence and a draft security law.
5 December 2020, 18:34 PM
Trump orders troops pullout from Somalia
President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of most US military and security personnel from Somalia, where they have been conducting operations against the al-Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon said Friday.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Argentina imposes ‘millionaire’s tax’
Argentina’s Senate passed a tax on about 12,000 of the country’s richest people on Friday, to pay for coronavirus measures including medical supplies and relief for the poor and small businesses.
5 December 2020, 18:00 PM