Oil prices rose more than 1.5 per cent to their highest in more than six weeks on Thursday (Jul 23), with the United States launching a new round of strikes on Iran and Yemen’s Houthis targeting oil tankers in the Red Sea. Brent crude futures rose US$1.93, or 2 per […]
Day: July 22, 2026
The vote was largely along party lines, as all but seven Republicans voted in favour of the measure and all but six Democrats voted against. WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a massive defence policy Bill on Wednesday (Jul 22), despite Democrats’ concerns about its […]
NEW DELHI: Indian opposition lawmakers disrupted parliament on Wednesday (Jul 22) in support of student protesters, echoing their calls for the education minister to resign over exam leaks and ratcheting up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi after days of unrest. The protests, which started last month over the leak […]