KABUL: At least two people were killed and a dozen more wounded in an explosion targeting the convoy of Afghanistan’s vice president Amrullah Saleh in central Kabul early today, officials said. Saleh, who is the senior of Afghanistan’s two vice presidents, was not harmed. “This terrorist attack has failed and […]
SYDNEY: A 46-year-old Australian surfer died after being attacked by a shark on a popular Gold Coast beach, the first fatal shark attack on the beach in 62 years and despite protective “shark nets” and drumlines offshore. The man was attacked at Greenmount Beach late yesterday while surfing what is […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will announce further troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in the next few days, a senior administration official said yesterday. The official told reporters traveling with the president to expect an announcement today on Iraq, and on Afghanistan in the coming days. During a meeting […]
NEW YORK: The US Justice Department asked yesterday to defend Donald Trump against a lawsuit by a prominent American columnist who says the president raped her, a move that will likely delay the case. E. Jean Carroll, 76, alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in the changing room at the […]
TOKYO: Yoshihide Suga is on course for a landslide victory in the race to become Japan’s next prime minister, an Asahi newspaper tally showed, as debate kicks off later today among the three candidates vying to succeed long-time leader Shinzo Abe. Suga, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, has support to become […]
HANOI: US-China rivalry is set to dominate discussions as the foreign ministers of 10 South-east Asian countries begin an online summit today, with Washington’s top diplomat ready to take aim at Beijing’s “bullying” in the South China Sea. The summit comes just days after China launched ballistic missiles in the […]
Samsung Electronics’ display unit and LG Display Co Ltd are expected to stop supplying panels for premium smartphones to Huawei Technologies due to U.S. restrictions, South Korean online media Chosun Biz reported on Wednesday. SEOUL: Samsung Electronics’ display unit and LG Display Co Ltd are expected to stop supplying panels […]
Reliance Industries Ltd’s telecom unit is looking to outsource the manufacturing of over 100 million low-cost smartphones that will be built on Google’s Android platform, India’s Business Standard newspaper reported, citing sources. BENGALURU: Reliance Industries Ltd’s telecom unit is looking to outsource the manufacturing of over 100 million low-cost smartphones […]
SHANGHAI: US companies in China are increasingly fretful that trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies will drag out over years and nearly a third said their ability to retain staff had been affected, a survey showed. Half of the firms said they believe soured ties will last at […]
NEW YORK: Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Tuesday (Sep 8) said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in a study participant. The vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, has been widely seen as one of the leading […]