SYDNEY: Australia’s defence force operations to protect its sea trade routes, including through the South China Sea, are becoming more risky as Beijing undertakes the “biggest military build-up in the world today”, Australia’s defence minister said on Tuesday (Nov 4). Open sea lanes, including trade routes that go through the […]
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Novak Djokovic has confirmed his participation at the ATP Finals in Turin, Italy’s tennis federation chief Angelo Binaghi said, easing concerns that the 24-time Grand Slam champion may pull out of the season finale. World number five Djokovic, who withdrew from the season ender last year due to injury, skipped […]
Asia may see its resilience to U.S. tariffs challenged if a rally in the dollar and a rebound in low interest rates lead to tighter financial conditions, a senior International Monetary Fund official told Reuters. If the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to cut interest rates, a subsequent dollar decline could […]
Nottingham Forest captain Morgan Gibbs-White said he could “finally breathe again” after the Premier League side ended a two-month winless run with a 2-0 Europa League victory over Porto on Thursday in Sean Dyche’s first game in charge. Gibbs-White put Forest ahead from the penalty spot in the 19th minute […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Thursday (Oct 23) that he was immediately ending all trade talks with Canada, accusing it of misquoting former president Ronald Reagan in an advertising campaign against tariffs. “Based on their egregious behaviour , ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump said on […]
Flyhalf Beauden Barrett is expected to be back in black for New Zealand’s season-ending tour of the Northern Hemisphere but Scott Robertson’s squad will be missing a number of stand-out players after a taxing Rugby Championship campaign. Barrett missed the All Blacks’ final 28-14 win over Australia in Perth on […]
Tesla on Sunday teased an October 7 event, as investors and analysts await a more affordable model to sustain sales momentum. In a nine-second video posted on social media platform X, the Elon Musk-led automaker showed a vehicle with its headlights illuminated in a dark setting. The company hinted at […]
ROME: Huge numbers turned out at pro-Palestinian rallies in Europe on Saturday, calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the release of activists on board a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the territory. The police in Rome said some 250,000 turned out for a fourth day […]
BANGKOK : Thailand’s annual headline inflation rate was negative for a sixth straight month in September, driven by lower energy prices, the commerce ministry said on Monday as it lowered its full year forecast to 0 per cent. It was also the seventh consecutive month that the inflation rate was […]
DOHA: Qatar’s prime minister urged the international community yesterday to reject “double standards” and hold Israel accountable, speaking on the eve of an emergency summit called in response to an unprecedented Israeli strike on Hamas members in Doha. The deadly attack—carried out by one US ally on the territory of […]