KYIV: The EU plans to lend Ukraine €35 billion (US$39 billion), backed by the revenues of Russian assets frozen in the bloc, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday. “We are now confident that we can deliver this loan to Ukraine very quickly, a loan that is backed […]
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MOSCOW: Russia warned the West and Ukraine on Friday (Sep 20) of “disastrous consequences” if Kyiv moved against close Russian ally Belarus, making clear it would intervene to defend a country where it has deployed tactical nuclear weapons. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters that Moscow was concerned by […]
The next Spider-Man movie might have just found its director. Marvel Studios alum Destin Daniel Cretton, who directed 2021’s Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings and the upcoming Disney+ series Wonder Man, is in talks to helm Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man 4 – according to US entertainment outlet The […]
MUMBAI : Companies’ global hiring intentions are expected to hold steady in the fourth quarter of 2024, even though the outlook for the quarter ahead was weaker than the final quarter of 2023, ManpowerGroup’s Employment Outlook Survey showed. The global hiring outlook for the fourth quarter of 2024 was slightly […]
TOKYO: Japan’s consumer inflation rate likely picked up in July for a third consecutive month, a Reuters poll of 18 economists showed, keeping the central bank on course to consider another rate hike after lifting short-term rates to 0.25 per cent last month. Other data next week is forecast to […]
CHIANG MAI: China supports a plan by Myanmar’s junta to hold fresh elections and return the conflict-torn country to a “democratic transition”, Beijing’s foreign minister said on Friday (Aug 16). The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military deposed the government of Aung San Suu Kyi and […]
MANCHESTER: Erik ten Hag will have newcomers Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui available for Friday’s season opener just days after they signed from Bayern Munich, but the manager lamented that his team is not quite ready for the new Premier League campaign. United kick off their season against Fulham […]
Switzerland’s Sonova on Tuesday introduced a hearing aid that utilises real-time artificial intelligence to improve speech clarity from background noise, the first such product in the global market. Along with the hearing aid, named Sphere Infinio, Sonova is launching a new Infinio platform. Sonova had said in May it expected […]
TOKYO: Japan’s SoftBank Group is expected to report a modest first-quarter profit on Wednesday but investors are set to hone in on whether the tech investment giant will either announce a major share buyback or flag its willingness to embark on one. The results come amid much market turmoil, particularly […]
The flagship project under China’s Belt and Road Initiative has run into a lack of sustained investment, which analysts said is holding back its progress. GWADAR, Pakistan: The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was launched to much fanfare almost a decade ago, with US$54 billion worth of infrastructure projects planned. But […]