NEW YORK: US dockworkers and port operators reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a crippling three-day strike that has shut down shipping on the US East Coast and Gulf Coast, the two sides said Thursday (Oct 3). The tentative agreement is for a wage hike of around 62 […]
Daily News
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden said he did not believe there is going to be an “all-out war” in the Middle East, as Israel weighs options for retaliation after Tehran’s largest-ever assault on its arch-enemy. However, Biden said more needed to be done to avoid a Middle East war, […]
Brazil have called up Paris St Germain’s Lucas Beraldo to replace injured defender Gleison Bremer in this month’s World Cup qualifiers against Chile and Peru, the Brazilian FA (CBF) said on Thursday. Juventus centre-back Bremer is set for surgery after suffering an interior cruciate ligament injury during Wednesday’s 3-2 win […]
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 […]
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 […]