BANGKOK : Thailand expects 3.4-3.5 million visitors from China this year, below its target, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Friday, despite rolling out a visa-free programme to attract Chinese tourists. About 3.01 million Chinese tourists have visited the country so far this year, it said. China has […]
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NEW YORK: New York Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a female coworker 30 years ago, as the state sees a flurry of lawsuits filed ahead of a statute of limitations deadline. The complaint against Adams, filed Wednesday, alleges “sexual assault, battery and employment discrimination […]
FORT DODGE, Iowa: Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, said on Saturday (Nov 18) that he would kill off a Pacific trade pact being advanced by US President Joe Biden if he were to win the 2024 election and return to the White House. Speaking to supporters […]
KOLKATA : Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman has no regrets about missing out on a World Cup hundred, for he knows how important it was to try and boost their net run-rate in Tuesday’s comprehensive win against Bangladesh. Pakistan began their campaign with back-to-back wins but went into the match at […]
WASHINGTON: Major US airlines and aviation companies joined ethanol companies to send a letter to the Biden administration on Wednesday (Nov 1) backing a regulatory change that would make it easier for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from corn-based ethanol to qualify for federal subsidies. The Inflation Reduction Act, President […]
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia today roundly condemned a deadly Israeli bombing of Gaza’s largest refugee camp that killed dozens of people — including, Israel says, a Hamas commander. Israel said it had targeted a Hamas tunnel complex under the densely populated Jabalia camp yesterday, killing local battalion commander Ibrahim Biari, who […]
BENGALURU: Shares of Wipro dropped to a three-month low and weighed on other Indian IT companies on Thursday after the country’s fourth-largest IT services provider forecast the slide in IT services revenue would get worse this quarter. Shares of Wipro, which also posted an unexpected drop in revenue in the […]
The streaming platform also gave fans a glimpse of other characters from the Fire Nation, including Uncle Iroh and Princess Azula Back in June this year, Netflix delighted fans after giving them a first look at the main characters from the upcoming live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series. Four months […]
GENEVA: Gaza, reeling under Israel’s massive response to Hamas’ October 7 bloody border incursion, needs huge amounts of humanitarian aid, around 100 trucks per day, UN sources said Wednesday. “We need to start with a serious number of trucks going in and we need to build up to 100 trucks […]
JAKARTA : Indonesia will seek China’s help for renewable energy and infrastructure projects when President Joko Widodo attends the upcoming Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, a cabinet minister said. Any partnership with China would be parallel with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) – a $20 billion deal Indonesia […]