NEW YORK: Arab countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined calls Tuesday for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza, in a bid to end the devastating war in the Palestinian territory. Seventeen countries plus the European Union and Arab League threw their weight behind a seven-page […]
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Top seeds Alexander Zverev of Germany and American Coco Gauff advanced to the third round of the Canadian Open on Tuesday after both players were pushed hard by their opponents. World number three Zverev, playing in his first match since his first-round loss at Wimbledon, was far from his best […]
MELBOURNE: British & Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has made three changes to the starting team that beat Australia in the first test and brought his son Owen in on the bench as the tourists look to sew up the series in Melbourne on Saturday. Irish lock Joe McCarthy injured […]
HONG KONG: Asian markets extended the week’s gains Thursday (Jul 24) on optimism other countries will follow up Japan’s US trade deal with ones of their own, with speculation building that the European Union is on course. Investors have been on a roll in recent weeks on bets that governments […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said yesterday the United States would supply weapons to Ukraine via Nato and that he would make a “major statement” on Russia on Monday. In recent days, Trump has expressed frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the lack of progress towards ending the war […]
NEW YORK: Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of US pro-Palestinian campus protests, sued the Trump administration yesterday for US$20 million (RM85 million) over his arrest and detention by immigration agents. Khalil, a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and […]
Apple is in talks to acquire the U.S. rights to screen Formula 1 when the broadcast contract becomes available next year, Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON: The United States Supreme Court on Tuesday (Jul 8) cleared the way for Donald Trump’s administration to pursue mass government job cuts and the sweeping downsizing of numerous agencies, a decision that could lead to tens of thousands of layoffs while dramatically reshaping the federal bureaucracy. Tuesday’s ruling stemmed […]
WASHINGTON: When Donald Trump said on Thursday he’d give himself two weeks to decide on bombing Iran, critics wrote it off as the US president using a familiar timeframe to put off difficult decisions. The next evening he left the White House for a fundraising dinner at his New Jersey […]
TOKYO: Japan’s industry ministry will sign an agreement with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy on Tuesday to establish a framework for public-private cooperation aimed at building local supply chains for offshore wind power, a ministry official said. With no wind turbine manufacturers in Japan, the goal is to promote collaborations with […]