The US wants to shift away from the Middle East to focus on China but that move will not be so easy to achieve, say observers. WASHINGTON: Earlier this month, Iran announced that it is negotiating a 25-year agreement with China encompassing trade, energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, and even military cooperation. […]
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The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s new Crew Dragon are due to return on Sunday (Aug 2) after a two-month voyage that marked NASA’s first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. WASHINGTON: The two NASA astronauts who rode to the International […]
ABU DHABI: The oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Saturday (Aug 1) announced the startup of its Barakah nuclear power plant, a first for the Arab world. “UAE first nuclear reactor at the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has achieved first criticality and successfully started up,” tweeted Hamad Alkaabi, the country’s representative […]
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ Barakah nuclear power plant, a first for the Arab world, successfully started up Saturday (Aug 1) in a region grappling with conflicts. Here are some facts about the plant that consists of four nuclear reactors, designed to supplement the energy needs of a country which […]
DUBAI: Kuwait has banned until further notice commercial flights to 31 countries it said that it regarded as high risk due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Saturday (Aug 1). The countries include India, Pakistan, Egypt, the Philippines, Lebanon and Sri Lanka, […]
NEW YORK: President Donald Trump said on Friday (Jul 31) he would sign an executive order as soon as Saturday to ban fast-growing social media app TikTok in the United States, as American authorities have raised concerns the service could be a tool for Chinese intelligence. US officials and lawmakers […]
FLORIDA: Hurricane Isaias strengthened slightly as it lashed the Bahamas on Saturday (Aug 1), bearing down on Florida and was expected to approach the southeast of the state later in the day before traveling up the eastern US seaboard. Isaias was carrying top sustained winds of 140kph and was located […]
MOSCOW: Russia’s health minister is preparing a mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus for October, local news agencies reported on Saturday (Aug 1), after a vaccine completed clinical trials. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said the Gamaleya Institute, a state research facility in Moscow, had completed clinical trials of the […]
WASHINGTON: America’s top infectious diseases official has raised concerns over the safety of COVID-19 vaccines being developed by China and Russia as the world scrambles for answers to a pandemic the WHO warned will be felt for decades. Six months after the World Health Organization declared a global emergency, the […]
A 17-year-old Florida boy masterminded the hacking of celebrity accounts on Twitter Inc, including those of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, officials said on Friday. REUTERS: A 17-year-old Florida boy masterminded the hacking of celebrity accounts on Twitter Inc, including those of Democratic presidential […]