NEW DELHI: Oil prices edged higher on Monday, supported by expectations that major producers will supplies tight, and growing hopes that the Federal Reserve will leave interest unchanged to avoid dampening the U.S. economy. Brent crude November futures was up 3 cents at $88.58 a barrel at 0333 GMT. U.S. […]
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To avoid competing with The Eras Tour concert film, movies like The Exorcist: Believer and What Happens Later will be changing their release dates. As it turns out, Taylor Swift’s power extends beyond stadiums and arenas – she’s conquering theatres too. On Aug 31, the Grammy Award-winning singer announced that […]
BANGKOK: Thailand’s king has commuted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison sentence to one year, the royal gazette said today, a day after the billionaire submitted a request for pardon. The country’s most famous politician returned to Thailand last week in a dramatic homecoming after 15 years abroad in […]
GENEVA: people were killed in a crackdown on an anti-UN protest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). “There needs to be an investigation… and the perpetrators need to be brought to justice,” UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told reporters in Geneva. The UN is in touch with the […]
NEW YORK : Caroline Wozniacki claimed the biggest win of her comeback and a spot in the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday as the Dane’s Grand Slam adventure continued with an 7-5 7-6(5) upset of 11th seed Petra Kvitova. Twice a finalist at Flushing Meadows, Wozniacki was […]
MADRID: Spanish society must break a “pact of silence” and stop normalizing sexist behaviour and support women brave enough to speak out when it happens, acting Equality Minister Irene Montero said on Wednesday. Montero said in an interview with Reuters she hoped the furore created by Spanish Football Association (RFEF) […]
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s administration has for the first time approved direct US military aid to Taiwan under an assistance programme aimed at foreign governments, officials said on Wednesday (Aug 30), as worries grow over China. The State Department informed Congress on Tuesday of the US$80 million package, which is […]
BRASILIA: Russia has informed Brazil’s aircraft investigation authority that it will not probe the crash of the Brazilian-made Embraer jet that killed mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin under international rules “at the moment”, the Brazilian agency told Reuters on Tuesday. Prigozhin, two top lieutenants of his Wagner Group and four bodyguards […]
NEW DELHI: India issued a “strong protest” to China yesterday after a Beijing map claimed land that New Delhi says is theirs, including territory close to where the neighbours battled in 2020. “We have today lodged a strong protest through diplomatic channels with the Chinese side on the so-called 2023 […]
WASHINGTON: A federal judge is expected to set a date today for what could be one of the most momentous trials in American history: the United States of America versus Donald J. Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith has asked for the trial of the 45th US president — who faces […]