WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to visit the White House and the US Capitol today, though security concerns could force a change in plans, two sources familiar with the planning said yesterday. Punchbowl News first reported the possible trip, which would be Zelensky’s first known visit outside Ukraine […]
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BEIJING: Funeral homes across China’s Covid-hit capital Beijing, a city of 22 million, scrambled today to keep up with calls for funeral and cremation services as workers and drivers testing positive for the novel coronavirus called in sick. After declaring that the Omicron strain has weakened, and unprecedented public protests […]
NEW YORK: Elon Musk said today he will reinstate the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended in a controversy over publishing public data about the billionaire’ s plane. “The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now,” he tweeted.
CHICAGO: China’s abrupt lifting of stringent Covid-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the US-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). According to the group’s projections, cases in China would peak around April 1, when […]
TEHRAN: Iran said today that officials from the UN nuclear watchdog would visit the country in the coming days with the aim of resolving “ambiguities” over claims of secret activities. The UN’s Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, has for months been calling on Iran to explain the presence […]
LONDON: Thousands of homes on the Shetland Islands off Scotland’s northeast coast were without power in freezing temperatures today after “significant” snowfall, the electricity provider said. The Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) said engineers were working to restore supplies to about 2,800 homes but that full restoration was only […]
JAKARTA : Indonesia’s parliament is expected to pass a bill this week that will allow former politicians to head Bank Indonesia (BI), the central bank, and expand its mandate to include supporting economic growth, moves that critics say could weaken its independence. The parliamentary commission overseeing the legislation, called the […]
HONG KONG : China is working on a more than 1 trillion yuan ($143 billion) support package for its semiconductor industry, three sources said, in a major step towards self sufficiency in chips and to counter U.S. moves aimed at slowing its technological advances. Beijing plans to roll out one […]
James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water will release in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam on December 16, 2022. American filmmaker James Cameron will not be attending the premiere of his highly anticipated film Avatar: The Way of Water in Los Angeles as he has tested positive for […]
DUBAI : Saudi Arabia and China have signed memorandums of understanding on hydrogen energy and the encouragement of direct investment between the two states, state news agency (SPA) said on Thursday, during a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Riyadh. Xi and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]