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BANGKOK : Thailand's plan to kick-start its economy via a $14.3-billion 'digital wallet' handout programme will proceed by May, Prime...

Hamas would no longer control Gaza after the war and the enclave would be run by Palestinian bodies, says Israel's...

LAS VEGAS: A Nevada man convicted of attempted assault vaulted over a judge's bench in a Las Vegas courtroom and...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden also exchanged congratulations on the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between...

KYIV: Five people were killed in attacks on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and the eastern city of Donetsk, local authorities...

Former Australian Open runner-up Petra Kvitova said on Monday she is expecting her first child with husband and longtime coach...

PERTH: World number one Novak Djokovic is hoping his latest trip to Australia is not the last, but admits that...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had forced her...

HANOI :Vietnam's economic growth slowed to 5.05 per cent this year from an expansion of 8.02 per cent last year,...

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (Dec 27) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from...

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday (Dec 27) and Palestinian authorities reported dozens...

LONDON: Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma is a doubt for next month’s Asian Cup after being ruled out of action for up...

LONDON: Manchester City came from behind to beat Everton 3-1 on their return from the Club World Cup yesterday and...

OpenAI is in early talks to raise a fresh round of funding at a valuation at or above $100 billion,...

LONDON: Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez will miss tomorrow's clash at Wolverhampton Wanderers after suffering a hernia, the Premier League club's...

Apple has opened negotiations in recent weeks with major news and publishing organizations, seeking permission to use their material in...

NEW YORK: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, filed for bankruptcy yesterday, just days after being ordered to pay...

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court today rejected a bid by the legal team for pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai to...

England suffered a second successive white-ball series defeat to West Indies on Thursday after losing the fifth Twenty20 by four...

WASHINGTON: The top US military officer held a virtual meeting with his Chinese counterpart yesterday, the Pentagon said, in the...