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OTTAWA: Canada’s parliament yesterday backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end pandemic-related protests that...

BEIJING: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi today told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken the United States should not include...

UNICH: The United States and its allies will impose “significant and unprecedented” economic measures against Russia if it attacks Ukraine,...

FRANKFURT: Germany's Lufthansa group is suspending flights to and from the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Odessa, a spokesperson said...

NEW DELHI: Opener Rohit Sharma was named India's test captain on Saturday, succeeding Virat Kohli as the team's leader in...

LONDON: Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for 10 years for doping and refusing to cooperate with the investigation,...

PARIS: Renault is looking at creating separate divisions for electric and combustion engine cars, an idea other automakers have resisted...

LONDON : Volta Trucks said on Friday that it had raised 230 million euros ($260 million) in Series C funding...

Italian and Greek boats rushed to evacuate 290 people on board a ferry that burst into flames near Corfu in...

Brad Pitt is suing his ex-wife Angelina Jolie for selling her stake in the French vineyard they bought together. The...

LONDON: Manchester United captain Harry Maguire has denied reports of a power struggle with Cristiano Ronaldo as the club battle...

DETROIT: Nissan Motor Co said on Thursday (Feb 16) it will invest US$500 million to retool its US assembly plant...

NEW YORK : A team of quantum computing engineers from JPMorgan Chase & Co, Toshiba Corp and Ciena Corp say...

WASHINGTON: Russia has expelled the US deputy chief of mission to Russia, Bart Gorman, a State Department spokesperson said today,...

BRUSSELS: The United States has seen Russia stocking up on blood supplies, inching troops closer to Ukraine’s borders and flying...

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader said today that it will further develop peaceful nuclear capacities to preserve the country’s independence, amid...

BEIJING: Ukrainian cross-country skier Valentyna Kaminska has failed a doping test at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Games’ testing authority...

NEW YORK: US stocks were set to open lower today after stronger-than-expected retail sales data gave the Federal Reserve more...

KUALA LUMPUR: Public Bank Bhd’s PBe QR service can now be used to make instant payments via DuitNow QR Cross...

LONDON: Britain's annual inflation rate rose in January to 5.5 per cent, the highest level for almost 30 years, official...