BEIJING: China on Saturday sought “resolute” efforts against an “attempt to roll back" globalisation and called for an orderly multipolar world. “China calls for an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalisation,” according to a statement released at the end
KYIV: At least 30 people were killed and over 160 were injured after Russia launched its biggest missile barrage during its war on Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities on Friday morning, Ukraine said on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a statement, claimed that Russia
WASHINGTON: For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism. The State Department has said that Secretary of State Antony
NEW YORK: The word “dinosaur” was coined before the first dinosaur fossils were discovered, which proves that the prehistoric reptiles never existed. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Humans have been finding dinosaur fossils for thousands of years, although experts widely credit an English surgeon and his wife for
LONDON: Veteran Kashmiri freedom leader Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl has passed away aged 77 following a brief illness. Known as one of the true pioneers in the Kashmir movement in Britain, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl devoted his life to the cause of Kashmir freedom. The tireless
CHENNAI: The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the US Census Bureau on Friday. The worldwide growth rate in the past year
NEW YORK: The year saw progress on women’s rights in some countries, such as Spain’s introduction of menstrual leave and the arrival of the #MeToo movement in Taiwan. But there were also setbacks in 2023, from Taliban edicts tightening restrictions on Afghan women to what
DOHA: A Qatari court has decided to commute the death sentences of eight former Indian naval officers, whose specific charges remain undisclosed by both Qatar and India. The Indian foreign ministry released a statement confirming the reduction in sentences but refrained from specifying the nature of
MANILA: The number of Filipinos moving to Saudi Arabia for employment more than doubled in 2023 and was the highest among Gulf Cooperation Council countries, data from the Department of Migrant Workers showed on Friday. Out of nearly 1.8 million overseas Filipino workers in GCC states,
MEXICO CITY: Mexican and US officials have agreed to work together more closely to tackle record migration at their shared border, the countries' governments said in a joint statement, a day after high-level talks on stemming record numbers. Following a visit to Mexico by US Secretary