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
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
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,
ADRE, Chad: Sitting outside her makeshift shelter in eastern Chad, Sudanese refugee Mariam Adam Yaya warmed up tea on some firewood in a bid to quell the pangs of hunger. The 34-year-old from the Masalit ethnic group crossed the border on foot after a four-day trek
SEOUL: North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the US, state media said on Thursday. Speaking on the policy directions for the new
AHMEDABAD: India has launched an investigation into how 303 Indians ended up on a chartered flight that was grounded in France last week because of suspected human trafficking, authorities in the western Indian state of Gujarat said on Thursday. Tipped off by an anonymous informant, French