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MUMBAI: India reported the world’s highest daily tally of coronavirus infections for a second day on Friday, surpassing 330,000 new cases, as it struggles with a health system overwhelmed by...

MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday it had begun returning troops and military units from annexed Crimea to their permanent bases following a huge build-up near Ukraine’s border that...

JAKARTA: Indonesia on Friday intensified the search for a military submarine that went missing off Bali with 53 people onboard, deploying dozens of ships and a submarine. The German-made KRI...

SNOWBALLING IMPACTS: Global airline industry losses projected at $47.7 billion in 2021 BUSINESS REPORTER - MUSCAT, APRIL 23 - Middle Eastern carriers will benefit from relatively rapid...

LONDON: Emergency pandemic support measures sent UK annual borrowing rocketing to the highest level since World War II, official data showed on Friday. Public sector net borrowing — the state’s...

PUURS, Belgium: The European Commission said it has sealed the world’s biggest vaccine supply deal, agreeing to buy up to 1.8 billion doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for the next few years as a...

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong named Lawrence Wong, tipped as a contender to be future premier, as the new finance minister in a broader cabinet reshuffle which comes at a time...

BENGALURU: The global economy will recover this year from its coronavirus slump at a pace not seen since the 1970s as strong momentum builds in most major economies, according to Reuters polls of over...

NEW YORK: Tesla came under renewed scrutiny on Thursday following a report its cars could be fooled into driving with no one behind the wheel, as two senators demanded a vigorous federal probe of a...

TOKYO: Cryptocurrency Ether pulled back sharply from a record high and rival Bitcoin also fell on Friday amid speculation that US President Joe Biden’s plan to raise capital gains taxes will curb...

LONDON: Climate activists protested outside the Lloyd’s of London insurance market on Friday, dumping a load of fake coal outside its headquarters as part of a campaign against insuring fossil fuel...

SAURABH SHARMA AND ROLI SRIVASTAVA - As India’s daily coronavirus cases set global records, people desperately searching for hospital beds and oxygen cylinders are finding help on social media....

KATANGA JOHNSON AND CHRIS PRENTICE - As US President Joe Biden escalates his climate change agenda, pressure is growing on the country’s regulators to catch up with Europe and incorporate various...

MARLOWE HOOD Global warming thresholds that could tip massive ice sheets into irreversible melting or see the Amazon rainforest shrivel into savannah have “grace periods”, giving humanity more...

Vanessa Seymour - I believe anger is me giving away my power. I am giving away my energy. I am giving away my time. Me being angry was not going to affect another person, they were still going...

For 58-year-old Nour el Sabah Mohammed and her crew of bakers, business is brisk during Ramadhan. The women travel by train to Cairo to sell their home-baked bread, piled high on metal trays, as well...

India on Friday logged over 332,730 new Covid-19 infections - once again the highest-ever daily infection count worldwide - as a major hospital in New Delhi reported several deaths while flagging a...

Japan announced a new virus state of emergency in Tokyo and three other regions on Friday, as the country battles surging infections just three months before the Olympic opening ceremony. The...

‪DOHA: The Sultanate has signed the document of joining the Global Dryland Alliance (GDA) headquartered in the Qatari capital, Doha.‬ ‪The GDA document was signed by Najeeb bin Yahya al...

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden pledged on Thursday to cut US greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade as he opened an online summit of 40 world leaders on climate...