Messi makes PSG statement as Sheriff shock Madrid
PARIS: Lionel Messi opened his Paris Saint-Germain account as the French side beat Manchester City while new boys Sheriff Tiraspol shocked Real Madrid in the...
Manny Pacquiao retires from boxing to chase Philippine presidential bid
MANILA: Boxing star Manny Pacquiao, who is planning to run for president in the 2022 Philippine elections, said on Wednesday he was retiring from boxing...
Samsung Electronics close to finalising US$17 billion Texas chip plant
[caption id="attachment_13554" align="alignright" width="539"] A man walks at the Samsung Electronics' headquarters in Seoul January 7, 2015. [/caption] SEOUL: Samsung Electronics is close to finalising...
China copper smelters raise Q4 treatment charge floor ahead of miner talks
SHANGHAI: China's top copper smelters on Wednesday set floor treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) for the fourth quarter at US$70 per tonne and 7 cents...
NASA’s Lucy mission to probe Jupiter’s mysterious Trojan asteroids
WASHINGTON: NASA is poised to send its first spacecraft to study Jupiter's Trojan asteroids to glean new insights into the solar system's formation 4.5 billion...
United Airlines to dismiss 593 workers who refused COVID-19 vaccines
NEW YORK: United Airlines will dismiss nearly 600 employees who refused to comply with a requirement to be vaccinated for COVID-19, company officials said on...
Australia’s federal govt to cut Covid-19 income support
SYDNEY: Australia’s federal government will wind down emergency funding for people who lost work during Covid-19 shutdowns as vaccination rates increase across the country, putting...
German election results herald messier politics and weaker leadership after Merkel
The outcome appeared to put Europe's biggest economy on course for lengthy haggling to form a new government, while Merkel stays on in a caretaker...
US plans projects in Latin America countering China’s Belt and Road
A delegation of diplomatic officials is tasked with turning Build Back Better World (B3W), the international infrastructure investment initiative announced by the Group of Seven...
Germany votes: Berlin to get first female mayor
The SPD's Franziska Giffey won 21.4% of the vote, beating the Greens' Bettina Jarasch, who got 18.9%. Besides the national election, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania...