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NEW YORK: Global oil refiners reeling from months of lacklustre demand and an abundance of inventories are cutting fuel production...

ROME: Novak Djokovic was made to work hard by Casper Ruud in blustery conditions before the world number one got...

PARIS: Tadej Pogacar became the first Slovenian to win the Tour de France after he retained the yellow jersey in...

WASHINGTON: A US judge early today blocked the Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to remove...

A small but growing coterie of Chinese companies are betting on a bright future for plant-based meat products as consumers...

WASHINGTON: An official in the US state of South Dakota reported hitting a deer with his car, when in fact...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has signed off on a two-year extension of a deal with China on the appointment of...

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un inspects a flood-hit site in Taechong-ri, Unpha County, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea in this...

China's finance ministry said on Tuesday it will extend existing tariff exemptions for 16 products from the United States including...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates yesterday granted emergency approval for use of a coronavirus vaccine, six weeks after human trials...

Oil prices inched lower on Tuesday as a bleaker outlook for global fuel demand prompted fresh selling, but short-covering ahead...

SYDNEY: Australia's Victoria state, at the centre of the country's latest coronavirus outbreak, reported on Tuesday no deaths from Covid-19...

WILMINGTON: Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump a “climate arsonist” yesterday for failing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said yesterday he would like convicted rapists to be publicly executed or chemically castrated,...

MILAN: A group of scientists sent a formal letter to the Lancet yesterday outlining doubts about the accuracy of early...

LONDON: Taxi app Uber will battle in court on Tuesday (Sep 15) to win back its licence to operate in...

WASHINGTON: The US announced on Monday (Sep 14) it would block a range of Chinese products made by "forced labour"...

TOKYO: Yoshihide Suga, the man expected to become Japan’s next prime minister, is a farmer’s son with a reputation for...

SINGAPORE: Beaten-down equities in Southeast Asia have become irresistibly cheap, according to analysts at HSBC who recommend investing in Indonesia...

HONG KONG: Concerns were growing today for the fate of a group of Hong Kongers in mainland custody after a...