African Union says use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 shot should continue
ADDIS ABABA: The African Union said today that African countries should continue to use AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, echoing the World...
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Google to invest over US$7 billion in US, create 10,000 jobs
WASHINGTON: Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday (Mar 18) it plans to invest over US$7 billion in offices and data...
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A supermassive black hole is speeding through space, and astronomers don’t know why
A supermassive black hole is racing across the universe at 110,000 mph (177,000 km/h), and the astronomers who spotted it...
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6,000 WWII-era bomb craters mapped in Poland
Thousands of craters scar the Koźle Basin, remnants of the war's devastation. Toward the end of World War II, Allied...
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Apple Inc spending from ‘green bonds’ hits US$2.8 billion
Apple Inc said on Wednesday (Mar 17) it allotted US$2.8 billion raised from "green bonds" that last year funded 17...
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China acting aggressively and repressively in Asia, says US State Secretary Blinken
TOKYO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (Mar 17) that China was acting aggressively and repressively, citing...
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Tiger Woods back home and recovering after car accident
LOS ANGELES: Golfer Tiger Woods said on Tuesday he is back home and continuing his recovery after suffering severe leg...
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The Talk: Sharon Osbourne’s show off air after row over Piers Morgan
US chat show The Talk has been taken off air for two days following a row between Sharon Osbourne and...
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Italy’s health minister expects Covid cases to start falling in late spring
ROME: Italy is seeing a steady rise in coronavirus infections but a national vaccination campaign and tougher restrictions mean numbers...
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China asks Alibaba to curtail media assets: Report
China's government has asked Alibaba to dispose of its media assets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Mar 15),...
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Taiwan tells firms in Myanmar to fly flags to distinguish from China
People from Myanmar living in Taiwan protest against the military coup in their home country at National Taiwan University in...
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This strange lava-rich alien planet is making itself a new atmosphere
The Hubble Space Telescope made the find. Scientists think they've spied an alien world that lost its atmosphere — then...
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Second Sarkozy trial to probe lavish election spending
PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial tomorrow over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election...
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Medvedev takes second spot in rankings behind Djokovic
PARIS: Daniil Medvedev moved into second place in the ATP rankings on Monday, overtaking Rafael Nadal. The 25-year-old Russian, who...
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Tokyo Olympics torch relay to start Mar 25 in Fukushima, without spectators
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease...
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Hong Kong’s tough Covid-19 rules see babies isolated, families cramped in tiny spaces
HONG KONG: Families in Asia’s financial hub of Hong Kong are suffering isolation and trauma after strict coronavirus rules have...
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Review: The Grammy Awards reflect a year of solitude and protest
Ahead of this year's Grammys, voters faced a choice between records that engaged with the outside world and ones that...
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Binance probed by CFTC over whether US residents made trades: Bloomberg News
Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance Holdings Ltd is being probed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over concerns that it...
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Real’s Zidane unsure on Ramos future
MADRID: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said on Friday that he is unsure as to where captain Sergio Ramos’s future...
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Police to enforce lockdown in India’s Nagpur as infections surge
NEW DELHI: About 3,000 police will be deployed to enforce a week-long curfew and lockdown in the central Indian city...
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