10-08-2024 BRASILIA: A plane has crashed in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, killing all 61 people on board. The twin-engine turboprop was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo city when it came down in the town of Vinhedo, Voepass airline …

09-08-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) said on Wednesday that its volume of futures contracts doubled in the first quarter, while options grew 33%, amid a surge in derivatives trading in the country. Average daily traded volumes for equity futures doubled to 2.09 trillion rupees …

09-08-2024 LONDON: British police are preparing for another night of violence amid concerns that anti-immigration groups planned to target dozens of locations throughout the country following a week of rioting and disorder driven by misinformation over a stabbing attack against young girls. Police anticipated more than 100 events on Wednesday, …

09-08-2024 Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus departed France Wednesday, heading to Bangladesh to lead the country’s interim government after mass protests ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Muhammad Yunus has been asked to head the interim government in the wake of the political crisis that saw Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina flee the …

09-08-2024 RIYADH: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has blamed Israel for the attack that killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh last week in Iran, which has vowed to retaliate. A statement issued after an extraordinary meeting of the 57-member bloc on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia said it “holds Israel, …

09-08-2024 WOLLONGONG: A study of samples taken from inside the bodies of centuries-old coral has revealed the threat climate change now poses to the Great Barrier Reef. Researchers in Australia say temperatures in and around the vast coral reef over the past decade are the highest recorded in 400 years. …

09-08-2024 MOSCOW/ KYIV: A state of emergency has been declared in the Kursk region of Russia, as a rare cross-border attack by Ukrainian troops continued for a second day. The acting regional governor, Alexei Smirnov, said the move was necessary “to eliminate the consequences of enemy forces coming into the …

09-08-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said he is not confident there will be a peaceful transition of power if Donald Trump loses the presidential election in November. In his first interview since he dramatically dropped out of the race last month, Biden told CBS News: “If Trump loses, …

09-08-2024 TEHRAN: Iran’s acting foreign minister has said the country will respond to the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at the “right time” in the “appropriate” manner, following a day of intense diplomacy in the Middle East. His comments came during an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic …

08-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: I ndia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved relaxing new property tax rules it proposed just two weeks ago, after criticism that the changes added to the financial strain on the middle class. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as part of the annual …