20-07-2022 DAMASCUS: Syrians living in Turkey have expressed fear and concern about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s proposal to repatriate about one million of them to the northern region of Idlib, as the Turkish government continues to insist that it will carry out a military operation in northern Syria. In May, …

20-07-2022 ROME: Giuseppe Paterno, who is 98, has become Italy’s oldest graduate — again. Paterno has added a master’s in history and philosophy from the University of Palermo to an initial degree in the same subjects he earned their two years ago. He passed the latest degree with top marks, …

20-07-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: After Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced he was planning to donate most of his wealth and leave the list of richest people in the world, Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has now been placed on the fourth rank on the Forbe’s list of richest …

20-07-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster shots urgently amid a major outbreak. Australia is in the grip of a …

20-07-2022 LISBON: Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heat wave, with the health chief warning on Tuesday that the country must gear up to cope with the effects of climate change as temperatures continue to rise. “Portugal is among one of the areas of the …

20-07-2022 COLOMBO: Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government would help pull the country out of a crippling economic and political crisis. The mood of protesters was muted, with only around 100 people on the steps …

19-07-2022 Bureau Report KERALA: A female student was allegedly forced to take off her undergarments before she was allowed to sit for the medical exam. The incident took place in Kerala, India, when a girl was asked to take off her bra because the metal hooks beeped while she was …

19-07-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: The Taliban have asked female employees in the country to send a male relative to offices to do the work on their behalf. The announcement came a year after female employees working in the public sector were banned from government jobs …

19-07-2022 PARIS: The governments of France and the United Arab Emirates signed on Monday a strategic agreement to cooperate in the energy sector, the French government said. The partnership aimed to identify joint investment projects in France, the UAE or elsewhere in the sectors of hydrogen, renewable and nuclear energy, …

19-07-2022 Oil prices fell on Tuesday, taking a breather after surging more than $5 a barrel in the previous session as a plunging dollar supported buying interest and on expectations the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike may be less than thought. Brent crude futures for September settlement fell 69 …