International

02-06-2024 WASHINTON: US President Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that “it’s time for this war to end”. The three-part proposal would begin with a six-week ceasefire in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would withdraw from populated …

02-06-2024 PRETORIA: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is under growing pressure after leading the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to its worst election result in 30 years, forcing it to share power. With votes in from most districts, the ANC is on 40% – down from 58% at the previous …

01-06-2024 LONDON: More than $18 billion worth of cryptocurrency has moved into a new type of platform which offers investors rewards in exchange for locking up their tokens, in a complex scheme that analysts warn poses a risk for users and the crypto market. The soaring popularity of so-called “re-staking” …

01-06-2024 RIYADH/ DUBAI: Saudi Arabia and its bankers will on Sunday morning start taking orders for as much as $13.1 billion worth of shares in its energy giant Aramco (2222.SE), opens new tab, in a major test of international investor interest in its market. In a long-anticipated announcement on Thursday, …

01-06-2024 NEW YORK: Supporters of former President Donald Trump, enraged by his conviction on 34 felony counts by a New York jury, flooded pro-Trump websites with calls for riots, revolution and violent retribution. After Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime, his supporters responded with …

01-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUNGESHPUR: Several people have died due to heat-related ailments over the past 24 hours as temperatures continue to soar in northern and central India. Ten fatalities were recorded at the government hospital in Odisha’s Rourkela region on Thursday, authorities told media. Heat-stroke related …

01-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israeli forces have pulled out of Jabalia in northern Gaza, after a three-week offensive there which saw tens of thousands of civilians flee the area. The military said “hundreds of terrorists (had been) eliminated” and 10km (6 miles) of tunnels destroyed during the operation. Pictures from …

01-06-2024 PRETORIA: South African political parties geared up for coalition talks on Friday as the governing African National Congress (ANC) looked set to fall well short of a majority in this week’s election for the first time in 30 years of democracy. With results in from 57.3 per cent of …

01-06-2024 WASHINGTON: The James Webb Space Telescope has smashed its own record for detecting the most distant known galaxy. Called JADES-GS-z14-0, the collection of stars was spied as it was a mere 290 million years after the Big Bang. Put another way if the Universe is 13.8 billion years old, …

31-05-2024 NEW YORK: Former President Donald Trump has been found guilty on all 34 counts in his New York criminal hush money trial, making him the first former US president to be convicted in the country’s history. The jury held deliberations for two days. The Jury has set July 11 …