International

27-04-2024 BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has cautioned his US counterpart Antony Blinken against stepping on China’s “red lines”, as the two country’s top diplomats met in Beijing on Friday. Wang opened the meeting acknowledging the China-US relationship is beginning to stabilize, but it is still being tested by …

27-04-2024 PARIS: Global wine consumption fell to its lowest level since 1996 last year as inflation sent prices to record highs, deterring consumers already facing lower spending power, the International Organization for Vine and Wine (OIV) said on Thursday. The Paris-based OIV estimated world wine consumption in 2023 at 221 …

27-04-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY/ CAIRO: Israel stepped up airstrikes on Rafah overnight after saying it would evacuate civilians from the southern Gazan city and launch an all-out assault despite allies’ warnings this could cause mass casualties. Medics in the besieged Palestinian enclave reported five Israeli airstrikes on Rafah early on …

27-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The world’s biggest election heated up after India’s Prime Minister made remarks about the country’s Muslim minority that drew fire from political opponents, only days before millions went to the polls. India has 968 million voters, more than the populations of the United …

27-04-2024 WASHINGTON: Conservative US Supreme Court justices have signaled sympathy to the argument that presidents have some immunity against criminal charges for certain actions taken in office as it heard arguments over Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss. Some of the …

27-04-2024 NAIROBI: Kenya’s military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed hundreds of people across East Africa over the past month. At least 45 people have died in the floods in Kenya since March, including dozens since Monday, the Kenya Red Cross said. Large …

26-04-2024 NEW YORK: Police have arrested hundreds more protesters in locations across the US, as protests against the war in Gaza intensify across university campuses. Some 108 arrests were made at Emerson College, Boston police told media. Earlier, 93 people at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles …

26-04-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: India is inspecting facilities of spice makers MDH and Everest for compliance with quality standards after Hong Kong halted sales of some of their products for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide. Hong Kong this month suspended sales of three MDH spice …

26-04-2024 NEW YORK: A grand jury has charged 18 people with allegedly taking part in an Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-US President Donald Trump in 2020, the state’s attorney general said on Wednesday. The court papers list a “former US president,” Trump, as an unindicted co-conspirator. The indictment …

26-04-2024 MADRID: The wind, which picked up and made it impossible for small boats to attempt more Channel crossings, now looks to be easing. Already, around Calais, there are indications that, despite yesterday’s deaths, smugglers are starting to shepherd migrants towards the dunes along the coast to prepare for more …