International

30-11-2025 OTTAWA: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has signed an agreement with Alberta’s premier that will roll back certain climate rules to spur investment in energy production, while encouraging construction of a new oil pipeline to the West Coast. Under the agreement, which was signed on Thursday, the federal government …

30-11-2025 BISSAU: An army general has been sworn in as Guinea-Bissau’s new head of state a day after an apparent coup. Gen Horta N’Tam becomes the transitional president for a period of one year. He took the oath on Thursday, in brief and muted proceedings at army headquarters. N’Tam, who …

30-11-2025 CARACAS: Venezuela has banned six major international airlines from landing in the country after they failed to meet a 48-hour deadline to resume flights there. The airlines had temporarily suspended their routes into the capital, Caracas, after the US warned of “heightened military activity” in the area. Angered by …

30-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: All-rounder Deepti Sharma, whose player-of-the-tournament performance helped India win the World Cup earlier this month, fetched the highest price at the Women’s Premier League (WPL) auction, while Australia captain Alyssa Healy, one of the marquee players up for grabs, went unsold. UP Warriorz used a …

30-11-2025 VICTORIA: Firefighters in Hong Kong worked for a second day to put out a large blaze at a residential complex that has killed at least 94 people in the Chinese territory’s deadliest and most destructive fire in 60 years. Officials said on Friday that flames in four buildings in …

30-11-2025 COLOMBO: Landslides and floods triggered by heavy rains have caused more than 40 deaths in Sri Lanka, where the authorities have stopped passenger trains and closed roads in some parts of the country, officials say. The government’s Disaster Management Centre on Thursday said 25 of the reported deaths occurred …

29-11-2025 JAKARTA: Floods and landslides brought about by torrential rain in Indonesia’s North Sumatra province have killed hundreds people, authorities said, with rescue efforts hampered by what an official described as a “total cutoff” of roads and communications. North Sumatra regional police spokesman Ferry Walintukan told Detik news website that …

29-11-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump has taken to social media to announce that South Africa will not be allowed to attend next year’s Group of 20 (G20) intergovernmental forum in Miami, Florida. In Wednesday’s post, Trump renewed false claims that a white “genocide” was unfolding in the African …

29-11-2025 ANKARA: Pope Leo arrived in Turkey on his first trip outside Italy as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday and was expected to make appeals for peace in the Middle East and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. The first US pope chose mainly Muslim Turkey as his …

29-11-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Apple is challenging India’s new antitrust penalty law under which the US company could potentially face a fine of up to $38 billion, a court filing at the Delhi High Court, seen by media, shows. The challenge is the first against India’s antitrust penalty law …