International

30-07-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Yang Huiyan is no longer Asia’s richest woman, as the country’s developers, including her Country Garden Holdings Co are battered by China’s property crisis. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Yang has been overtaken by India’s Savitri Jindal. The founder of the conglomerate Jindal Group, …

30-07-2022 BAGHDAD: Iraqi protesters have once again breached Iraq’s parliament in a show of support for influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, days after they stormed the legislative body and suspended a session to nominate a new prime minister. Security forces on Saturday fired tear gas canisters and hurled sound bombs …

30-07-2022 WASHINGTON: The unexplained holes were discovered and photographed on Saturday by a remotely operated submersible as part of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) second Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition in which scientists are exploring and mapping the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an immense underwater mountain range, north of the …

30-07-2022 JOHANNESBURG: A gang of gunmen forced their way into a music video shoot and raped eight young women from the cast in a small South African town this week, police said Friday. Security forces have arrested three of around 20 suspects so far over the Thursday attack on the …

30-07-2022 WASHINGTON: Elon Musk yesterday filed claims against Twitter as he fights back against the tech firm’s lawsuit demanding he be held to his $44 billion buyout deal. Musk´s counter-suit was submitted along with a legal defense against Twitter’s claim that the billionaire is contractually bound to complete the deal …

30-07-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India will ground all its Soviet-era Russian fighter jets, the MiG-21, by 2025, following the death of two officers in a crash, the latest in a series of casualties involving the single-engine jet’s failure, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Times of India quoted unnamed …

29-07-2022 PARIS: Energy was the main topic on the agenda between French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, during talks in Paris seen as a diplomatic rehabilitation of the de facto leader of the Saudi kingdom. Aides to the French president had indicated ahead of the …

28-07-2022 DAMASCUS/ TEHRAN: A series of heavy explosions reportedly took place at a military base in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah used by American troops. Russia’s state-run Sputnik news agency, citing local sources, reported on Wednesday that sounds of several loud blasts had been heard in the northern and western …

29-07-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report CANBERRA/ MELBOURNE: Fatima Payman, 27, made history this week after becoming the first hijab-wearing Senator in Australia’s parliament. Payman broke down a few minutes into her first speech in Parliament when thanking her father for his sacrifices who arrived in Australia as an …

29-07-2022 WASHINGTON/ BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against playing with fire over Taiwan in a call with US President Joe Biden on Thursday, highlighting Beijing’s concerns about a possible visit to the Chinese-claimed Island by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “Those who play with fire will perish by it,” …