14-11-2022 NUSA DUA, INDONESIA: Leaders from the world’s top economies will gather on the Indonesian resort island of Bali next week for a G20 summit overshadowed by the war in Ukraine. Following leaders are attending the G20 summit Joe Biden The US leader will arrive in Indonesia to reassert America’s …
Read More »Top US border official resigns as migrant crossings surge
14-11-2022 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden accepted the resignation of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Christopher Magnus on Saturday, as the president seeks to get a better handle on the migration crisis at the US-Mexico border. The resignation comes a day after US media speculated that the …
Read More »‘Germany must be more careful with China’
14-11-2022 SINGAPORE CITY: “We are, of course, interested in trade with China, but not in stupid trade with China,” Germany’s Robert Habeck told DW in Singapore on Sunday. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference exploring ways to diversify German business investments in Asia, Habeck said that Russia’s invasion of …
Read More »Qatar to use tech solutions to manage World Cup crowds
14-11-2022 DOHA: There’s a room in Qatar’s capital Doha with hundreds of screens that show the crowd attending the World Cup 2022 matches. With more than 1.2 million fans expected in the country for the World Cup, Qatar has set up a tech hub that uses artificial intelligence to keep …
Read More »‘Competition not conflict’ with China: Biden
14-11-2022 PHNOM PENH, COMBODIA: US President Joe Biden has told Asian leaders that the US’s lines of communication with China would stay open to prevent conflict, as the first of three summits of world leaders this week came to a close. Addressing the East Asia Summit in Cambodia on Sunday, …
Read More »Dozens killed & injured in explosion in central Istanbul
13-11-2022 ISTANBUL: An explosion on Istanbul’s popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue has injured 11 people, Turkish media has reported. Footage showed ambulances, fire trucks and police at the scene in the Taksim area of the city on Sunday. The cause of the explosion was not clear. “There are strong suspicions that …
Read More »England beat Pakistan to win pulsating final in Melbourne
13-11-2022 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report MELBOURNE: England beat Pakistan by five wickets in a pulsating final in Melbourne to win the Men’s T20 World Cup and become double world champions. Chasing 138 in front of a raucous Pakistan-supporting crowd, they fell to 45-3 and 84-4 amid electric fast …
Read More »Two aircraft collide at WWII airshow in Texas
13-11-2022 DALLAS: Two vintage military planes collided in midair on Saturday at a World War Two commemorative airshow in Dallas, federal officials said, crashing to the ground before exploding into flames. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured or killed. The incident early on Saturday afternoon involved …
Read More »Elon Musk braces for $56b battle with heavy metal drummer
13-11-2022 NEW YORK: Elon Musk has taken on Detroit’s automakers, short-sellers and securities regulators. Next week, the Tesla chief executive is set to square off in court against an unlikely foe, a thrash metal drummer who hopes to strip Musk of his $56 billion pay. The trial will pit the …
Read More »‘India can buy as much Russian oil as it wants’
13-11-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON/ MOSCOW: The United States is happy for India to continue buying as much Russian oil as it wants, including at prices above a G7-imposed price cap mechanism, if it steers clear of Western insurance, finance and maritime services bound by the cap, …
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