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The world must help

Turkey will take years to recover from the earthquake ANKARA: A historic challenge faces Turkey in the wake of a massive earthquake that has caused an...

Need to undergo decarbonisation

Regions in US, China most at risk for climate damage PARIS: Major industrial and economic centres in China and the United States are among the most...

A facelift for Saudi Arabia

Cultural and artistic events held across the Kingdom JEDDAH: For the first time in its history, Saudi Arabia celebrated on February 22, 2022, the Founding Day,...

No time for error

Sunak has to stand firm against N Ireland’s backwoodsmen, cheerleaders in his own party LONDON: Rishi Sunak knows what he must do in Northern Ireland. He...

Major demographic challenge

Gaza population expected to surpass 3 million by 2030 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip: The coastal enclave is expected to experience a major demographic challenge in 2030...

Sino-Russia ties resilient

Deepening relations of the two nations not aimed against any third country BEIJING: The great changes the world has been undergoing and the complicated relations between...

Deadly floods, landslides hit Brazil

Sao Paulo: The number of people killed by flooding and landslides in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo last week has risen to 44 on February...

Nepal welcomes Chinese funds

Envoy praises long-standing relations with close neighbour and trusted friend BEIJING: Nepal welcomes and looks forward to Chinese investment in its nationally prioritised sectors, particularly in...

Pacific Rim nations in deep trouble

Japan seeks global help to dump nuclear-contaminated water TOKYO: Although Japan’s plan to dump nuclear-contaminated water into the sea has been strongly opposed by the international...

Nuclear threat US, S Korea hold ‘tabletop’ exercise

WASHINGTON: The United States and South Korea held a “tabletop” exercise at the Pentagon on the nuclear threat from Pyongyang, the two countries said on February...

Risk of emboldening Modi

Sunak’s refusal to defend the BBC against India is a threat to free speech NEW DELHI: In recent weeks, UK Labour party leader Keir Starmer has...

Russia set for new space mission

MOSCOW: Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, has revealed plans to launch its Luna-25 moon lander mission in midsummer of this year. The project, which would mark the...

11 Palestinians killed by Israeli bombing

GAZA CITY: Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip after Palestinian fighters launched several rockets from the besieged coastal enclave amid tensions over an Israeli army deadliest...

War is not a solution

China urges ceasefire, peace talks in position paper on anniversary of Ukraine crisis BEIJING: On the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine military conflict, China restated its...

Fight for survival

Biden and Putin both implicitly tie their futures to the outcome in Ukraine WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: In their speeches, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin could not have been...

Ukraine crisis hinders European autonomy

China can ensure success through the support from its Belt and Road Initiative GENEVA: A distant observer from space may consider that the world currently faces...

UK struggling to meet air pollution mark

It’s been a decade since Ella died but Rishi Sunak still drags his heels on clean air for all LONDON: Ella Roberta Adoo-Kissi-Debrah was a remarkable...

NATO reveals new space fleet

BRUSSELS: NATO has announced a new space project that aims to create a fleet of spy satellites. The initiative, which includes NATO applicants Sweden and Finland,...

The man behind the curtain

A new report exposes how George Soros’ propaganda machine has corrupted the media BUDAPEST: A new report from the US-based Newsbusters has exposed a vast web...

Uncertain future

Sanna Marin remains popular but her party are trailing their main rival TAMPERE, Finland: Sanna Marin, one of the European left’s brightest stars, has two months...

Boom in studying

China sends record number of students to UK BEIJING: China sent a record number of 151,690 students to the United Kingdom in 2021-22, more than any...

Surprising resignation

Scotland’s leader departs on mounting pressure for independence EDINBURGH: Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation after more than eight years leading its devolved government,...

Spy balloon rumpus

Hype is an anticlimactic show to leave Washington embarrassed: experts BEIJING: The US balloon paranoia has only been aggravated after it shot down three more unidentified...

Data on ice sheets, sea level misleading

PARIS: Parts of Earth’s ice sheets that could lift global oceans by metres will likely crumble with another half degree Celsius of warming, and are fragile...

The New Murabba

World’s largest modern downtown to be developed in Riyadh RIYADH: Saudi Arabia unveiled on February 16 plans to develop the world’s largest modern downtown in Riyadh....

Declining press freedom

India raids BBC offices over Modi’s Gujarat riots documentary NEW DELHI: Indian tax authorities have searched the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, weeks after...

Pentagon admits to ‘overdose epidemic’

WASHINGTON: More than 15,000 US military service members have overdosed on illicit drugs in the past five years, and 332 of those cases have resulted in...

Seed carriers break new ground

PARIS: Dropped over their target by drone, dozens of tiny wooden ”robots” twirl through the air in a balletic freefall before hitting the ground, where the...

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