Iran says Rushdie and supporters to blame for attack (Updated)
No one has the right to level accusations against Iran over Friday’s attack on Salman Rushdie, for which he is to blame after denigrating the world’s Muslims, the ...
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Ignoring Ukraine setbacks, Putin boasts of Russian weapons prowess (Updated)
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Moscow was ready to sell advanced weapons to allies globally and cooperate in developing military technology, nearly six months into the Ukraine war ...
IRC calls for evacuation of refugees trapped on islet between Greece, Turkey
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) charity called on Monday for the immediate evacuation of 39 Syrian refugees who it said remain trapped on a small islet in the Evros river along ...
Israel arrests three in international money laundering probe
Israeli authorities said on Monday they had arrested three suspects as part of an investigation into “large-scale fraud” against the French treasury and the theft and laundering of millions of ...
Death toll from Armenia fireworks explosion rises to six, scores injured (Updated)
Rescuers have recovered two more bodies from the site of a fireworks warehouse blast in Armenia, bringing the death toll from Sunday’s accident to six, Armenia‘s emergencies ministry ...
Moderna’s ‘variant-adapted’ Covid vaccine wins first approval in Britain
Britain has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine that targets both the original and Omicron variant of the virus.
The the UK medicines regulator (MHRA) approved the ...
Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi for six years for corruption – source
A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty in four corruption cases, a source with ...
Iran will respond to EU’s nuclear text by midnight on Monday, says foreign minister
Iran will respond to the European Union’s “final” text by midnight on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said, calling on the United States to show flexibility for the ...
European shares edge higher on healthcare lift, weak China data stokes worries
European shares hovered near two-month highs on Monday, as signs of a slowing Chinese economy prompted investors to turn to defensive sectors such as healthcare and consumer staples typically seen ...
German energy bills to rise by another 480 euros a year under gas levy (Updated)
Germany’s incoming gas price levy, which is meant to distribute the high costs of replacing Russian gas among all end-consumers from October, has been set at 2.419 euro cents per ...
Griner defence team appeals against Russian drugs conviction
The defence team of Brittney Griner, the U.S. basketball star jailed for nine years in Russia on drugs charges, has appealed against her conviction for narcotics possession and trafficking, ...
Angry China stages more drills near Taiwan as U.S. lawmakers visit
China’s military said it carried out more exercises near Taiwan on Monday as a group of U.S. lawmakers visited the Chinese-claimed island and met President Tsai Ing-wen, in ...
Japan PM promises to never again wage war, ministers visit controversial shrine
Japan’s premier Fumio Kishida vowed to never again wage war on the anniversary of Japan’s World War Two surrender while members of his cabinet visited a controversial shrine ...
Crypto derivatives volumes surge to $3.12 trillion in July
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading on centralised exchanges rose to $3.12 trillion in July, a 13per cent monthly increase, researcher CryptoCompare said on Thursday, as crypto prices show signs of recovery from the ...
Ukraine says it repels Russian attempts to advance in Donetsk region (Updated)
Ukrainian forces reported heavy Russian shelling and attempts to advance on several towns in the eastern region of Donetsk that has become a key focus of the near six-month-old war, ...
Former Australian PM secretly took on ministerial roles during Covid
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sought legal advice following reports that his predecessor Scott Morrison was secretly appointed to key ministerial roles during the COVID-19 pandemic, duplicating some ...
Bruised by a valuation freefall, payments companies brace for M&A
Battered by a near 50 per cent plunge in its shares over the last 12 months, Nexi (NEXII.MI), Europe’s biggest payments processor, has not gone unnoticed.
Earlier this year, the ...
US tightens export controls on advanced chip, gas turbine engine tech
The United States on Friday adopted new export controls on technologies that support the production of advanced semiconductors and gas turbine engines that it said are critical to its national ...
Brazil’s central bank chief predicts end of credit cards
Brazil’s central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto on Friday said he believes credit cards will cease to exist soon due to the growth of the open finance system, through ...
Kane salvages point for Spurs at Chelsea with last-gasp header
Harry Kane headed in a last-gasp equaliser to earn Tottenham Hotspur a barely-deserved 2-2 draw in a feisty Premier League derby at Chelsea that ended with both managers being shown ...
U.N.-chartered ship readies for Africa voyage, Sormovsky grain ship docks in Turkey (Updated)
The United Nations-chartered ship Brave Commander will depart Ukraine for Africa in coming days after it finishes loading more than 23,000 metric tonnes of wheat in the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, ...
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and condition improving, agent says
Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was hospitalized on Friday with serious injuries after being repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, is off a ventilator and ...
British Labour Party to demand energy price cap freeze
Britain’s main opposition Labour Party will call for the energy price cap to be frozen this autumn, a party source said, to help the public deal with another expected ...
U.S. lawmakers arrives in Taiwan amid China tensions (Updated)
A delegation of U.S. lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day trip during which they will meet President Tsai Ing-wen, the second high-level group to visit while ...