US poor died at much higher rate from Covid than rich
Americans living in poorer counties died during the pandemic at almost twice the rate of those in rich counties, a study released Monday by the Poor People’s Campaign showed.
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‘Great relief’ for Red Cross as its team is freed in Ukraine
A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been released after being held in the Ukrainian town of Manhush while trying to reach the Russian-besieged city ...
Kuwait’s government resigns in latest standoff with parliament
Kuwait’s government submitted its resignation on Tuesday, state news agency KUNA reported, ahead of a no-confidence vote against the prime minister in parliament, amid a lengthy political feud that ...
Russia-Ukraine fallout starts felling fragile ‘frontier’ economies
The fallout of the Russia and Ukraine war has just helped tip two of world’s poorest countries into full-blown crises, and the list of those at risk – and the ...
US stops Russian bond payments in bid to raise pressure on Moscow
The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at US banks, in a move meant to ...
UK shoppers turn to own-label food as inflation bites, research shows
British shoppers are increasingly choosing own-label products to help counter surging inflation, according to research by NielsenIQ that showed overall supermarket spending down on a year ago when COVID lockdown ...
Satellite images indicate that Bucha civilian atrocities were not ‘staged’
Satellite images taken weeks ago of the town of Bucha in Ukraine show bodies of civilians on a street, a private U.S. company said, undercutting the Russian government’s ...
Denmark expels 15 Russian diplomats while Italy expels 30
Denmark and Italy announced on Tuesday that in total 45 Russian diplomats would be expelled from their respective countries.
Denmark said on Tuesday it would expel 15 Russian diplomats, in line with ...
Lebanon’s central bank not bankrupt, governor says
Lebanon Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Monday denied that the institution he has led for 30 years was bankrupt and said it was still going about its legally-mandated role despite ...
Turkey, U.S. ready for attempt at fixing strained ties
Turkey and the United States announced the culmination of months of talks to set up a procedure for improving their strained ties, eyeing cooperation in the areas of economy and ...
Russia threatens to fine Wikipedia if it doesn’t delete ‘false information’
Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Tuesday it wanted Wikipedia to remove “material with inaccurate information of public interest” about the situation in Ukraine.
The regulator accused Wikipedia of hosting ...
Giga-casting and robots: How Volkswagen’s Trinity aims to catch up with Tesla
AS TESLA kicks off production at its new German plant this month, Volkswagen is weeks away from finalising plans for a 2 billion euro ($2.2 billion) electric vehicle (EV) factory that it ...
Klopp wants Liverpool thinking in the right way in quadruple quest
Liverpool’s players must show maturity as they chase four titles this season but that is not the only quality they must focus on, manager Juergen Klopp said ahead of ...
Arteta apologises for Arsenal’s ‘unacceptable’ performance at Palace
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta apologised for his team’s “unacceptable” performance in Monday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Crystal Palace.
Arsenal’s hopes of securing a top-four finish suffered ...
Several killed as truck crashes into train in Hungary
Five people were killed and more than 10 injured when a pick-up truck crashed into a train in southern Hungary early on Tuesday, derailing a carriage, police said.
The accident happened ...
Shanghai lockdown deepens after new surge in asymptomatic Covid cases
The major Chinese financial centre of Shanghai extended restrictions on transportation on Tuesday after a day of intensive city-wide testing saw new Covid -19 cases surge to more than 13,000, with ...
N.Korea says it will strike with nuclear weapons if South attacks
North Korea opposes war but would use nuclear weapons if South Korea attacked, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Tuesday, in a warning ...
US, Europe plan Russia sanctions as Ukraine warns of more civilian deaths
The United States and Europe were planning new sanctions on Tuesday to punish Moscow over civilian killings in Ukraine, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned more deaths were likely to be ...
Musk takes 9 per cent stake in Twitter to become top shareholder
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) top boss Elon Musk revealed a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), worth nearly $3 billion, likely making him the biggest shareholder in the micro-blogging ...
Russia, China woes risk worst EM corporate default wave since financial crash
JPMorgan has warned that the combination of Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s ongoing property crash could see the worst wave of corporate defaults since the global financial ...
US supporting prosecutors collecting evidence on Ukraine atrocities -spokesperson
The United States is supporting an international team of prosecutors and experts to help collect and analyze evidence of atrocities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and hold those responsible ...
Britain to privatise broadcaster Channel 4
The British government will sell Channel 4, the publicly-owned but commercially funded broadcaster founded nearly 40 years ago as an edgy alternative to the BBC and ITV ITV.L, the company said ...
Ukraine says Russia is preparing eastern assault, attack on Kharkiv
Ukraine’s defence ministry said on Monday Russia is preparing to launch a fresh assault in eastern Ukraine to try to take the city of Kharkiv and encircle Ukraine’s ...
Greek mother jailed pending trial over killing of young daughter
A Greek prosecutor ruled on Monday that a 33-year-old mother accused of intentionally killing her 9-year-old daughter, in a case that has caused public outrage, will remain in custody pending ...