Left most damaging claims out of memoir

Prince Harry left out revelations about his family in his memoir, saying he did not want “the world to know because I don’t think they would ever forgive me,” according to an interview published by the Daily Telegraph on Friday.
14 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Europe will return to Russian gas: Qatar energy boss

European countries will eventually resume higher imports of Russian gas, Qatar's energy minister and gas company CEO predicted on Saturday, warning that market volatility could last for years.
14 January 2023, 12:45 PM

Pharaoh Ramses II’s sarcophagus to return to Paris on loan

The sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II is to return to Paris in April for the first time in almost 50 years, on a rare loan of the relic outside Egypt.
13 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Pharaoh Ramses II's sarcophagus in Paris for rare loan

The sarcophagus of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II is to return to Paris in April for the first time in almost 50 years, in a rare loan of the relic outside Egypt.
13 January 2023, 13:06 PM

Harry’s ‘Spare’ sells record 1.4m copies on day 1

Prince Harry’s autobiography “Spare” sold 1.4 million English-language copies on its first day in the UK, United States and Canada, smashing Penguin Random House’s sales record, the publisher said yesterday.
12 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Show Ukraine-like concern in other crises

Human Rights Watch yesterday hailed the international response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, urging governments to show the same concern for civilians caught up in other conflicts.
12 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Cost-of-living crisis biggest global risk

The cost-of-living crisis will be the biggest global risk over the next two years, a survey by the World Economic Forum warned yesterday ahead of its Davos meeting next week.
11 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Canada bars Lanka’s Rajapaksa brothers

Canada has issued a travel ban on former Sri Lankan presidents -- and brothers -- Mahinda and Gotabaya Rajapaksa for human
11 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Oceans were hottest in 2022

The world’s oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity’s carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published yesterday.
11 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Several wounded in knife attack at Paris train station

Several people were lightly wounded today by a man wielding a knife at the busy Gare du Nord station in Paris, French police sources said.
11 January 2023, 07:29 AM

Ozone layer slowly healing: UN

The ozone layer that shields life on Earth from deadly solar radiation is on track to recover within decades, but controversial geoengineering schemes to blunt global warming could reverse that progress, a major scientific assessment warned Monday.
10 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran executions amount to ‘state sanctioned killing’

Iran is weaponising the death penalty to frighten the public and crush dissent, and its execution of protesters without due process amounts to state-sanctioned killing, the UN said yesterday.
10 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Last 8 yrs warmest on record globally

The last eight years were the warmest on record even with the cooling influence of a La Nina weather pattern since 2020, the European Union’s climate monitoring service said yesterday.
10 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Biden in Mexico for talks on migrants, drugs

A regional migration and drug smuggling crisis was expected to dominate talks between US President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador yesterday.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Memoirs written to combat ‘spin and distortion’

Prince Harry said he decided to publish his memoirs to defend himself against years of tabloid spin, as British television aired his first interview on the book’s explosive revelations.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Western arms ‘prolong suffering’ of Ukrainians

The Kremlin yesterday said moves by France and other Western countries to supply Ukraine with weapons -- including light tanks -- would only make life more difficult for Ukrainians.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM

PM says can’t accept some Turkey demands

Turkey, which has for months blocked Nato membership bids by Sweden and Finland, has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden’s prime minister said yesterday.
8 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Prince Harry to defend book in TV interviews

Prince Harry was scheduled to discuss his memoirs in television interviews yesterday after the book’s explosive revelations about royal rifts, sex and drugs cast doubt on his future in the British royal family.
8 January 2023, 18:00 PM

Iranians gather outside French embassy to protest Charlie Hebdo cartoons

Dozens of Iranians gathered Sunday outside the French embassy in Tehran protesting against cartoons of the Islamic republic's supreme leader by French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
8 January 2023, 15:55 PM

World food prices hit record in 2022: UN

World food prices fell for a ninth month in a row in December but hit their highest level on record for the full year in 2022, UN data showed yesterday.
6 January 2023, 18:00 PM