Strait of Hormuz: Fresh attack on ship fans fears over oil supplies
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China, Russia, India seek economic cooperation at BRICS
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In Brief / Trump slams AI critics as ‘negative forces’
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In Brief / Russia strikes Polish-Ukrainian border area
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6 killed, 129 missing after ferry capsizes off Java
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BAB AL-MANDEB STRAIT / A lifeline for the global economy is in jeopardy
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In Brief / Israeli strike kills two people in Gaza: medics
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Xi pushes 'Greater BRICS' economic ties to give bloc larger global role
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China's Xi proposes BRICS 'open-source AI zone'
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BRICS Summit Day 2: What leaders will discuss after adopting New Delhi Declaration
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India SC dismisses review petitions
The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed all the petitions seeking review of its November 9 verdict in Ayodhya land dispute case.
12 December 2019
Easterners threaten to wreck EU climate push
Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were threatening yesterday to wreck the European Union’s new push for climate neutrality by 2050, just a day after the bloc’s executive trumpeted it as Europe’s “man on the moon” moment.
12 December 2019
NZ military set for risky mission to retrieve bodies
New Zealand’s military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said yesterday, as pressure from distraught victims’ families mounted.
12 December 2019
UK election in numbers
Voters across United Kingdom yesterday voted in the third general election in four and-a-half years. Here are some of the key numbers:
12 December 2019
US ‘reprimanded’ Pak for misusing F-16s: report
The US reprimanded Pakistan Air Force chief in August for misusing F-16 fighter jets by undermining their shared security platforms and infrastructures, a media report here has said, months after the Indian Air Force shot down an F-16 jet of Pakistan Air Force during an aerial combat over Kashmir.
12 December 2019
Weinstein agrees to $25 m settlement with accusers
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has reached a $25 million settlement with dozens of women who accused him of sexual misconduct, one of the women’s lawyers told AFP on Wednesday.
12 December 2019
Trump ‘on verge of dictatorship’
Democrats warned that US President Donald Trump was on the verge of dictatorship while Republicans fiercely defended his record at the opening of a stormy, historic debate on impeachment charges Wednesday.
12 December 2019
Greta Thunberg: Time’s Person of the Year
Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who became the voice of a generation facing the climate change emergency, was Wednesday named Time magazine’s 2019 Person of the Year.
12 December 2019
Possible outcomes
Britain went to the polls yesterday to decide the future of Brexit in a snap pre-Christmas election aimed at ending years of political deadlock and bitter divisions over the country’s European Union membership.
12 December 2019
Algeria holds presidential polls as thousands rally against vote
Thousands of people took to the streets in central Algiers yesterday chanting “No vote! We want freedom!” as the authorities held a
12 December 2019
Human remains found in search for Chilean plane
Rescuers have found human remains during the search for a Chilean air force plane that went missing en route to Antarctica with 38 people aboard, a provincial government leader said Wednesday.
12 December 2019
YouTube bans ‘implied’ threats
YouTube yesterday broadened its anti-harassment policies to include a ban on “implied” threats along with insults based on race, gender identity or sexual orientation.
12 December 2019
Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim quizzed
Malaysia’s leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim was questioned by police yesterday over allegations he sexually assaulted a male former
12 December 2019
Denmark arrests 20 over attack plot
Danish police said Wednesday they had arrested 20 people suspected of planning “Islamist attacks”. The suspects had tried to acquire weapons and explosive devices, police said.
12 December 2019
US Senate approves Turkey sanctions bill
A US Senate committee backed legislation on Wednesday to impose sanctions on Turkey after its offensive in Syria and purchase of a
12 December 2019
New Delhi’s toxic haze lingers
India’s capital New Delhi was shrouded in a toxic haze for the second straight day yesterday, and visibility dropped due to cooler temperatures and lower wind speeds that let deadly pollutants hang in the air.
12 December 2019
Myanmar asks UN court to ‘drop genocide case’
Myanmar urges the UN top court to drop the application for provisional measures in Rakhine by the Gambia from its list.
12 December 2019
Citizenship Bill: Cops open fire in Assam, 3 dead
Three protesters are killed and many others injured in a police firing in Assam's Guwahati of India amid a raging agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
12 December 2019
Gambia slams Suu Kyi for silence over 'awful serial violations' of Rohingya women, girls
The Gambia criticises Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her "silence" over "awe serial violations" of Rohingya women and girls and defending Myanmar at the UN's top court.
12 December 2019
Rohingya genocide: Full transcript of last 2 days' hearing at ICJ
The hearings at an international court in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Rohingya population at the International Court of Justice in The Hague roles into the third and final day.
12 December 2019