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MINNEAPOLIS: The US Justice Department announced on Wednesday an investigation into the Minneapolis police, a day after a white former officer was convicted of murdering George Floyd, signalling the...

TOKYO: The Japanese government plans to declare a state of emergency for the third time for Tokyo and three other prefectures following a resurgence of new Covid-19 infections, Prime Minister...

NEW DELHI: India recorded the world’s highest daily tally of 314,835 Covid-19 infections on Thursday as a second wave of the pandemic raised new fears about the ability to crumble health services to...

BALI: Indonesian warships led the hunt Thursday for a submarine that went missing with 53 crew aboard and only enough oxygen for a few days. An oil spill where the submarine was thought to have...

YANGON: Food insecurity is rising sharply in Myanmar in the wake of the military coup and deepening financial crisis with millions of more people expected to go hungry in coming months, the United...

Carey L Biron During the four years of the Donald Trump administration, US cities felt they were largely on their own to take action on climate change, officials said, even as many voters pushed...

Amaury Hauchard Ousmane Djebare Djenepo, wearing sunglasses and an easy smile, stands upright to show off the mighty Niger River which is flowing around his traditional wooden canoe, or pirogue. The...

JULIETTE COLLEN In two decades orbiting the Earth the International Space Station has become a cutting-edge cosmic laboratory, with astronauts researching everything from black holes to disease and...

Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has announced a donation of RO 2.3 million to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its effort to purchase Covid-19 vaccines. The cheque was handed over to Dr Ahmed...

LONDON: British Airways-owner International Airlines Group committed to powering 10 per cent of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel by 2030, seeking to make progress towards its longer term...

OSLO: Equinor must fix a series of rule breaches exposed by a fire at its Melkoeya liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Norway last year for the plant to reopen, the country’s safety watchdog said...

BERLIN: Germany’s finance minister on Thursday denied responsibility for the collapse of payments firm Wirecard in a parliamentary inquiry that will also put Chancellor Angela Merkel in the hot...

LONDON/TOKYO: Global stocks ground higher while oil ebbed on Thursday as markets haggled over whether to bet on economic recovery in the United States and other developed markets or worry about a...

ZURICH: Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse, rocked by the bankruptcies of British financial firm Greensill and US hedge fund Archegos, suffered a first-quarter net loss of 252 million Swiss francs, it...

LONDON: The Australian parent of failed specialist finance firm Greensill Capital, whose recent collapse sparked worldwide corporate fallout and a political scandal in Britain, has entered...

PARIS: The aerospace and defence group Airbus plans to reorganise its aircraft production in Germany and France, the company said on Wednesday. The reorganisation means new companies fully owned by...

Oman ‘deserves praise’ for hosting top event during the pandemic situation  An interview with Dr Malav Shroff, Asian Sailing Federation (Asaf) President Q. How do you see the importance of...

The Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) convened the regular Annual General Assembly meeting on Thursday at the Oman Olympic Academy. The meeting was chaired by Sayyid Khalid bin Hamed al Busaidy, Chairman...

MUMBAI: Faf du Plessis and Jonny Bairstow led a day of blistering run scoring to guide Chennai Super Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad to key Indian Premier League wins on Wednesday. South African...

NEW DELHI: Eoin Morgan has no doubts he will rediscover his form in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Kolkata Knight Riders captain says he is just waiting for something to click. Kolkata, with...