Business & Commerce
Chinese exports of rare-earth magnets continued their downward slide in May, official data showed on Friday, reflecting restrictions imposed by Beijing during its trade war with the United States.China is the world's leading producer of rare earths, used to make magnets essential to the automoti...
Global equities were mixed Friday, while oil prices retreated as markets weighed the latest developments in the war between Iran and Israel.Markets rose after US President Donald Trump said he would allow for up to two weeks before possible US military action against Iran.But on Friday afternoon, Tr...
World
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he did not "rule out" his forces attempting to seize the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, casting fresh doubt over the prospect of peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv.Ukraine said Putin's comments showed "disdain" for the peace...
UN refugee agency chief Filippo Grandi has urged more international support for Syria to speed up reconstruction and enable further refugee returns after some 14 years of civil war."I am here also to really make an appeal to the international community to provide more help, more assistance to t...
The Los Angeles Dodgers, criticized for failing to comment on the US government's immigration crackdown, on Friday committed $1 million toward assistance for families of immigrants "impacted by recent events in the region."The reigning World Series champions have faced criticism for th...
Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student who was one of the most visible leaders of nationwide pro-Palestinian campus protests, was released Friday from a federal detention center.Khalil, a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son...
New Delhi's civil aviation regulator has ordered Air India to remove three officials from their roles over "systemic failures", according to a directive seen by AFP Saturday, as the carrier comes under scrutiny after a deadly crash.The instruction from the Directorate General of Civil ...
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he held "in-depth" talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on a rare visit to arch-foe Turkey Friday, which Yerevan described as a "historic" step toward regional peace.The talks between the two leaders -- whose nations h...
The Dominican Republic on Friday began expanding its anti-migrant border wall with neighboring Haiti, continuing President Luis Abinader's crackdown on illegal arrivals.The new 13-kilometer (eight-mile) section of the barrier is being built in northern Dajabon province.It will take the wall'...
Sports,Football
The golden boy of German football is set to become the new prince of the Premier League after Florian Wirtz joined Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen for a club-record fee.Fresh from winning a 20th English top-flight title, Arne Slot's Reds have broken the bank to land a rising star already labelle...
Sports
A giant balloon that became a popular landmark over the skies of Paris during the 2024 Olympics is set to rise again, with organisers hoping it will once again attract crowds of tourists.During the Games, the Olympic cauldron tethered to a balloon flew above the Tuileries garden at sunset every day,...
Bayern Munich booked their place in the knockout stages of the Club World Cup with Harry Kane and Michael Olise on target in a hard-fought 2-1 win over Argentina's Boca Juniors on Friday.After defeats for Paris Saint-Germain against Botofogo and Chelsea against Flamengo, Bayern bucked the trend ...
Iran's foreign minister arrived in Istanbul on Saturday, Tasnim news agency reported, for a meeting with Arab League diplomats to discuss Tehran's escalating conflict with Israel.Around 40 diplomats are slated to join the weekend gathering of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), as...
World,Back Page
From Gaza to the Democratic Republic of Congo, violence against children in conflict zones reached "unprecedented levels" in 2024, a United Nations annual report said Thursday."In 2024, violence against children in armed conflict reached unprecedented levels, with a staggering 25 perc...
Japan's core inflation rate accelerated to 3.7 percent in May, official data showed Friday, posing a threat to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's leadership ahead of July elections.Rice prices were more than twice as high compared to a year previously, despite the government releasing its emerg...
World,Front Page
Oil prices tumbled Friday and equity traders fought to end a volatile week on a positive note after Donald Trump said he would consider over the next two weeks whether to join Israel's attacks on Iran.Speculation had been swirling that Trump would throw his lot in with Israel, but on Thursday he...
World,Politics
European powers on Friday urged Iran to continue diplomacy with the United States to find a solution in the standoff over its nuclear programme as Israel keeps up its bombardment of the Islamic republic."The good result today is that we leave the room with the impression that the Iranian ...
Gaza's civil defence agency said 31 Palestinian aid seekers were among at least 60 people killed Friday by Israeli forces, the latest in a string of deadly incidents near aid distribution sites.Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that five people were killed while waiting for aid in t...
Iranian police announced the arrest on Thursday of 24 people accused of spying for Israel and of seeking to tarnish the country's image, according to a statement carried by Tasnim news agency.“Twenty-four individuals who were spying for the Zionist enemy offline and online, and who were......
Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma warned Wednesday that the newly crowned European champions were "hungry" for more success at the Club World Cup as they prepared to face Brazil's Botafogo.The French giants launched their Group B campaign in impressive style on Sunday...
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