Business
Global trade grew by around $300 billion in the first half of the year due to US imports and EU exports, the United Nations said on Tuesday.Despite the commercial war ignited by US President Donald Trump with his sweeping tariffs, global trade increased by around 1.7 percent compared to the second h...
The purchase of physical assets was eclipsed last year by a surge in investment in intangible items like software, data and AI, the UN said Wednesday, describing a "fundamental shift in how economies grow and compete".Investment in intellectual property-backed assets grew three times faste...
Sports,Football
New signing Joao Pedro scored twice on his first start as Chelsea eased to a 2-0 win over Fluminense on Tuesday to seal a spot in the final of the Club World Cup.The Brazilian striker opened the scoring in lethal fashion in the 18th minute of the last-four clash at the MetLife Stadium and struck aga...
World
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit North Korea this weekend, state media reported, the latest in a series of high-profile visits by top Moscow officials as the two countries deepen military ties.Lavrov "will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from July 11 to 13 a...
US President Donald Trump will welcome five African leaders to a White House lunch on Wednesday, with commerce and trade expected to feature prominently amongst a mixed bag of potential agenda items.The presidents of Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Gabon -- five nations located along...
Sports,Cricket
South African captain Wiaan Mulder said respect for Brian Lara convinced him to declare 33 runs short of the former West Indies star's world Test record against Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club on Monday.Mulder hammered an unbeaten 367 –- a South African record and the fifth highest score in...
Kylian Mbappe will come up against Paris Saint-Germain for the first time since leaving the French club a year ago, as Xabi Alonso’s Real Madrid revolution gets its biggest test yet in the Club World Cup semi-final on WednesdayMbappe should be remembered as a PSG legend, having spent seven pro...
The United Nations General Assembly on Monday denounced the "systematic oppression" of women and girls in Afghanistan by the country's Taliban authorities.The resolution was adopted by 116 votes in favor versus the United States and Israel against, with 12 abstentions.The text "ex...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in an interview released on Monday that Israel, which last month fought a 12-day war with Iran, had attempted to assassinate him.The remarks came less than a month after Israel launched its unprecedented June 13 bombing campaign against Iran, killing top mili...
Russia's former transport minister Roman Starovoyt killed himself, Moscow announced on Monday, hours after the Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin had fired him.Starovoyt, 53, had been Russia's transport minister for a year and was previously the governor of the border Kursk region, where ...
More than 1,400 firefighters battling California's largest wildfire so far this year were gaining ground Monday, six months after a raging inferno devastated parts of Los Angeles.Crews working by air and by ground in Los Padres National Forest have the so-called Madre Fire about 30 percent conta...
US President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, after the White House announced a halt to some arms shipments for Kyiv the previous week."We're going to have to send more weapons -- defensive weapons primarily," Trump told journalists at...
Floods triggered by torrential rains in Nepal on Tuesday tore down a Himalayan mountain valley, sweeping away 18 people and destroying a key border bridge with China, a government official said.One person has been confirmed dead and 17 others are listed as missing in the floods on the Bhotekoshi riv...
Wall Street stocks fell Monday, retreating from records after President Donald Trump announced fresh tariff threats, reviving anxiety about trade uncertainty.Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had closed at records last week following solid US jobs data and passage of Trump's sprawling fiscal passa...
World,Back Page
A volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted on Monday spewing a colossal ash tower 18 kilometres (11 miles) into the sky, authorities said, just weeks after it caused dozens of flight cancellations to and from the popular resort island of Bali.Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-metre-high volcano on the t...
Bayern Munich playmaker Jamal Musiala faces a "long period" on the sidelines after he suffered a broken fibula and ankle dislocation at the Club World Cup, the German champions said on Sunday.The 22-year-old Germany international was hurt in a challenge with Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper ...
BRICS leaders at a summit on Sunday took aim at US President Donald Trump's "indiscriminate" import tariffs and recent Israeli-US strikes on Iran.The 11 emerging nations -- including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- account for about half the world's population and ...
Apple filed an appeal on Monday against 500-million-euro fine imposed by the EU and accused Brussels of forcing the US tech giant to make changes that are "bad" for users.The European Commission in April slapped Apple with the fine for preventing developers from steering customers outside ...
Indonesia's flour mills association will sign a deal to import at least one million metric tons of US wheat annually for the next five years in a $1.25 billion deal, it told AFP Monday, as Jakarta lays the groundwork to avoid the worst of Donald Trump's tariffs.Chief economic minister Airlan...
ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan: Tens of thousands of Afghans streamed over the border from Iran in the days before a return deadline set for Sunday, the United Nations said, sparking an "emergency" situation at border points.In late May, Iran said undocumented Afghans must leave the country by Ju...
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