International

29-03-2023 BERLIN: Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a standstill on Monday, causing disruption for millions at the start of the working week during one of the largest walkouts in decades as Europe’s biggest economy reels from inflation. The 24-hour “warning” strikes called by the Verdi …

29-03-2023 WASHINGTON: As the speculations of his arrests took hold, former US president Donald Trump’s lawyer Joseph Tacopina has said that Trump issued threatening remarks and incendiary statements on mere speculations. Trump started a countrywide hysteria last week as he announced on his own Social media platform Truth Social that …

29-03-2023 PARIS: The European Union approved on Monday a deal that will lead to the phaseout of sales of new fossil fuel cars by 2035, with a final green light by energy ministers due on Tuesday. The 27-nation bloc joins more than a dozen other nations which have set deadlines …

28-03-2023 NASHVILLE: At least six people including three children have been killed in a Nashville school shooting by its former graduate student Audrey hale. It is “heartbreaking and family’s worst nightmare”, said US president Joe Biden on shooting, the incident of gun violence deadliest in nearly a year. Police have …

28-03-2023 MEXICO CITY/ HOUSTON: Dozens of people were killed and injured after a fire started in an immigration detention facility in northern Mexico near the US border. The blaze occurred late Monday at a facility in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. Images from the scene showed …

28-03-2023 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Leaders of India’s main opposition party Congress are holding nationwide protests against the disqualification of their leader Rahul Gandhi from parliament. Gandhi was removed as an MP last week after he was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. He was convicted …

28-03-2023 TAIPEI CITY: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, seeking closer ties with Western democracies in the face of Chinese pressure, has welcomed a large Czech delegation to the island, a boost for Taipei after once-loyal ally Honduras switched allegiance to Beijing. Although the number of countries that retain formal diplomatic ties …

28-03-2023 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s coup leader Min Aung Hlaing has pledged to deal decisively with “terrorists” fighting against his rule as the military put on an annual show of strength for Armed Forces Day. The senior general delivered his remarks on Monday after soldiers marched in formation through a parade ground …

28-03-2023 WASHINGTON: Vice President Kamala Harris has said that the United States will increase investment in Africa and help spur economic growth as she began a week-long tour of the continent aimed at countering the influence of rivals Russia and China. China has invested heavily in Africa in recent decades, …

28-03-2023 TEHRAN/ RIYADH: Iran and Saudi Arabia’s top diplomats have agreed to meet before the end of the holy month of Ramadan to implement a landmark bilateral reconciliation deal that was brokered by China. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, made the decision …