International

31-12-2022 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to “urgently reverse” a ban on women working in Afghanistan’s aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women’s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The administration also …

30-12-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: When Rohan Dewanjea was a child, he and his cousins spent summer afternoons at their ancestral house, marveling at the colorful rays of light filtering through Venetian windows inlaid with stained glass. This month, he watched as those windows and his childhood home, the sprawling, …

30-12-2022 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic has been welcomed back into Australia almost a year after he was deported over his COVID vaccine status. Officials confirmed the 21-time Grand Slam champion, 35, had landed in the country for January’s Australian Open. Serb Djokovic, a nine-time Australian Open winner, had an …

30-12-2022 OTTAWA: Chunks of ice and snow-capped rocks could be seen at the base of the Niagara Falls after a huge winter storm swept over the US and Canada. Plunging temperatures over the Christmas period transformed the waterfalls into a wintry sight to behold. The blizzard caused huge disruption across …

30-12-2022 JERUSALEM: The most religious and hardline government in Israel’s history is due to be sworn in. Benjamin Netanyahu will return as prime minister, after his Likud party formed a coalition with ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox Jewish allies. There is domestic and international concern it will inflame the conflict with the …

30-12-2022 BRUSSELS/ LUXEMBOURG: US energy giant ExxonMobil is suing the European Union (EU) in a bid to stop its new windfall tax on oil firms. A windfall tax is imposed on firms that benefited from something they were not responsible for. Energy firms are getting much more money for their …

30-12-2022 PHNOM PENH: A massive fire that tore through a hotel and casino in the Cambodian border town of Poipet has killed at least 19 people and injured more than 60, according to an official, while other victims were apparently not yet accounted for. Videos posted on social media showed …

29-12-2022 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Uzbekistan’s health ministry has said at least 18 children have died after consuming a medicinal syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd. The ministry said 18 out of 21 children who took the Doc-1 Max syrup while suffering from an acute respiratory disease …

29-12-2022 ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN: An Iranian chess player has taken part in an international tournament without a hijab, according to media reports, the latest of several Iranian sportswomen to appear at competitions without one since anti-government protests began. Iran has been swept by demonstrations against the country’s clerical leadership since mid-September …

29-12-2022 PARIS: Catastrophic floods, crop-wilting droughts and record heat-waves this year have shown that climate change warnings are increasingly becoming reality and this is “just the beginning”, experts say, as international efforts to cut planet-heating emissions founder. The year did see some important progress, with major new legislation, particularly in …