Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny launches hunger strike in bid for medical care

MOSCOW: Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny went on hunger strike on Wednesday in an attempt to force the prison holding him outside Mosco...

US FAA approves design of 737 MAX 8200 variant

WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday it had approved the design for the Boeing 737-8200, part of the Boe...

Crown Prince launches program worth $3.2tn to boost Saudi private sector

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia launched on Tuesday a $3.2 trillion (12 trillion riyal) program to boost the private sector’s role in diversifying the...

EU watchdog says no clot risk factor yet linked to AstraZeneca vaccine

Europe’s medicines regulator said on Wednesday it had not yet identified any risk factors such as age, sex or a previous history of blood c...

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine safe, effective on adolescents in trial, companies say

The read-out, which puts the pair ahead of other western vaccine developers in the quest to also protect children, will likely allow for th...

Saudi Aramco’s CEO speaks up about private partnership initiative

LONDON: Saudi Aramco will set strict business criteria for ventures it backs under a new private partnership initiative to help diversify t...

International Criminal Court upholds conviction of ‘Terminator’ warlord

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday upheld the war crimes conviction and 30-year sentence imposed on a Congolese warlord dubbed the...

IMF sees global economy improving despite uncertainties

Economic growth led by the United States and China is accelerating, amplifying the risks of an uneven global recovery, the head of the IMF ...

VW confirms it will rebrand US unit as ‘Voltswagen’

WASHINGTON: German automaker Volkswagen’s US unit confirmed Tuesday it will rename its US operations as “Voltswagen of America” as it shift...

Sheikha Latifa visits Art Dubai 2021

Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), today visited the 14th...

COVID-19 pandemic has cut parents’ access to hospitalized children

Pediatricians have long endorsed the idea that babies and children in hospitals should not be separated from their families – a practice th...

Washington teens charged in carjacking that killed Pakistani man

Two girls, ages 13 and 15, were charged with the murder and carjacking of a Pakistani immigrant killed last week while working at his job d...

GameStop hires Amazon executive as chief growth officer

GameStop said on Tuesday it named Amazon.com executive Elliott Wilke as chief growth officer, the latest top level appointment after shareh...

Myanmar death toll tops 500 as protesters stage ‘garbage strike’

Rubbish piled up on the streets of Myanmar’s main city on Tuesday after activists launched a “garbage strike” to oppose military rule as th...

Turkey tightens coronavirus measures, brings back weekend lockdowns

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced tighter measures against the coronavirus on Monday, citing the rising number of high-risk cities...

Wage Protection: Bahrain introduces system for private sector employees

Bahrain has Monday unveiled a phased system aimed to protect the wages of private-sector employees and limit labour disputes. The kingdom...

Besieged Mozambique town deserted as Islamic State group claims control

The key northern Mozambique town of Palma was all but deserted on Monday, its residents fleeing by road, boat or on foot as the Islamic Sta...

A third of global farmland at ‘high’ pesticide pollution risk

A third of the planet’s agricultural land is at “high risk” of pesticide pollution from the lingering residue of chemical ingredients that ...

Another danger for kids in the age of COVID-19!

Like millions of American children, Brody Cotton has not seen the inside of a classroom in more than a year. As the COVID-19 pandemic left...

Suez Canal says traffic in channel resumes after stranded ship refloated

CAIRO: The giant container ship that blocked the Suez Canal for almost a week was fully floated on Monday and traffic in the waterway would...

Global artists and art enthusiasts meet in Art Dubai

The 14th edition of Art Dubai, the region’s leading art fair is being hosted across a number of purpose-built venues at the iconic Gate Bui...

WHO says COVID likely passed from bats to humans

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the mo...

Video shows US police officers berating, handcuffing five-year-old boy

A body camera video released by a police department in Maryland has sparked outrage that showed two of its police officers berating a five-...

’50 billion trees’: Saudi Crown Prince discusses Green Initiative with Arab leaders

CAIRO: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Sudan to discuss a massive regional t...