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Energy-starved South Africa offers tax breaks to boost green power 22 Feb 2023 - 05:31 pm

Pretoria: South Africa unveiled on Wednesday new tax incentives to encourage investment in the production of clean energy to help the country battle...

International journalists federation suspends Russian union 22 Feb 2023 - 05:23 pm

Brussels: The International Federation of Journalists has suspended with immediate effect the Russian Union of Journalists over its action since Russia's invasion of...

Committee says 305 nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize 22 Feb 2023 - 05:21 pm

COPENHAGEN: The Norwegian Nobel Committee said on Wednesday that 305 candidates were nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize by the February 1...

Biden: Putin's suspension of US arms treaty 'big mistake' 22 Feb 2023 - 05:18 pm

Warsaw: President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin made a "big mistake” by suspending his country's participation in the the...

Pakistani ex-PM Imran Khan's supporters rally, taunt police 22 Feb 2023 - 05:15 pm

LAHORE:Hundreds of supporters of Pakistan’s former prime minister on Wednesday defied a ban on rallies in a commercial area of the city of...

Tunisian rights group slams Saied's 'racist' migrant comments 22 Feb 2023 - 05:08 pm

Tunis: A prominent rights group accusedTunisian President Kais Saied of "racism and hate speech" on Wednesday after he vowed to crack down on...

Two stabbed to death in Makkah hotel, suspect arrested 22 Feb 2023 - 03:28 pm

Doha: The Makkah region’s official Twitter account revealed that an Algerian national had stabbed and killed two of his countrymen in a hotel...

'All this rubble': Pollution fears over Turkey quake waste 22 Feb 2023 - 03:24 pm

Antakya, Turkey: Half a dozen dump trucks offloaded their potentially hazardous cargo of rubble in a cloud of dust by a roadside in...

Philippines eyes South China Sea patrols with US, Australia 22 Feb 2023 - 12:22 pm

Manila: The Philippines is in talks with the United States as well as Australia on future joint patrols in the South China Sea,...

Nearly 1 million asylum requests in the EU in 2022 22 Feb 2023 - 12:15 pm

Barcelona: Nearly 1 million people applied for international protection in the European Union in 2022, according to data published Wednesday, bringing the number...

"Shift over, Go Home," Indian start-up warning goes viral 22 Feb 2023 - 12:04 pm

Doha: A warning message on the computer screens of an Indian tech start-up is attracting attention all over the Internet. The message, which...

Too warm in Canada: world's largest ice rink may not open 22 Feb 2023 - 11:22 am

Ottawa: The Canadian capital's iconic Rideau Canal Skateway -- the largest outdoor rink in the world and a UNESCO heritage site -- may...

N. Korea slams UN chief's 'unfair' missile condemnation 22 Feb 2023 - 10:52 am

Seoul: North Korea rejected on Wednesday condemnation by the United Nations chief of its recent ballistic missile launches, saying it was "unfair and...

South Africa quietly deepens power cuts to unprecedented level 22 Feb 2023 - 10:39 am

South Africa’s struggling state-owned utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. appears to have reached an unprecedented level of power cuts, indicated late Tuesday by...

Philippine police hunting killers of New Zealand tourist 22 Feb 2023 - 10:26 am

MANILA, Philippines: A Philippine police search was underway on Wednesday for two motorcycle-riding men who shot and killed a New Zealand man in...

Here are the winners and losers from Hong Kong’s 2023 budget 22 Feb 2023 - 10:18 am

Hong Kong’s residents and first-time homebuyers are set to benefit from the city’s annual budget, as the government dishes out a fresh round...

Hong Kong unveils US$97 billion post-pandemic budget 22 Feb 2023 - 10:16 am

Hong Kong: Hong Kong's finance chief unveiled a HK$761 billion (US$97 billion) budget on Wednesday, plunging into the coffers to pay for the...

Nigerians vote in most unpredictable election in years 22 Feb 2023 - 10:07 am

Lagos: Nigerians will vote for a successor to President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday in an unprecedented race between three frontrunners battling to govern...