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India's Reliance seeks repeat of phone success with $184 laptop: Sources 03 Oct 2022 - 10:15 am

New Delhi: Reliance Jio will soon launch a laptop priced at just 15,000 rupees ($184) - one of the cheapest on offer in...

Nobel panel to announce winner of medicine prize 03 Oct 2022 - 09:53 am

STOCKHOLM: The winner, or winners, of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be announced Monday at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm,...

Truss drops tax cut for highest UK earners to fend off revolt 03 Oct 2022 - 09:51 am

Prime Minister Liz Truss dropped a plan to cut taxes for the highest earners just 10 days after announcing it, in a bid...

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians, injure one during a military raid 03 Oct 2022 - 09:13 am

Two Palestinians were killed and a third injuredafter they were shot by Israeli occupation forces during a military raid into the north of...

Yemen's warring sides fail to extend UN-backed truce 02 Oct 2022 - 10:25 pm

SANAA: The United Nations said Sunday that negotiations between Yemen’s warring sides to extend a nationwide cease-fire will continue, after an agreement was...

Haiti confirms case of cholera, investigates suspected cases 02 Oct 2022 - 10:05 pm

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti on Sunday said it has confirmed one case of cholera and was studying several suspected cases, signaling the return of the...

Venezuela frees Americans in Biden-approved swap with Maduro 02 Oct 2022 - 09:52 pm

President Joe Biden’s administration said Venezuela freed seven Americans, including oil executives and a former Marine, in a swap involving two members of...

Australia says nuclear sub plan on track to unveil early in 2023 02 Oct 2022 - 09:49 pm

Sydney: Australia is on track to make an announcement "in the first part of next year” on the path to acquiring nuclear-powered submarines...

Trump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says 02 Oct 2022 - 09:30 pm

WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump's administration has not turned over all presidential records and the National Archives will consult with the Justice Department...

Britain to acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure 02 Oct 2022 - 09:24 pm

BIRMINGHAM, England: Britain will acquire two specialist ships to protect underwater infrastructure such as cables and pipelines, defence minister Ben Wallace said on...

Petition for immediate UK election passes 400,000 signatures 02 Oct 2022 - 09:09 pm

A petition calling for an immediate UK general election is rapidly gaining support, racking up about 4,000 new signatories every hour. The petition...

Florida deaths rise to 47 amid struggle to recover from Ian 02 Oct 2022 - 09:02 pm

Florida: Rescuers evacuated stunned survivors on a large barrier island cut off by Hurricane Ian and Florida's death toll climbed sharply, as hundreds...

US citizen allowed to leave Iranian prison for a week 02 Oct 2022 - 08:33 pm

Siamak Namazi, an Iranian American imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years on espionage-related charges rejected by Washington as baseless, has been allowed...

Catalans compete to build the biggest human towers in Spain 02 Oct 2022 - 07:40 pm

Tarragona: Spain's biggest human towers competition took place on Sunday, with some 11,000 spectators packing the bullring in the northeastern city of Tarragona...

Burkina Faso president resigns, coup leader says, as army faction seeks Russia support 02 Oct 2022 - 07:39 pm

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso's self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has accepted a conditional resignation offered by President Paul-Henri Damiba to avoid further violence...