International

NEW DELHI: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has paid for two Russian cargoes to SUEK AG’s Singapore unit through a telegraphic transfer, two senior government officials said, in a move that is likely to help ease the island nation’s crippling power shortage. Demonstrations have been held across the South Asian island country of 22 million people for weeks with the public angry …

GAZA: Israel carried out air strikes in central Gaza before dawn on Thursday after a rocket launched from the Palestinian territory landed in Israel, Hamas officials and Israeli military sources said. Two training camps used by Hamas, the group that rules the blockaded enclave, were hit, and no casualties were reported, witnesses said. Israeli war planes struck a security post …

MUZAFFARABAD: US Congre­ss­woman Ilhan Abdullahi Omar on Thursday acknowledged that Kash­mir dispute was not being talked about in the power centres of the United States of America at the required level, but expressed the hope that the situation would change. At an interaction with local media at the President House, Rep. Omar said, “On the question of Kashmir, we held …

KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steel works. In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin said there was no need for a …

US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price on Friday said that Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who is currently on her maiden visit to Pakistan, was not visiting the country on US government-sponsored travel. The senior official made the statement during a press briefing today in response to a question from a journalist. “As you are well aware that Imran Khan is still …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday hold his first public event in occupied Jammu and Kashmir since New Delhi imposed a sweeping security clampdown there more than two years ago. Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has sought to quell a long-running insurgency in Indian-occupied Kashmir and buttress its hold over the Muslim-majority region. New Delhi nullified the area’s limited autonomy in 2019, …

BRUSSELS: The Euro­pean Union’s bid to adopt a common charging port for mobile phones, tablets and headphones took a step forward on Wednesday when an EU panel backed the proposal, paving the way for an assembly vote next month. The European Commis­sion suggested a single mobile charging port more than a decade ago, hoping phone makers would be able to …

LONDON: Women should make up at least 40pc of boards at British listed companies and one director should be a person of colour, the country’s financial watchdog said on Wednesday as it set a range of diversity targets for firms’ top leaders. At least one senior position such as company chair, chief executive or chief financial officer should be held …

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen led a multi-nation walkout of a meeting on Wednesday of finance officials from the world’s richest countries when Russian officials spoke, in protest against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow’s attack on its neighbour loomed over the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, the first since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion …

PARIS: A warming world and intensive agriculture are causing insect populations to plummet by nearly half compared to areas less affected by temperature rises and industrial farming, researchers said on Wednesday. The researchers measured both insect abundance and number of species in areas across the world and compared that to insects in more pristine habitats. The study published in Nature …