Oil touched its highest level since October 2014 as the International Energy Agency said the market looks tighter than previously thought, with demand proving resilient to omicron. Futures in New York closed up 1.8% on Wednesday, with the IEA saying in a report that oil […]
Nearly six million people rely on UNRWA operations – the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East. It provides food aid, healthcare, education and other essential services in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the occupied Palestinian territories. Fulfilling that mandate […]
The University of Michigan in the United States has agreed to a $490m settlement with more than 1,000 people who say they were sexually assaulted by a former sport doctor during his nearly four-decade career at the school, the university and those involved in the […]
Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, has been awarded the 2022 Genesis Prize for his “leadership, determination and especially for his willingness to assume great risks” in developing a coronavirus vaccine in record time. The Genesis Foundation recognises individuals for their contribution to humanity […]
More than 1,000 heavily-armed Brazilian police officers occupied an impoverished neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday amid what officials said were renewed efforts to crack down on gangs and drug dealers. Police drove armoured personnel cars into the Jacarezinho neighbourhood, patrolling streets and entering […]
US President Joe Biden has nominated the first Muslim-American woman to be a judge on a federal court in the United States, the White House said on Wednesday, as it announced a list of diverse judicial nominees. If confirmed by the US Senate, Nusrat Jahan Choudhury, […]
A Tunisian man has died in hospital from injuries inflicted by police, activists and the main opposition Ennahdha party said, in what would be the first death related to protests against President Kais Saied’s assumption of extra powers. A Tunis court investigating the death said […]
Secretary-general Thamanat Prompow and 21 other MPs have been dismissed from the Palang Pracharath Party. (Bangkok Post file photo) Executive members of Palang Pracharath agreed in a meeting on Wednesday to oust secretary-general Thamanat Prompow and 21 other MPs under his control from the ruling […]
With the start of a new year, many in the public are eager to start traveling internationally again. In what can be seen as a positive sign for Vienna’s tourism industry, the Austrian capital has been ranked as one of the top travel destinations by […]
New York state’s attorney general has accused former President Donald Trump’s family business of repeatedly misrepresenting the value of its assets to obtain financial benefits, citing what it said was significant new evidence of possible fraud. The accusations by Attorney General Letitia James mark a […]
