World News

World News: Japan's governing party is voting for a new leader to succeed Shinzo Abe, with the winner almost certain to be the next prime minister. Last month Mr Abe...

World News: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded a record one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, with 307,930 reported over 24 hours. The agency said that...

World News: Shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world will be the "largest transport challenge ever" according to the airline industry. The equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed,...

World News: Citigroup has named a woman to be its new chief executive in a first for a Wall Street bank. Briton Jane Fraser, its current president and head of...

World News: China has put its homegrown coronavirus vaccines on display for the first time, as the country where the contagion was discovered looks to shape the narrative surrounding the...

World News | Tokya: Tokyo's postponed Olympics will go ahead next year regardless of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC vice-president John Coates told AFP Monday, vowing they will be the "Games...

World News | India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website’s Twitter account was hacked on Thursday with a series of tweets asking its followers to donate to a relief fund...

World News: Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee breathed his last on Monday evening at 84. In a tweet, his son and Congress leader Abhijit Mukherjee said, “With a Heavy...

Unloved But Successful, Shinzo Abe Takes His Bow World News: Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving Japanese prime minister in history, has resigned, citing health reasons. "Even though there is one year...

World News: Actor Chadwick Boseman, known for movies such as “Black Panther,” died at his home in Los Angeles after a four-year battle with colon cancer. He was 43. Confirming...

World News | Colombo: The US retail giant Walmart has said it will team up with Microsoft to make a bid for the US operations of TikTok. Walmart told the...

World News | China: Today the world’s leading chief financial officers have a more positive outlook for China’s economy than they do for the economy of the United States. The...

World News: The world should be able to rein in the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as millions of Lebanese...

World News: Alibaba has moved to ease tensions with Donald Trump, as the US president continues to threaten Chinese firms. Chief executive Daniel Zhang said the online retailer's policies "support...

Akon's smart city would utilize cryptocurrency for paymentsThe cryptocurrency Akoin would be used for microlending, payment, and even mobile phone creditsAkon earlier said cryptocurrency would bring stability in Africa, where...

World News: Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised $1.9 billion in funding in the past month, according to a Bloomberg report. It marks SpaceX’s largest-ever round of funding, spurred by a...

Airline will enable people around the world to donate cash or Skywards Miles to be converted to cargo capacity for transport of critical aid and supplies to BeirutHumanitarian efforts led...

World News: Initial batches of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine rolling off production lines within as soon as two weeks will be earmarked for immunizing doctors before going to the general public,...

World News: A massive fire that broke out in a fruits and vegetables market in Ajman on Wednesday evening has been put out. According to an official of the Ajman...

World News: Apple announced on Tuesday that longtime marketing boss Phil Schiller will step down from his role and be replaced by one of his deputies, Greg Joswiak, who now has Schiller’s former...