Veteran British politician Chris Patten served as the last governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997, overseeing the final years of British rule over the colony and helping arrange for its transfer to China in 1997. He was vilified by the Chinese C…
The Japanese government warned on Sunday that electric power supplies would be strained in the Tokyo area on Monday, calling on people to save energy as scorching summer heat batters the capital.In Tokyo and eight nearby prefectures in eastern Japan, e…
Group of Seven leaders Sunday pledged to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China’s older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project.U.S. President Joe Bi…
BEIRUT– The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, warned yesterday that, the country is facing a new wave of COVID-19, urging the public to get vaccinated as soon as possible.The warning was issued in a statement by the ministry, after its Vaccine Execut…
TASHKENT– Uzbekistan sent 74 tonnes of humanitarian aid to neighbouring Afghanistan, following a deadly earthquake and subsequent floods, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry press service said, yesterday.The aid consisted of food, necessities and medicines, and…
DHAKA– Floods, triggered by heavy seasonal rains and onrush of rivers in Bangladesh, have killed 82 people since last month, authorities said.According to the daily flood report of the Health Emergency Operation Centre and Control Room, most victims dr…
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