Page 1028 - Ap/workspace/business Standard Web/undefined

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's ban of Donald Trump

Musk, speaking virtually at a Future of the Car summit hosted by the Financial Times, said Twitter's Trump ban was 'a morally bad decision and foolish in the extreme'

Emirates to start paying back Dubai for its $4-bn lifeline

The cash infusion of close to 15 billion dirhams ($4 bn) provided a lifeline to one of the world's biggest airlines at a time when travel had come to a near standstill globally due to Covid

Ukraine crisis: Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines

Russian troops pounded the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, an apparent effort to disrupt the supply lines and Western weapons shipments critical to Kyiv's defence.

Musk says he's 'aligned' with EU approach to digital rules

Elon Musk, who is offering to buy Twitter, has given his support to a new European Union law aimed at protecting social media users from harmful content after he met with the bloc's single market

Shanghai disinfects homes, closes all subways in Covid fight: Official

Teams in white protective suits are entering the homes of coronavirus-infected people to spray disinfectant as Shanghai tries to root out an omicron outbreak under China's strict zero-COVID strategy

Xi promotes Communist Party youth wings' role ahead of key congress

Addressing a meeting marking the centenary of the Communist Youth League of China, Xi said the body should always be a vanguard force in mobilising China's youth in continuous endeavour

Vladimir Putin marks Victory Day with little to show for 11-week war

Many Western analysts had expected Putin to use the holiday to trumpet some kind of victory in Ukraine or announce an escalation, but he did neither.

Hong Kong now has China patriots firmly in charge post polls: Carrie Lam

Lam's comments came a day after a carefully vetted election committee voted overwhelmingly to approve John Lee, a hard-line security chief who oversaw a crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement

Russian army could target chemical industries: Ukrainian military

The Ukrainian military is warning that Russia could target the country's chemical industries.

Brazil, Argentina must play World Cup qualifier after losing appeals: FIFA

During the qualifying program for the World Cup, Brazilian health officials came onto the field minutes after kickoff last September to dispute the quarantine status of some Argentina players

Senate passes bill to boost security for US Supreme Court justices

Sens. John Cornyn said threats to Supreme Court justices and their families are disgraceful and attempts to intimidate the independence of the judiciary branch shouldn't be tolerated

South Korea's new leader offers support if North Korea denuclearises

South Korea's new president says he'll present an audacious plan to improve North Korea's economy if it denuclearises.

New South Korean President takes office, briefed on North Korea

Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol took office as South Korea's president on Tuesday, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges

UN chief Guterres visits non-NATO member Moldova amid Transnistria tension

Transnistria, a small strip of land with a population of about 470,000, has been under the control of separatist authorities since a 1992 war with Moldova

Lithuania FM says only safe way for West, allies is regime change in Russia

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said Putin's annual Victory Day speech was underwhelming and that the gloomy faces of generals and others were signs of failing in the Ukraine war

50-50 chance of Earth hitting key warming mark by 2026, say scientists

The world is creeping closer to the warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent

Joe Biden signs Ukraine bill, seeks $40 billion aid in Putin rejoinder

Biden signed a bipartisan measure to reboot the World War II-era lend-lease programme to bolster Kyiv and Eastern European allies

Cyprus pitches zonal firefighting hub to Israel, Greece to curb wildfires

In a joint statement, the ministers said they had decided to intensify cooperation on issues contributing to resilience, energy security and interconnectivity in the region

Yemen 2009 plane crash trial begins in Paris, lone survivor to attend

The 2009 Yemenia flight left from Paris before picking up other passengers in the southern French city of Marseille, the crash killed 152 people

Earthquake shakes area between Taiwan, Japan; tsunami alert not issued

Japanese authorities said a magnitude 6.6 quake struck off the southern and westernmost island of Yonaguni, which is about 110 kilometers (66 miles) east of Taiwan