LONDON: The UK government on Wednesday demanded the EU re-negotiate post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland after rioting and business disruption hit the restive province. The European Union has long insisted that it is up to London to ...

FRANKFURT: COVID-19 vaccine makers BioNTech and Pfizer on Wednesday said they had found a South African partner to produce their jab on the African continent for the first time. The move comes amid growing criticism of vaccine inequality that has see...

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet approved a huge emergency aid package Wednesday for flood-stricken regions of Germany and said billions would be needed to rebuild homes, businesses and vital infrastructure. A week into the regionR...

A finger-sized fossil from  308 million years ago unearthed in the United States gives tantalising clues to the habits of tiny dinosaur-like creatures that may be the forerunners of reptiles, researchers revealed Wednesday. The new species is a micr...

Disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who has been serving a 23-year prison sentence for sexual assault in New York since last year, was transferred to Los Angeles on Tuesday for a second trial in which he will face new charges. The once all-pow...

Dolphins gracefully pop in and out of the water, peppering the infinite-looking Indian Ocean, sharks rise from the depths while birds dive from the sky—all on the hunt for their next meal: sardines. In the crisp air of winter, South Africa’s east...

TOKYO: Tokyo 2020’s cutesy Olympic mascots are plastered across the host city, but they have competition in mascot-mad Japan, where cuddly characters promote everything from prisons to health screenings. In the land of Hello Kitty and Pokemon, ador...

MAKKAH: Bushra Shah, a 35-year-old Pakistani, says she is realizing a childhood dream by making the great pilgrimage to holy Makkah, and under new rules she’s doing it without a male “guardian”. The hajj ministry has officially allowed women of...

PARIS: Carbon emissions are set to hit an all-time high by 2023 as just two percent of pandemic recovery finance is being spent on clean energy, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday. Countries have allocated more than $16 trillion (14 tril...

BEIRUT: A Lebanon prosecutor has summoned central bank chief Riad Salameh for questioning next month over graft allegations, the latest of several cases brought against him, a judicial source said. Riad Salameh, one of world’s longest-serving c...