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G20 to endorse OECD deal on global minimum corporate tax
BRUSSELS: The world's financial leaders will endorse on July 9-10 a deal setting a global minimum corporate tax and call for technical work to be finished so they can approve the framework for implementation in October, their draft…
US has ‘wrong’ expectation for dialogue: Kim’s sister
SEOUL: The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday that Washington had "wrong" expectations for dialogue with Pyongyang and was facing "greater disappointment", state media reported.
Kim Yo Jong's comments…
US military could slow down pullout from Afghanistan: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The US military could slow down its withdrawal from Afghanistan due to the gains made by the Taliban, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday.
Kirby stressed that President Joe Biden's deadline of a full withdrawal by…
India reports 42,640 new COVID-19 cases, 1,167 deaths
BENGALURU: India reported on Tuesday 42,640 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed.
The South Asian country's total COVID-19 case load now stands at 29.98 million, while total fatalities…
Saudi envoy to Qatar takes up post as rift eases
DOHA: Saudi Arabia's new ambassador to Qatar took up his post on Monday, presenting his credentials after the two Gulf countries re-established ties in January following a bitter three-year feud.
Saudi envoy Prince Mansour bin Khalid bin…
Saudi-led coalition destroys drone fired by Yemen’s Houthis, state TV
CAIRO: The Saudi-Led coalition fighting in Yemen said on Sunday it had destroyed a drone launched by Iran-aligned Houthi movement towards the southern Saudi city of Khamis Mushait, Saudi state TV reported.
On Saturday, Saudi air…
US envoy offers to meet North Korea ‘anywhere anytime’
SEOUL: The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang "anywhere, anytime, without preconditions", with no public contact so far between the Biden administration and the nuclear-armed nation.…
Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant shut down over ‘technical fault’: operator
TEHRAN: Iran's southern Bushehr nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy body said in a statement.
"Following a technical fault at Bushehr power plant, and after a…
US Navy tests warship’s metal with megablast
MIAMI: The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war.
The first of the tests, which are known as Full Ship…
Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil surpasses half million covid deaths
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Brazil on Saturday became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic.
"500,000 lives lost due to the…