PORT-AU-PRINCE: Sporadic gunfire rang out in Port-au-Prince Friday night, an AFP correspondent there heard, as residents desperately sought shelter amid the recent explosion of gang violence in the Haitian capital. Humanitarian conditions continued to deteriorate, and aid groups and NGOs have warned of a shortage of medical resources and food
LISBON: Waving colourful flags, hundreds of campaigners took to Lisbon’s streets on Friday ahead of Portugal’s weekend snap election, with polls giving the opposition centre-right an edge after eight years of Socialist rule, and huge gains for the far-right. Support for the Democratic Alliance (AD) has inched up in the final
ATHENS: Greek students clashed with police in Athens Friday as thousands protested a controversial bill on private universities, which they say will favour the rich. Riot police fired tear gas and used batons to keep students away from parliament ahead of a vote on the bill. Some protesters hurled stones
WASHINGTON: Hiring in the United States was robust in February although unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, a potentially encouraging sign for policymakers hoping to cool the economy without tipping it into a downturn. Officials have been walking a fine line trying to bring down inflation by raising interest
BEIJING: Chinese consumer prices rose in February for the first time since August, data showed Saturday, bucking a months-long stretch of deflation that compounded the country’s myriad economic woes. The world’s second-largest economy posted some of its lowest growth in decades last year and is battling a prolonged property sector
Kate Winslet stars as a dictator dealing with her personal demons in “The Regime”, a new political satire whose makers hope it is “funny and awful” at the same time. The Oscar-winning actor returns for her third HBO mini-series after the successes of “Mildred Pierce” and “Mare of Easttown”. In
MOSCOW: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was laid to rest in Moscow on Friday, surrounded by crowds of mourners who chanted his name and blamed authorities for his death in prison. Outside the cemetery where he was buried, some supporters shouted in grief while others yelled out slogans against the
BARCELONA: Smartphone makers are packing their latest devices with flashy new artificial intelligence tools such as real-time voice translation and advanced photo editing in efforts to reignite consumer demand. The trend was on display at the telecom industry’s biggest annual show, the four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC) which got under
GAZA STRIP: World leaders have called for an investigation and a ceasefire nearly five months into the Gaza war after dozens of desperate Palestinians were killed rushing an aid convoy. Vowing to “do more” to address the worsening humanitarian situation, President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States would
ABU DHABI: A high-level WTO conference ended Saturday with a temporary extension of an e-commerce moratorium but no deals on agriculture and fisheries, throwing into doubt the effectiveness of the multilateral trade body. The outcomes of the World Trade Organisation’s 13th ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi highlighted the sharp divisions
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