UN summit to tackle ’emergency’ in world’s oceans
Nice, France - A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicks off Monday in France, with calls...
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How are the 2026 World Cup contenders shaping up?
Only eight countries have won the World Cup in 22 editions up to the most recent tournament in Qatar, when...
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Twitter bans sharing of photos
Twitter's first policy shift under the new CEO Parag Agrawal
- Twitter will need a “first person report” of any violations and then would conduct a review
- The new twitter policy wouldn’t apply to photos or videos taken from large public events
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Asian markets mostly up, oil rallies as virus and Fed hold attention
A mild recovery from the previous two days' steep losses was turned on its head in the region on Tuesday...
- With medical experts saying the full outlook for Omicron was still being assessed, analysts said markets would remain volatile
- Crude which was pummelled Friday and again Tuesday also enjoyed some advances with both main contracts up more than two percent
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Tech 2022 trends: Meatless meat, Web 3.0, Big Tech battles
Meat alternatives have become common in an increasing number of US households, thanks in part to Beyond Meat and Impossible...
- Meat alternatives have become common in an increasing number of US households, thanks in part to Beyond Meat and Impossible Food plant-based products
- In web 3.0, "users, creators and developers would have stakes and votes" in a platform in much the way a cooperative works
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Tel Aviv ranked world’s priciest city for first time
Tel Aviv climbed the rankings partly due to the strength of the national currency, the shekel, against the dollar, as...
- The Israeli city climbed five rungs to score top place for the first time in the authoritative ranking compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
- The Worldwide Cost of Living Index is compiled by comparing prices in U.S. dollars for goods and services in 173 cities
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Iran’s Raisi says ending sanctions key to Vienna talks
President Ebrahim Raisi's comments in a phone call with Emmanuel Macron on Monday evening were his first after the reopening...
- If the Americans lift the sanctions and the Europeans honor their commitments... Iran will meet its obligations too, the president said.
- The talks in Vienna are the first since Iran paused them after Raisi's election in June and then ignored Western appeals to restart them for several months.
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WHO urges ‘rational’ measures against Omicron Covid variant
The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take "rational" measures in response to the new,...
- First reported to the WHO in southern Africa less than a week ago, the new strain has rapidly spread across continents
- The UN health agency has cautioned against such restrictions, fearing that blocking travel from countries where new variants are first spotted could be unfair
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Iraqi cleric Sadr’s bloc declared biggest election winner
Iraq's Shiite Muslim firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr was Tuesday confirmed the biggest winner of last month's parliamentary election that had...
- A distant second in the Shiite camp with 17 seats was the Fatah (Conquest) Alliance
- The final results must now be sent to the federal court for ratification
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Multiply Group to list on ADX
Listing opportunity for investors to invest in disruptive technologies.
- Multiply Group will become the eighth IHC subsidiary to list on the ADX in less than a year.
- The group has Multiply has assets of AED8.16 billion ($2.2 billion) and 3,240 employees.
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Macron urges Iran’s Raisi to respect nuclear obligations
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi to return to fulfilling Tehran's obligations under the...
- In telephone talks Macron urged Raisi to engage in a "constructive manner" in the talks that resumed after a suspension of almost half a year
- European powers are seeking to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that has been moribund since the United States walked out in 2018
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Pfizer already working on Covid vaccine targeting Omicron: CEO
Bourla likened the situation to the scenario earlier this year when Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech developed a vaccine...
- Bourla likened the situation to the scenario earlier this year when Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech developed a vaccine in 95 days against Delta which was not used
- On Monday, the World Health Organization warned the new Covid-19 Omicron variant poses a "very high" risk globally
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UN summit to tackle ’emergency’ in world’s oceans
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NATO to buy ammunitions worth $1.2 billion amid Ukraine war
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Zee’s shares fall after merger fails
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Gaza facing catastrophic situation, famine looming: WFP
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Israel firing in Lebanon kills over 200 since start of Gaza war
Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange...
- Monday saw air strikes and artillery shelling targeting Lebanese border villages
- More than 83,000 Lebanese have been forced to flee their homes since hostilities began
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India’s stock market edges out Hong Kong to become world’s fourth largest
New Delhi, UAE--India's stock market has edged out Hong Kong to become the world's fourth-largest, a milestone that underscores growing...
- According to data compiled by Bloomberg, the value of shares listed on Indian exchanges hit $4.3trn on Monday, higher than Hong Kong's $4.29trn
- Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index, which includes shares of many influential Chinese companies, ended last year 14 percent lower
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Up to 15,000 dead in Sudan’s Darfur town, UN experts say
The conflict has claimed more than 13,000 lives, according to a conservative estimate by the ACLED analysis group, on which...
- Fighting has raged since last spring between army and rebel paramilitary RSF
- The experts said paramilitaries and their allies "violated international humanitarian law"