Singapore will defer charging a levy on the use of green jet fuel to adjust to price rises caused by the Middle East war, regulators said Wednesday. The city-state had planned to require departing flights to use the more expensive Sustainable...
The NBA Board of Governors voted on Wednesday to authorize the league to explore potential expansion teams for Las Vegas and Seattle that would bring the league to 32 clubs. The move is the first step in a lengthy process that could lead to a new...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that his country’s forces were expanding a “buffer zone” in southern Lebanon as the military pressed ahead with its campaign against Hezbollah. “We have created a...
State media in Iran said Wednesday that Tehran had rejected a US plan to end fighting, as the head of the United Nations warned that the Middle East war was spiralling out of control. In a first public acknowledgement of US efforts to discuss peace...
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into “another Gaza.” Guterres cited increased “bellicose rhetoric” from both sides as they engage in nearly...
Iran fired cruise missiles at the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, the military said in a statement carried by state television, warning of further launches when the strike group’s ships come in range. “The Iranian Navy’s...
Hungary’s prime minister said on Wednesday that Budapest would phase out gas deliveries to Ukraine, the latest salvo in a feud between the two countries over a damaged oil pipeline. “To break the oil blockade and guarantee the security...
A drone coming from Russian airspace hit a chimney of a power plant in Estonia while another fell on Latvian territory, authorities in the two Baltic countries said Wednesday. Authorities in both countries said that the drones had come in from...
The head of the International Energy Agency said Wednesday he was “ready to move forward” with an additional release of oil reserves “if and when necessary”. Fatih Birol’s comments in Tokyo came after Japanese Prime...
China expressed deep shock and said it had lodged a protest on Tuesday after a man described as a member of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces broke into its Tokyo embassy and threatened to kill diplomats. The incident further soured relations...
Ireland slashed excise duty on petrol and diesel Tuesday in a bid to stem surging prices at filling stations following the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran. Excise duty on diesel will fall by 20 euro cents a litre and by 15 cents a litre on...
Sweden’s government on Tuesday said it would put forward a bill introducing a requirement for migrants to adhere to an “honest living” or face deportation. The country’s right-wing government, which came into power in 2022 on...
Epic Games said Tuesday it was cutting more than 1,000 jobs as a slump in users for its flagship title Fortnite left the video game giant spending “significantly more” than it was making. Chief executive Tim Sweeney announced the layoffs...
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier spoke on Tuesday of a “deep rift” with traditional ally the United States and said the US-Israeli war on Iran was a “breach of international law”. In unusually strong comments, the...
Greenland’s prime minister told AFP on Tuesday that Denmark’s general election was the most important in the history of the Danish autonomous territory coveted by US President Donald Trump. Trump has repeatedly said he believes the...
