BEIJING: US negotiators met with their Chinese counterparts in Beijing yesterday for a new round of high-stakes trade talks, hoping to reach a deal before the March 1 deadline set by Donald Trump as the IMF warned of a possible global economic “storm”. Preliminary discussions had been expected to start
PARIS: The world’s top energy companies booked enormous profits last year thanks to higher oil prices and keeping a tight lid on spending, even if that risked limiting their medium-term production capacity. The five “supermajors” — US firms Chevron and ExxonMobil, Britain’s BP, Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell and Total of
DUBAI: A record investment package being prepared by Saudi Arabia for Pakistan will likely provide welcome relief for its cash-strapped Muslim ally, while also addressing regional geopolitical challenges, analysts say. At the heart of the investment is a reported $10 billion refinery and oil complex in the strategic Gwadar Port
PARIS: Lawyers for French carmaker Renault have criticised their Japanese alliance partner Nissan for its handling of an internal probe into the Carlos Ghosn scandal, a Sunday newspaper has reported. In a letter to Nissan dated January 19, the lawyers said they had “serious concerns about the methods used” by
“Unfounded rumours” causing people to spurn the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was preventing the elimination of cervical cancer, which kills more than 300,000 women every year, health authorities said recently. To mark World Cancer Day 2019, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) issued a statement in which it
A retrospective of Don McCullin, one of Britain’s greatest living photographers, opens in London on Tuesday, spanning 60 years of war zones and landscapes bursting with the same brooding intensity. The 250 black and white prints on show at the Tate Britain gallery were all developed by 83-year-old McCullin himself
Assassinations in broad daylight. Ruthless agents plotting undercover. Bugging devices in every Western capital. Three decades after the fall of the Soviet Union, the specter of the notorious KGB still looms large in the public imagination. Now, a Manhattan museum offers a time-traveler’s plunge into the world of the Cold
GEELONG (Australia): A world record and a hole-in-one marked the opening day of a pioneering golf tournament in Australia yesterday where the men’s and women’s events are played at the same time. The Vic Open is the only tournament in the world with male and female fields teeing off, in
LIVERPOOL: Pep Guardiola insisted Manchester City’s 2-0 victory at Everton proved they are determined to win their title fight with Liverpool as the champions returned to the top of the table on Wednesday. It was a far from inspired performance from City at Goodison Park, but goals from Aymeric Laporte
DOHA: Qatar’s remarkable Asian Cup victory may have been a sporting triumph which sparked wild celebrations in Doha but it is almost certain to come at a political price, analysts say. The win – in the hostile capital of the United Arab Emirates, one of its opponents in a bitter