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EU’s chip production plan aim to ease dependency on Asia-
By Associated Press BRUSSELS: The European Union announced a $48 billion plan Tuesday to become a major microchip producer to ...
US approves support deal with Taiwan for Patriot missiles-
By Associated Press WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has approved a $100 million support contract with Taiwan aimed at boosting the ...
Hong Kong limits private gatherings to fight COVID-19-
By Associated Press HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s leader announced on Tuesday the city’s toughest social-distancing restrictions yet, including unprecedented limits ...
Mauritius presses claim versus UK for Indian Ocean islands-
By Associated Press BANGKOK: A delegation from Mauritius is set to sail Tuesday to the Chagos Islands to press the ...
Turtles dying from eating trash show plastics scourge in UAE-
By Associated Press KALBA: The hawksbill sea turtle lay belly-up on the metal autopsy table, its shell ashen and stomach ...
China locks down southern city of Baise as omicron variant surges-
By Associated Press BEIJING: China has ordered inhabitants of the southern city of Baise to stay home and suspended transportation ...
French President Macron heads to Kyiv after talks with Putin-
By Associated Press KYIV: Diplomatic efforts to defuse the tensions around Ukraine continued on Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron ...
Australian political leaders apologise to staff for abuses-
By PTI CANBERRA: Australian political leaders apologised to staffers who have endured decades of bullying, harassment and sexual assault inside ...
Top scientist resigns over treatment of staff-
By PTI WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s top science adviser Eric Lander resigned, hours after the White House confirmed that an ...
Sri Lanka defends proposed changes to draconian anti-terror law as ‘most progressive step’-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Tuesday defended its proposed amendments to the draconian counter-terrorism law as the “most progressive ...
