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Bulgaria, Romania take first steps into Europe’s vast visa-free zone
BUCHAREST, ROMANIA: After 13 years of waiting, Bulgaria and Romania are to partially join the Europe’s vast Schengen area of ...
President Joe Biden is lapping Donald Trump when it comes to campaign cash — and he’ll need it
“I think people really want to hear what they have to say,” said Michael Smith, a major Hollywood donor and ...
Pilgrims stay away from Jerusalem on ‘tense’ Good Friday
The war in Gaza hung heavy over Good Friday in Jerusalem with fewer Christian pilgrims walking the path through the ...
Canada’s Trudeau on back foot over carbon tax
OTTAWA: Polluters should pay up, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists. But pressure is mounting to scrap his signature climate ...
Germany to legalise cannabis: What are the new rules?
Germany will partially legalise cannabis from Monday, implementing a flagship pledge of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government.However, access to the ...
Who will pay for the destroyed bridge, harmed businesses and lost lives?
WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC COSTS?Attorney Thomas Schoenbaum, a maritime law expert and professor at the University of Washington, said despite ...
China reaffirms financial support for Sri Lanka
BEIJING: China has said it would continue to support Sri Lanka, as the crisis-hit island nation’s prime minister on Saturday ...
Sticky-fingered journalists on Air Force One put on notice
WASAHINGTON: Normally they’re the ones grilling Washington power players. But the tables have been turned on the White House press ...
Israel’s high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?
The court did not immediately respond to his request. But it issued an interim order barring the government from funding ...
Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can’t retire
Some job recruiters contacted by AP said older workers don’t work well or have underlying illnesses. Others declined to answer ...
