Paris airports hit by border control IT outage
It was not immediately clear if other airports or sectors were affected. — AFP A computer glitch at Paris’ main Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports hobbled border controls on…
China says deeply concerned over ‘out of control’ Ukraine conflict
China’s State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi while delivering a keynote speech at the 59th Munich Security Conference on February 19, 2023. — Twitter/@SpokespersonCHN Beijing pledges to publish proposal…
the end of nuclear arms control may be nigh
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov arrives for a meeting with a US special envoy in Vienna, Austria June 22, 2020. — Reuters. LONDON: Russia told the United States on…
Russia claims control of Soledar, Ukraine says fighting ongoing
A member of Ukraine’s military looks away as a BM-21 Grad 122mm rocket launcher is fired on the outskirts of Soledar, Ukraine, on Wednesday.— AFP Russia said its forces had…
Fate of Ukraine’s Soledar unclear as Wagner claims control
Soledar lies 15 kilometres (nine miles) from the city of Bakhmut, which Russia has been trying to seize for months.— AFP The fate of the Ukrainian city of Soledar was…
Jack Ma to cede control of China’s Ant Group
China’s Ant Group said on January 7, 2023 that it would adjust its shareholding structure so that its billionaire founder Jack Ma would no longer hold control over the fintech…
Ant Group founder Jack Ma to give up control in key revamp
Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma meets Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (not pictured), at the China Development Forum in Beijing, China, March 19, 2016.— Reuters …
Xi says COVID control is entering new phase as cases surge after reopening
People cross a road amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 31, 2022. — Reuters China overcame unprecedented difficulties in COVID battle: Xi. Still a…
Umar Farooq Zahoor’s name removed from passport, exit control lists
Businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor. — Reporter LONDON: The Pakistani government has removed the name of businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor from both the Exit Control List (ECL) and the Passport Control…
