Saudi Aramco soars to $2 trillion on sky-high oil prices
Its market capitalisation value puts Aramco just behind Microsoft and Apple as the world's most valuable companies.
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‘Uncontrolled immigration’ will not solve UK’s economic woes: PM
Johnson's speech at his party's annual conference comes as complaints mount over fuel shortages and food supply chains.
7,000-year-old Indonesian woman reshapes views on early humans
Research on remains provides first clue on the mixing between early humans in Indonesia and Siberia.
Fears of COVID surge in Vietnam as workers flee Ho Chi Minh City
Mass exodus of migrant workers from Vietnam's COVID-19 epicentre prompts fears of virus surge in rural areas.
Biden and Xi discuss Taiwan amid spike in cross-strait tensions
Call follows unprecedented Chinese air incursions and as Taiwan says relations at their worst in 40 years.
Biden pitches investment plans amid deadlock in US Congress
US president travels to Michigan in effort to sell his infrastructure and social proposals to the American public.
Palestinian factions in Gaza call to end latest UNRWA-US deal
The US framework includes monitoring Palestinian school curricula and social media activities of UNRWA staff.
Biden aide to meet with top Chinese diplomat amid tensions
Talks in Switzerland on Wednesday come as the two countries seek to 'responsibly manage competition', White House says.
Is Turkey really serious about climate change?
Plans to ratify the Paris climate agreement six years later are welcomed, but activists say major policy moves needed.
Libyan legislative elections delayed until January: Parliament
Parliamentary spokesman says presidential poll in December is the priority, as legislative ballot postponed by 30 days.
US natural gas prices jump 9.5 percent to highest since 2008
Gas futures settled at $6.312 per million British thermal units on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Pandora Papers: Lebanon PM Mikati says family wealth legal
Najib Mikati says his wealth is legal after Pandora Papers leak reveals he owns an offshore firm in Panama.
Court jails Serb former policeman for Kosovo killings
Pristina court jails Goran Stanisic for 20 years for partaking in murder of 13 ethnic Albanians during Kosovo war.
Canadian authorities’ response to deadly heat ‘inadequate’: HRW
Human Rights Watch calls for better resources to help at-risk people after a deadly June heat wave in British Columbia.
Flames, smoke and heat: California grape workers push for change
Workers say they need more protection, support as ferocious wildfires become more frequent in California’s wine region.
Romania’s parliament topples Citu’s minority government
No confidence motion filed after Prime Minister Florin Citu's coalition unravelled last month over development fund dispute.
Facebook products ‘harm children, stoke division’: Whistleblower
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen is urging US lawmakers to regulate the social media giant.
Facebook crash exposes risks in social networking products
The networking problem brought down services used by more than 2.75 billion people.
Interrogation of play director stirs censorship fears in Lebanon
Director Awad Awad was taken into custody and questioned after allegedly criticising the president in his play.
J&J seeks US authorisation for its COVID booster shot
A panel of FDA health experts will meet next week to consider booster shots of the J&J and Moderna vaccines.