September2022

Syrian authorities have recovered 100 bodies from a Lebanese migrant boat that sank off Syria last week, state media reported about one of the deadliest recent shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean. The first bodies were found...

Long queues of people arrived to pay their respects to the assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe at a contentious state funeral on Tuesday. Dignitaries from Japan and beyond attended. Akie, Abe’s widow, took his ashes...

Jens Stoltenberg, the head of NATO, described the Moscow-organized referendum on Russian annexation in four of Ukraine’s active regions as a “sham” and “a flagrant violation of international law.” During their conversation, Stoltenberg “made clear that...

Today, the nation will commemorate Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s 76th birthday. Sheikh Hasina was born on September 28, 1947, in Tungipara, Gopalganj, the eldest of the five children of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur...

The Philippines will stop operations of 175 offshore gambling firms and deport about 40,000 Chinese workers, a justice ministry official said on Monday, part of a crackdown on the notoriously opaque online gaming industry. The sector...

BMW expects to reach the higher end of its 7-9% margin target for the cars business and sees slight sales growth in 2023, chief financial officer (CFO) Nicolas Peter said in a roundtable on Monday. Demand...

Volkswagen announced on Monday a $2.9 billion battery parts joint venture with Belgian materials firm Umicore, becoming the latest European automaker to bring battery supplies closer to home in the shift towards electric vehicles. While raw...

Apple says it has started making its iPhone 14 in India as it diversifies its supply chains away from China. The company makes most of its phones in China but has shifted some production outside the...

Elton John on Friday sang at the White House at the invitation of President Joe Biden, after declining invitations from his predecessor Donald Trump. Dressed in a glittering black suit and wearing orange glasses, the 75-year-old...

The Fortune Pink, an exceptionally rare giant gemstone, will be auctioned in Geneva in November when it is expected to go for up to $35 million (36 million euros), auctioneers said on Monday. At over 18...