Venezuela’s central bank has injected around $40m per week into the exchange market after launching a new version of the bolivar with six fewer zeros.Venezuela is moving to prop up its national currency after

DUBAI: Lebanon was plunged into a total blackout this week after two of its main power plants shut down before the army stepped in to supply fuel from its stocks. It was the latest

The Czech Republic has been plunged into uncertainty after President Milos Zeman was rushed to hospital a day after his ally, populist billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis, suffered a shock defeat in the country’s

Terence Blanchard makes history, becoming the Met Opera’s first Black composer.

Navy says some members of the nuclear-powered USS Connecticut’s crew suffered minor injuries in collision.A US nuclear-powered submarine hit an “object” while submerged in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region, injuring some of the

Women’s rights groups welcome decision but warn that it could be overturned by a conservative-controlled Supreme Court.A federal judge has temporarily blocked a near-total ban on abortion in Texas, the toughest such law in

Melbourne, Australia – Recent anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne have exposed the rise of the far-right movement over fears stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, unemployment, and continuing lockdown measures. The most recent — and arguably

Seoul says it hopes move will be a ‘foundation’ to rebuilding ties tested by a recent series of missile launches.North and South Korea have restored their cross-border hotline, the government in Seoul said on

US-China rivalry forcing Arab Gulf states to make impossible choices, UAE’s Anwar Gargash tells World Policy Conference ABU DHABI: Economic and strategic competition between the US and China is putting immense pressure on the

Aside from anti-COVID-19 misinformation, video-sharing giant will also bar erroneous claims about flu and measles jabs.YouTube will block all anti-vaccine content, moving beyond its ban on false information about COVID-19 vaccines to include material