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Why global tech giants turn to Indian talent
MUMBAI: Twitter’s new CEO Parag Agrawal is the latest alumnus of India’s prestigious technical universities appointed to head a multi-billion-dollar…
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World
COVID to cost global tourism $2.0 trillion
MADRID: The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN’s tourism…
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World
Global democracy under attack despite Biden push
ROME: US President Joe Biden has vowed a major push to promote democracy worldwide. But since he took office, democracy…
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Business
UK investment summit draws ire from activists
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged foreign investors yesterday to buy into post-Brexit Britain as he seeks to power future…
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Business
OECD lowers global, US economic growth forecasts
PARIS: The OECD warned yesterday of an “uneven” global economic recovery as it lowered its 2021 growth forecasts for the…
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World
Crisis cements Qatari global influence
DOHA: Political leaders have flocked to Doha and some countries have moved their Kabul embassies to Qatar, all praising their…
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World
Biden wants to end US global policing role
WASHINGTON: “America is back”, goes US President Joe Biden’s catchphrase, but his unapologetic exit from Afghanistan shows America won’t be…
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World
Hundreds arrested in ‘staggering’ global crime sting
THE HAGUE: Police arrested more than 800 people worldwide in a huge global sting involving encrypted phones that were secretly…
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World
G7 strikes ‘historic’ agreement over global corporate tax rate
LONDON: Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations yesterday endorsed a global minimum corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent,…
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Kuwait
Ending coronavirus lockdowns increases global oil prices: Analysts
KUWAIT: The recent rise in oil prices around the world is due to an increase in fuel demand after the…
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Asia
Global COVID deaths near a million
NEW DELHI: Relatives and graveyard workers cover the coffin of a COVID-19 Coronavirus victim during a burial at a graveyard…
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Business
Global sell-off drives European stocks to near 3-month lows
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany – REUTERS LONDON: A…
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