Taliban asks Pakistan not to blame them for violence at home
Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister has asked Pakistani authorities to look for the reasons behind militant violence in their country instead of blaming Afghanistan.
Vaccine-makers kept $1.4 billion in prepayments for cancelled COVID shots for world’s poor
Separately, Johnson & Johnson is demanding additional payment for unwanted shots, confidential documents show.
Leading artists deride Barbican’s collaboration with Israeli embassy for concert
Jerusalem Orchestra East & West’s performance ‘cynical attempt to re-brand apartheid as diversity’, claims letter by over 50 artistsMore than 50 artists, including the poet Benjamin Zephaniah and the Turner prize co-winner Tai Shani, have protested…
Trump’s fundraising for presidential bid gets off to modest start
Donald Trump’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 got off to a modest fundraising start, with his campaign ending the year with about US$7 million on hand while his Save America fund had about $18 million, according to financial dis…
Qatar Airways, Airbus reach settlement in A350 legal case
Qatar Airways and Airbus have reached a settlement in a longstanding legal dispute over the A350 jetliner and billions of orders for other planes.
‘Surprising’ ancient Egyptian mummy ingredients discovered
The discovery of dozens of beakers and bowls in a mummification workshop has helped reveal how ancient Egyptians embalmed their dead, with some “surprising” ingredients imported from as far as Southeast Asia, a study said Wednesday.The exceptional col…