June 28, 2024 4:57 PM
The heatwave in Saudi Arabia blamed for the deaths of 1,300 people on the haj pilgrimage this month was made worse by climate change, a team of European scientists said on Friday. Temperatures along the route from June 16 to 18 reached 47 degrees Ce...
June 24, 2024 11:25 PM
The U.S. State Department on Monday boosted Vietnam's ranking on a human trafficking report, even as it cited concerns that the Southeast Asian country had failed to launch investigations into government officials complicit in trafficking crimes. A ...
June 24, 2024 8:36 AM
Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that as many as 1,301 people died during the Hajj pilgrimage, with "numerous cases" due to heat stress and "unauthorized" trips accounting for over four out of five of the deaths, CNN reported. In a statement, the Saudi g...
June 20, 2024 6:30 PM
Dangerous heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again bring about record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years. ...
June 20, 2024 11:51 AM
Nearly 2 million Muslims will reach the end of the haj pilgrimage this week, but extreme heat has proved fatal for hundreds who began the journey last Friday to the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. At least 562 people have died d...
June 7, 2024 3:19 PM
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has extended congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his party's triumph in India's recently concluded general elections, highlighting the strong diplomatic relations between the two nations....
June 7, 2024 2:08 PM
Cut off from the West, Russia is pitching its $2 trillion economy to giants like China and Saudi Arabia and longer-term prospects like Zimbabwe and Afghanistan at its premier investment forum in St Petersburg, which was founded by the tsars as a wind...
June 3, 2024 4:30 PM
OPEC+ agreed on Sunday to extend most of its deep oil output cuts well into 2025 as the group seeks to shore up the market amid tepid demand growth, high interest rates and rising rival U.S. production. Brent crude oil prices have been trading near ...
June 2, 2024 2:29 PM
Saudi Arabia kicked off a secondary share sale in oil giant Aramco on Sunday, a landmark deal that could raise up to $13.1 billion in a major test of international appetite for the kingdom's assets. The banks on the deal will take institutional ...
May 30, 2024 4:21 PM
Saudi Arabia may announce a landmark secondary share offering in oil giant Aramco later on Thursday, pending final approval, people with knowledge of the matter said. Final approval would come from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The share offerin...
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