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Iran starts handling first Russian cargo transit to India
Jul 12, 2022 15:31Iran has started transiting a first Russian cargo to India through a new route that experts believe will lead to increased trade in the region.
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Sri Lanka's beleaguered president attempts to flee country, blocked from leaving
Jul 12, 2022 15:12The Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is due to officially resign on Wednesday after months of protests, has made a failed attempt to flee the crisis-hit country.
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Starmer ends Labour silence on Brexit as he rules out rejoining single market
Jul 07, 2022 18:11UK Labour Leader Keir Starmer says he will rebuild trust with EU on key areas of disagreement such as the Northern Ireland protocol and get ‘a better deal for the British people.’
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Thousands of Sri Lankans ditch cars, turn to bicycles as fuel crisis worsens in cash-strapped country
Jul 06, 2022 09:53Throwing a backpack over his shoulders and a helmet over his head, Thusitha Kahaduwa hops onto his bicycle to pedal off to work through the chaotic streets of Colombo.
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Paris airport workers keep demand for pay raise alive
Jul 02, 2022 12:13Paris airport workers have planned another two-day strike for the weekend as the protest action has already disrupted early summer travels at the French capital’s international airport.
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Flights canceled in France as airport workers strike for higher pay amid high inflation
Jul 01, 2022 09:53As France’s summer travel season begins, flights from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and other French airports have been canceled after the employers went on strikes to protest low salaries and high inflation.
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Italy’s economy facing multiple threats; Social peace at risk
Jun 30, 2022 06:53The gas squeeze, higher interest rates and plummeting consumer confidence threaten to bring down Italy's economy on multiple fronts.
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Argentine trucker protest slashes grains delivery, threatening exports and milling
Jun 30, 2022 06:51A truck driver protest in Argentina is threatening to paralyze the country's grains exports, slashing the number of freight vehicles carrying grains to the country's main port on Wednesday.
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G7 unveils $600bn infrastructure plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative
Jun 28, 2022 06:33The Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to raise $600 billion in funding for advancement projects in the developing world in a move designed to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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UK inflation hits 40-year high of 9.1% as food, energy prices surge
Jun 22, 2022 12:17The United Kingdom recorded the highest inflation in the past four decades in May with food prices pushing it up to 9.1 percent, the highest among the Group of Seven (G7) countries.