International

Seattle: Starbucks has said it is forming a joint venture with Chinese investment firm Boyu Capital to operate Starbucks stores in China. Under the agreement, Boyu will pay USD 4 billion to acquire a 60 per cent interest in Starbucks' retail operations in China. Starbucks...

London: Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the June 12 Air India plane crash, Monday appealed for a welfare package for day-to-day support as he continues to struggle with the physical and mental trauma of the tragedy. The 40-year-old British citizen of Indian heritage...

Colombo: At least 35 Indian fishermen have been arrested and their four trawlers seized by the Sri Lankan Navy allegedly for illegal fishing, in an overnight operation that ended early Monday. The Navy spokesman Commander Buddika Sampath said the arrests came at the Sri Lankan...

Washington: American President Donald Trump lauded Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, when asked which of the two global leaders was tougher to deal with, describing both as strong and intelligent men who shouldn't be underestimated. During an interview with American media...

Kabul: A powerful, 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 300 others, a health official said. The US Geological Survey said the quake's epicentre was located 22 kilometres west-southwest of the town of Khulm,...

New York: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has referred to the “progress” his country has made with India as he stressed that Canada is building partnerships abroad amid tariff pressures with the US. Carney's remarks on Saturday came after US President Donald Trump last week...

Kyiv: At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Ukraine's southwestern Odesa region, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday. Elsewhere, Russia continued to pummel the country's energy infrastructure. Russian drones attacked a car park in the Odesa region on Ukraine's Black Sea coast in...

Kabul: India has delivered over 16 tonnes of medicines to Afghanistan to help combat vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis, a Taliban spokesperson announced Sunday. Taliban spokesperson Sharafat Zaman stated that the medicines and diagnostic kits will support Afghanistan’s National Malaria and Other Vector-Borne...

Hanoi: The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Vietnam's central region has risen to 35, with 5 people missing and 60 others injured, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority said Sunday. More than 16,500 houses remain inundated, while 361 others were damaged,...

Moscow: Russia strongly condemns the United States for the excessive use of military force during counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. “We firmly denounce the use of excessive military force in carrying out actions in anti-drugs operations,” foreign ministry...