President Joko Widodo announced Thursday that Indonesia will lift its restriction on palm oil exports next week, easing pressure on the global vegetable oil market after prices soared due to the suspension and the war in Ukraine. In the face of a domestic shortage, the island nation enacted the restrictionRead More →

Twitter has announced the launch of Super Follows Spaces, a service that will allow creators to communicate with their super subscribers. Creators will be able to “provide an extra layer of discussion to their largest supporters” with the Super Follows Spaces. It’s worth noting that users of Android and iOSRead More →

Rating agencies are anticipated to downgrade Sri Lanka on Wednesday as a result of the nonpayment of coupons on two of the country’s sovereign bonds, while the energy minister said the country has run out of money to pay for fuel. An unprecedented economic crisis since the country’s 1948 independenceRead More →

Following the death of the previous holder of the title, a 112-year-old Venezuelan farmer has been officially recognised as the world’s oldest living man, according to Guinness World Records. According to Guinness, Juan Vicente Perez was recognised as the world’s oldest living male in February. “His health and memory areRead More →

Finland’s parliament unanimously adopted a proposal to join the NATO military alliance on Tuesday, marking a historic policy shift in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Sunday, President Sauli Niinisto and the administration announced that Finland will seek for membership, but the decision was still subject to parliament’s approval.Read More →

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 86, was released from the hospital on Sunday after undergoing a colonoscopy last week, according to a statement on official media from the royal court. Saudi television aired a video clip of the monarch leaving King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, where heRead More →

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Friday that his country is “not favourable” to Finland and Sweden joining NATO, implying that Turkey could use its veto power as a member of the Western military alliance to prevent the two countries from entering. “We are closely monitoring developments in Sweden andRead More →

After Israeli police disrupted the start of the funeral procession, tens of thousands of mourners filled Jerusalem’s tense Old City on Friday for the burial of veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. Pallbearers struggled to keep Abu Akleh’s coffin from tumbling to the ground as baton-wielding police officers surgedRead More →