Thibaut Courtois has announced he will pause his international career with Belgium until 2027, returning for Euro 2028 qualifiers. He will miss the upcoming Nations League under new coach Mark Van Bommel.

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Spain recorded its hottest summer with an average temperature of 24.5°C, surpassing past records. The heatwave lasted for 61 days according to the weather agency AEMET.

Bangladesh faces a severe measles outbreak, with over 1,000 child fatalities since March due to vaccination program failures. Health officials have reported nearly 187,500 infections this year.

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LONDON: The algae bloom that clogged intake pipes at Israel’s Mediterranean desalination plants in late August exposed the fragility of a water system that supplies not only Israel, but also Gaza. Five of Israel’s six coastal desalination plants, which convert seawater into drinking water, shut down after microscopic algae clogged their intake systems, CNN reported on Sept. 4, citing Mekorot, Israel’s national water company. The plants produce more than 80 percent of Israel’s drinking water, acc

Digital bank ZA Bank is taking 45,000 square feet (4,181 square metres) across four upper floors at Hysan Development’s Lee Garden Eight for its new headquarters, adding to a wave of financial and technology companies reshaping Causeway Bay’s commercial landscape. The move comes as landlords across the district grapple with a changing property market marked by excess office space. The bank is scheduled to move into Tower 3 in 2027, coinciding with Hysan and partner Chinachem Group completing the...

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Selling in IT stocks and fresh foreign fund outflows also dented investors' sentiment

While RBC Capital Markets, HSBC and Barclays all have price targets for the stock index around 8,000, they outline risks the market is facing.

Rising bond yields raise borrowing costs and put pressure on other investments.

Brent crude futures surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in West Asia threatened to weaken the already strained supply chain amid U.S.-Iran tensions

Rescue operations continue in Nepal following the catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse, with hundreds still missing. Efforts are concentrated on hydropower tunnels where survivors may be trapped.

The court ordered EFGH to pay $100,000 by the next court hearing on Sept 30.

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China and Russia’s negotiations regarding the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline have stalled, according to multiple sources who have knowledge of the issue, as both sides cannot bridge a big gap over gas price expectations. “China hopes to secure a price comparable to Russia’s subsidised residential rate, around US$50/thousand cubic metres, or at least the domestic industrial rate of about US$120-130/thousand cubic metres,” said one source, who asked for anonymity due to the...

China and Russia’s negotiations regarding the construction of the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline have stalled, according to multiple sources who have knowledge of the issue, as both sides cannot bridge a big gap over gas price expectations. “China hopes to secure a price comparable to Russia’s subsidised residential rate, around US$50/thousand cubic metres, or at least the domestic industrial rate of about US$120-130/thousand cubic metres,” said one source, who asked for anonymity due to the...

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Kuwait Petroleum Corp is providing ship-to-ship transfer options outside the Strait of Hormuz for safer cargo delivery, according to a company official.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Business Confidence Index rose to 56.7 in August, up from 56.5 in July, driven by continued optimism in the Kingdom’s non-oil economy, official data showed. The index held firmly above the 50-point neutral threshold, underscoring that companies remain optimistic about economic conditions and expect continued growth across various sectors, according to the General Authority for Statistics. The sustained momentum in the BCI comes as Saudi Arabia presses ahead with its Visi

Alibaba Group Holding is giving users the ability to put artificial intelligence-powered “digital employees” to work within rival office platforms, opening a new competitive front against ByteDance and Tencent Holdings in enterprise AI. The latest version of the QoderWake tool, launched by Alibaba Cloud on Tuesday, allowed users to generate fully functioning workers using a single-line description of the required role, the company said. These digital workers could then be put to work within any...

A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered South Korean video game tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to pay more than 2 trillion won (Ú$1.5 billion) in a divorce settlement, the largest asset division ever awarded in the country.

JEDDAH: Riyadh and Damascus are considering the establishment of industrial cities in Syria that include zones dedicated to Saudi investments. This move aims to support reconstruction efforts and attract industrial capital, according to Mohammed Yassin Hourieh, the Syrian assistant minister of economy and industry. Speaking to Al-Eqtisadiah on the sidelines of the SYRIX exhibition for Syrian industries in Jeddah, Hourieh stated that recent discussions have taken place with the Saudi Ministry of

Australia is set to introduce new sanctions against Israel but has opted not to join other countries in banning trade with Israeli settlements. Foreign Minister Penny Wong expressed concerns about the impact of a blanket ban on Australian businesses and the peace process, while reaffirming the necessity for Israel to address settler violence and the implications for a two-state solution.

The death toll has risen to three in an explosion on Wednesday inside a weapons depot in the Burj Al-Nimra area near Sarmada of northern Idlib. More than 10 people were also injured in the blast, media reports said. Teams were dispatched to the site immediately after the explosion, the operations commander at Idlib’s Emergency and Disaster Management Directorate, Walid Aslan, said. Initial assessments indicated that the blast was caused by munitions, he added. Aslan said that teams were assess

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DUBAI: French-Algerian actress Sofia Boutella took her Venice Film Festival run to Instagram this week, posting the Miu Miu look she wore to the label’s Women’s Tales dinner in the city — an off-carpet turn that followed the ivory Stella McCartney gown she chose for the world premiere of “The Basics of Philosophy.” Boutella stars in the Paul Schrader drama, which screened out of competition in the festival’s Venice Open section alongside Jack Huston, Bill Pullman and Dana Delany. The film follow

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Military operations in Yemen intensified on Wednesday with clashes expanding across several fronts, according to reports by Saudi-owned news channels Al Arabiya and Al Hadath. Yemen's armed forced said on Wednesday that they had launched a large-scale operation in southern Maareb. The Yemeni armed forces reported that fighting with the Iran-backed Houthi militia has been continuing on the Taiz fronts of Toil and Al-Barah, and claim to have inflicted heavy losses on the group. Al Arabiya and Al

The Philippines’ defence chief, Gilberto Teodoro, accused China of ‘bullying’ after receiving a note from China at the Seoul Defense Dialogue, asserting its claims over disputed waters.

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The UK summoned a top Serbian diplomat to condemn the state-sponsored funeral of Ratko Mladic, a convicted war criminal known for his role in the Srebrenica massacre and other atrocities. UK officials, including special envoy Karen Pierce and Lord Wood, emphasized that honoring Mladic undermines trust and hinders reconciliation efforts in the region, urging political leaders to focus on the future instead of glorifying past crimes.

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