RAYONG, Thailand: The nightly armada of bobbing green lights from squid boats has all but disappeared near the site of an oil spill in the Gulf of Thailand, as devastated local crews brace for lost income and damaged fish stocks.

LONDON: The UK government will introduce new legislation allowing it to change or scrap retained European Union laws, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced yesterday to mark two years since Brexit. 

MUMBAI: India expects to lead the world in economic growth this year in a post-pandemic bounceback, government forecasts showed yesterday, but with expansion slowing despite widespread vaccine coverage and recovering exports. 

LONDON: The world’s top oil-producing countries will meet tomorrow to discuss a further increase in output, while crude prices have reached seven-year highs rattled by geopolitical tensions. 

LONDON: The pandemic, which left London’s transport system deserted for months on end, has decimated revenues and sparked an ongoing feud between the city’s mayor and the UK government over funding current shortfalls. 

BEIJING: Factory activity in China edged down in January, official figures showed yesterday, but slightly exceeded expectations as businesses struggled with sporadic disruptions due to coronavirus outbreaks. 

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso: Dust and toxic fumes billow from a cavernous, ashy granite quarry in the center of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. 

NEW DELHI: India’s capital New Delhi is shivering through an unusually harsh bout of harsh winter cold, blamed for killing scores of homeless people and leaving other hard-up residents struggling to keep warm. 

LAHORE: Agriculture entrepreneurs are bringing the digital age to Pakistan’s farmers, helping them plan crops better and distribute their produce when the time is right. Until recently, “the most modern machine we had was the tractor”, Aamer Hayat Bhandara, a farmer and local councillor behind one such project told AFP in “Chak 26”, a village in the agricultural heartland of Punjab province.