LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned yesterday he will take “necessary steps” to unilaterally alter Britain’s post-Brexit trade terms unless the EU changes the way it is implementing them in Northern Ireland. 

NYINGTRI, China: In a room warmed by an open wood stove, Baima says her family converted their white-brick house into a hotel as China’s Communist leadership ushers tens of millions of tourists to the politically sensitive region of Tibet. 

BRUSSELS: US President Joe Biden and the EU agreed a long-term truce in the 17-year-old Airbus-Boeing dispute yesterday, as they try to push past their own disputes and turn their focus to a rising China. 

LONDON: Britain announced yesterday a major free trade agreement with Australia as London presses on with efforts to strike new deals with nations since leaving the European Union. 

LONDON: World efforts to tackle climate change are “way off track”, the head of Britain’s main business lobby group said yesterday after a G7 pledge to step up action. 

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s currency hit a new low against the dollar on the black market yesterday, continuing its freefall in a country gripped by political deadlock, an economic crisis and increasing shortages. 

BEIJING: A French nuclear firm said yesterday it was working to resolve a “performance issue” linked to a gas build-up at a plant it part-owns in southern China following a US media report of a potential leak there. 

KUWAIT: Health Ministry Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad announced today that it is confirmed that a number of persons contracted the Indian COVID-19 strain, also known as the Delta variant, in the country. 

NEW YORK: Investing in bitcoin and other digital currencies remains a risky game where the rules could change significantly, but the payoff could be big.