menu_open Columnists

International Business Times

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

American Airlines Pulls 2025 Forecast On Economic Uncertainty

American Airlines withdrew its full-year profit forecast Thursday, citing economic uncertainty that has clouded its outlook for hiring and capacity...

latest 10

International Business Times

Afp News

Stock Markets Rise On Hopes Of Easing Trade Tensions

Asian and European stocks climbed on Friday, buoyed by a rally on Wall Street, strong earnings from Google parent Alphabet, and hopes of diffusing...

latest 9

International Business Times

Afp News

'Trump 2028' Merch For Sale On US President's Store

Donald Trump's online store is selling merchandise emblazoned with "Trump 2028," the year of the next US presidential election, in which the...

latest 9

International Business Times

Afp News

India And Pakistan Urged To Have 'Maximum Restraint' After Kashmir Attack

The United Nations urged India and Pakistan to show "maximum restraint" as the nuclear-armed rivals imposed tit-for-tat diplomatic measures over a...

latest 7

International Business Times

Afp News

Germany Expects Zero GDP Growth This Year, Blames Trump Tariffs

Germany's economy is expected to post zero growth in 2025, outgoing Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Thursday, blaming US President Donald...

latest 7

International Business Times

Afp News

12 US States Sue Over Trump's Tariffs

A coalition of 12 American states filed a lawsuit Wednesday to challenge the Trump administration's tariffs, saying the president cannot institute...

latest 7

International Business Times

Afp News

Intel Chief Vows To Thin Ranks At US Chip Maker

New Intel chief executive Lip-Bu Tan on Thursday announced upcoming layoffs at the struggling US chip maker as White House tariffs and export...

latest 8

International Business Times

Afp News

Russian General Killed By Car Bomb Near Moscow

An explosive device ripped through a parked car near Moscow on Friday killing a senior Russian general, investigators said, in an attack that...

latest 8

International Business Times

Afp News

US Envoy Witkoff, Putin Discuss 'Possibility' Of Direct Russia-Ukraine Talks

US envoy Steve Witkoff and Vladimir Putin on Friday discussed the "possibility" of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine during a meeting in...

latest 8

International Business Times

Afp News

Monash IVF Tells ASX Embryo Mix-Up Was Isolated, Calls Market Drop Surprising

Monash IVF has issued a response to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) following a high-profile embryo mix-up that saw a woman in Brisbane...

latest 7

International Business Times

Vidhya Ck

Anzac Day 2025: 110th Gallipoli Anniversary Marked By Rain, Reverence, And Heckles

Thousands of Australians gathered in solemn remembrance on Anzac Day 2025, marking 110 years since the Gallipoli landings. However, the day's...

latest 9

International Business Times

Sana Khan Sanakhangeek

Alphabet Quarterly Earnings Lifted By Cloud And AI

Google parent Alphabet on Thursday reported profit of $34.5 billion in the recently ended quarter, powered by its cloud computing and artificial...

latest 8

International Business Times

Glenn Chapman

Trump Signs Order To Ramp Up US Deep-sea Mining

President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order Thursday expanding the...

latest 7

International Business Times

Michael Mathes

China's Top Leaders Pledge Economic Support As Trade War Rages

China's top leaders pledged on Friday to step up support for the economy and oppose "unilateral bullying" in global trade in a veiled rebuke of...

latest 7

International Business Times

Peter Catterall And Luna Lin

European Carmakers On China Charm Offensive As Sales Droop

Once blithely dominant in China, European automakers are now launching full-fledged charm offensives at consumers in the world's largest car...

latest 7

International Business Times

Taimaz Szirniks With Rebecca Bailey

France Failed To Protect Rights Of Teen Rape Victims: Europe Court

The European rights court condemned France on Thursday for failing to protect the rights of three teenagers who reported rape, including one who...

latest 7

International Business Times

Pauline Froissart With Erin Flanagan In Paris

Furious India Eyes Response To Pakistan After Kashmir Attack

India has hit Pakistan with a raft of mostly symbolic diplomatic measures after a deadly attack it blames on its arch-rival, but analysts warn a...

yesterday 10

International Business Times

Afp News

At Night, Crime And Fear Stalk DR Congo's M23-run Areas

Every morning the Congolese city of Bukavu, now under the control of the Rwanda-backed M23 movement, counts its dead. Corpses are discovered at...

yesterday 9

International Business Times

Afp News

Australia To Stockpile Critical Minerals In Strategic Reserve

Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as nations scramble to source...

yesterday 10

International Business Times

Afp News

Stock Markets Mostly Fall As Hopes Of US-China Trade Deal Dampen

Stock markets were mostly lower on Thursday as China poured cold water on US President Donald Trump's comments talking up the prospects of a deal...

yesterday 9

International Business Times

Afp News

YouTube Says More Than 20 Billion Videos Uploaded In 20 Years

YouTube on Wednesday celebrated more than 20 billion videos being uploaded to the platform since the first clip debuted two decades ago. The online...

yesterday 10

International Business Times

Afp News

121 Metre Long Cake Gives A Taste For Records

Armed with 4,000 eggs and a truckload of sugar and cream, French pastry chefs on Wednesday completed a 121.8 metre (399 feet, eight inch) long...

yesterday 9

International Business Times

Afp News

Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Strikes Kill 53

Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 53 people on Thursday, as the military issued fresh evacuation orders ahead of...

yesterday 10

International Business Times

Afp News

Employee Disengagement In Australia Leads To AU$223 Billion Loss, With 42% Actively Job-Hunting: Poll

Australian workplaces are suffering from a lack of employee engagement, with new research from Gallup revealing that only 23% of workers are truly...

yesterday 7

International Business Times

Vidhya Ck

EU Top Diplomat Kallas Seeks Footing As Trump Upends West

Just under five months into her job as the EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas admits it has been a rollercoaster start as US President Donald Trump has...

yesterday 7

International Business Times

Max Delany

Coalition Plans To Reduce 41,000 Public Service Jobs, Focus On Canberra-Based Roles

Australia's Opposition party leader, Peter Dutton, confirmed on Thursday that the Coalition's plan to cut 41,000 public service jobs will only...

yesterday 6

International Business Times

Sana Khan Sanakhangeek

Embalming And Make-up: Pope's Body Prepared For Lying-in-state

Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis's body was made ready to withstand Rome's warm spring weather with a temporary embalming and a touch of...

yesterday 6

International Business Times

Umberto Bacchi

Pilgrims Gather As Pope Francis Begins Lying In State

Pope Francis's coffin began its transfer to St Peter's Basilica Wednesday for three days of lying in state, with thousands of well-wishers...

yesterday 7

International Business Times

Clement Melki

Americans Wary Of Trump's Economic About-faces

President Donald Trump's various U-turns are leaving Americans disillusioned -- especially after he was elected on vows of guaranteeing economic...

yesterday 8

International Business Times

Aurelia End

India Hunts Gunmen Who Massacred 26 In Kashmir Tourist Hotspot

Indian security forces in Kashmir carried out a major manhunt Wednesday, a day after gunmen opened fire on tourists, slaughtering at least 26...

yesterday 8

International Business Times

Parvaiz Bukhari

Thousands Gather For Second Day To View Pope

Thousands of people gathered Thursday for a glimpse of Pope Francis's body on the second day of public tributes, after St Peter's Basilica stayed...

yesterday 6

International Business Times

Barnachesterman

'They Want To Destroy Us': Kyiv Hit In Biggest Russian Attack In Months

As Russian missiles rained on Kyiv overnight in Moscow's biggest attack on Ukraine's capital in months, Anna Balamutova grabbed her children and...

yesterday 8

International Business Times

Sergii Volskyi

'Massive' Russian Missile Attack Kills Nine In Kyiv

A "massive" Russian missile attack on Kyiv on Thursday killed at least nine and wounded dozens in one of the deadliest strikes on the Ukrainian...

yesterday 7

International Business Times

Sergii Volskyi

India PM Vows To Pursue Kashmir Attackers To 'Ends Of The Earth'

India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures on Thursday after New Delhi blamed its arch-rival for backing...

yesterday 6

International Business Times

Arunabh Saikia With Emma Clark In Islamabad

Chinese Catholics Mourn Pope Francis, Mull Church's Future

In a small church tucked into a side street in northern China's Hebei province, a group of around 10 people gathered for their weekly meeting, the...

yesterday 7

International Business Times

Mary Yang And Michael Zhang

'We'll See': Russians Outside Moscow Have Little Faith In Trump

With its cobbled market square and gold-domed churches, the Russian town of Vereya bears few scars of the Ukraine offensive announced by President...

yesterday 7

International Business Times

Marina Lapenkova

Grief And Discontent As Armenia Marks WWI Mass Murders Anniversary

A sea of flowers blanketed the cold concrete of the brutalist memorial to the Armenian genocide on the Tsitsernakaberd hill, overlooking the...

yesterday 7

International Business Times

Mariam Harutyunyan

Tesla's EU Sales Plunge As Musk Takes Flak

Tesla electric car sales in Europe plunged in the first three months of the year, industry data showed Thursday, in a fresh blow to its boss Elon...

yesterday 10

International Business Times

Afp News

Hamas Team Heads To Cairo For Gaza Talks As Israel Strikes Kill 26

A Hamas delegation departed for Cairo to discuss "new ideas" aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, an official from the group said, as Israeli air...

previous day 1

International Business Times

Afp News

Gaza Rescuers Recover Charred Bodies As Israeli Strikes Kill 17

Gaza's civil defence agency on Wednesday said its crew recovered charred bodies from a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, as Israeli...

previous day 1

International Business Times

Afp News

Trump Says Has 'No Intention' Of Firing Fed Chief

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had no plans to fire the Federal Reserve chief, in apparently conciliatory remarks after berating him and...

previous day 10

International Business Times

Afp News

Stocks Rally As Trump Comments Ease Fed, China Trade Fears

Equities rallied with Wall Street on Wednesday after Donald Trump said he had "no intention" of firing the head of the Federal Reserve and that...

previous day 1

International Business Times

Afp News

Trial Testimony Reveals OpenAI Interest In Chrome: Reports

OpenAI is ready to buy Chrome if Google is forced to sell its popular browser as part of antitrust trial, a top executive testified Tuesday,...

previous day 10

International Business Times

Afp News

New Trump Task Force Vows To Root Out 'Anti-Christian Bias'

US Attorney General Pam Bondi hosted the opening meeting of an "anti-Christian bias" task force Tuesday, as the government pressed federal workers...

previous day 10

International Business Times

Afp News

Trump's Return Boosts Israel's Pro-settlement Right: Experts

US President Donald Trump's return to power has emboldened Israeli leaders' push to increase military presence in Gaza and reinvigorated right-wing...

previous day 10

International Business Times

Ruth Eglash

Saudi 'City Of Roses' Offers Fragrant Reminder Of Desert's Beauty

After decades spent pruning thorny bushes and working arduous harvests, Khalaf Allah al-Talhi has perfected the art of capturing the fragrant aroma...

previous day 1

International Business Times

Rania Sanjar

US State Department To Cut Positions, Rights Offices

President Donald Trump's top diplomat Marco Rubio on Tuesday unveiled a restructuring of the US State Department that will cut positions and scale...

previous day 1

International Business Times

Shaun Tandon

Anzac Day Retail Hours: What's Stores Are Open And Closed Across Australia

With Easter falling close to Anzac Day this year, Australians will enjoy two consecutive long weekends. However, the extended break could leave...

previous day 2

International Business Times

Sana Khan Sanakhangeek

EU Slaps Fines On Apple And Meta, Risking Trump Fury

The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules, risking the wrath of US...

previous day 1

International Business Times

Raziye Akkoc

Global Recognition Awards Becomes A Go-To For Celebrating Employees And Boosting Workplace Culture

Keeping employees engaged is getting harder for companies everywhere. Over 80% of U.S. employees say they rarely get the credit they deserve. That...

previous day 1

International Business Times

Mae Cornes