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Earthquake jolts Japan's northeast coast, cuts power in Tokyo 16 Mar 2022 - 07:51 pm

TOKYO- A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted Japan's northeast coast on Wednesday and left hundreds of thousands of residents in...

World Court orders Russia to cease military operations in Ukraine 16 Mar 2022 - 06:55 pm

AMSTERDAM: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Russia on Wednesday to stop the military actions it started in Ukraine on Feb. 24....

Saudi King conducts successful medical examinations: Saudi Royal Court 16 Mar 2022 - 06:33 pm

Riyadh: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia left King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh after...

9 killed, including 6 college students, in Texas collision 16 Mar 2022 - 05:36 pm

The Texas Department of Public Safety says nine people were killed in a head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a...

Back from Kyiv, Czech PM says Ukraine needs more weapons 16 Mar 2022 - 05:30 pm

The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia safely returned to Central Europe on Wednesday after visiting Kyiv to show support...

Increased power shortages compounds Nigeria’s fuel scarcity woes 16 Mar 2022 - 03:30 pm

Nigerians are experiencing even less reliable electricity supply than usual amid gasoline scarcity that has caused long queues at gas stations for over...

Sinovac COVID vaccine 38% effective in young kids: Chilean study 16 Mar 2022 - 02:58 pm

China-based Sinovac Biotech Ltd's COVID-19 vaccine was 38.2% effective in preventing infections during the Omicron wave in children aged three to five years,...

Saharan dust storm covers Spain, reaches France and Portugal 16 Mar 2022 - 02:26 pm

For a second straight day, a huge dust storm swirling over Europe from the Sahara desert made it hard to breathe in large...

Germany to secure COVID-19 vaccine production through 2029 16 Mar 2022 - 01:44 pm

BERLIN: Germany plans to spend up to 2.861 billion euros ($3.14 billion) to ensure that COVID-19 vaccine makers have enough production capacity available...

UK easing COVID-19 testing, monitoring despite case uptick 16 Mar 2022 - 01:31 pm

LONDON:After dropping nearly all coronavirus restrictions last month, Britain is now ending some of its most widespread COVID-19 testing and monitoring programs, a...

Ukraine President Zelenskiy to seek more help in speech to U.S. Congress 16 Mar 2022 - 01:08 pm

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday is set to make an urgent appeal to the U.S. Congress for more help in fending off...

Nurse cares for surrogate children in Kyiv as war stops her seeing her own 16 Mar 2022 - 12:09 pm

Kyiv: Ukrainian nurse Oksana Martynenko and her colleagues have 21 babies to look after at a makeshift clinic in a residential basement on...

Germany reports another record COVID-19 incidence 16 Mar 2022 - 11:04 am

BERLIN: Germany reported another record high seven-day incidence of the coronavirus on Wednesday even as the country prepares to ease restrictions. The Robert...

Foxconn restarts some Shenzhen output through bubble environment 16 Mar 2022 - 10:39 am

TAIPEI: Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, said on Wednesday it restarted some production and operations at its campus in the southern Chinese city of...

Thailand to relax entry rules for tourists as war hits arrivals 16 Mar 2022 - 10:18 am

Thailand plans to scrap a mandatory pre-arrival Covid-free certificate for vaccinated tourists to support an economic recovery facing headwinds from the pandemic and...

New Zealand to 'welcome the world back' as tourism restarts 16 Mar 2022 - 10:14 am

WELLINGTON, New Zealand: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday her nation was "ready to welcome the world back” with most tourists...