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UAE intends to remove monopolies of some family businesses: FT 26 Dec 2021 - 10:53 am

Dubai: The United Arab Emirates has told some of its biggest family businesses that it plans to remove their monopolies on the sale...

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90 26 Dec 2021 - 10:30 am

Johannesburg: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90, the...

More than 100 Japan flights cancelled due to heavy snow 26 Dec 2021 - 10:16 am

Tokyo: More than 100 domestic flights in Japan were grounded on Sunday due to heavy snow in the northern and western parts of...

5 killed in Christmas morning gunfire in northeast Brazil 25 Dec 2021 - 10:47 pm

Brazil: Five people were killed and six others were wounded by gunfire while celebrating Christmas on a soccer field in the northeastern city...

Bomb explodes outside restaurant in eastern Congo 25 Dec 2021 - 09:43 pm

BENI, Congo: A bomb exploded at a restaurant Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists...

Sixteen people drown off Greek island 25 Dec 2021 - 08:50 pm

Sixteen people were killed after a boat carrying illegal immigrants sank off the coast of the Greek island of Paros in the Aegean...

India to give COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers from Jan. 10 25 Dec 2021 - 08:03 pm

New delhi: India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare and frontline workers from Jan. 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on...

Mali denies presence of Russian mercenaries on its territories 25 Dec 2021 - 05:20 pm

BAMAKO: The Malian government has denied the presence of Russian mercenaries on its territory, in response to a statement by 15 Western countries...

Sudan forces fire tear gas to disperse protesters, internet cut in Khartoum 25 Dec 2021 - 04:24 pm

Khartoum: Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Khartoum on Saturday as the opponents of military rule marched...

Kenya to start giving COVID-19 booster shots 25 Dec 2021 - 04:05 pm

NAIROBI: Kenyawill offer COVID-19 booster shots to individuals six months after their initial shots, the health ministry said in a document published on...

In UAE desert, camels compete for crowns in beauty pageant 25 Dec 2021 - 02:55 pm

LIWA, United Arab Emirates: Deep in the desert of the United Arab Emirates, the moment that camel breeders had been waiting for arrived....

More than 10,000 Russian troops returning to bases after drills near Ukraine -Interfax 25 Dec 2021 - 01:55 pm

MOSCOW: More than 10,000 Russian troops have been returning to their permanent bases after month-long drills near Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported on...

Covid Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care 25 Dec 2021 - 01:54 pm

Marseille, France: From the intensive care ward in France where he is spending the holidays, COVID-19 patient David Daniel Sebbagh said he has...

China's Covid-hit Xian city reports rise in infections 25 Dec 2021 - 10:58 am

China's Xian city reported an increase in daily COVID-19 infections and local companies curtailed activity as the country's latest COVID-19 hot spot entered...

Thousands of flights canceled globally as Omicron mars Christmas weekend 25 Dec 2021 - 10:40 am

New York: Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections...

At least 16 migrants dead in Greek shipwreck 25 Dec 2021 - 10:28 am

Athens: At least 16 people died when their boat overturned off the Greek island of Paros in the central Aegean Sea on Friday,...

Biden, first lady visit hospitalized kids on Christmas Eve 24 Dec 2021 - 08:48 pm

WASHINGTON- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalized children who aren't well enough to go...

UK Queen's Christmas speech set to be particularly personal 24 Dec 2021 - 08:14 pm

LONDON- Queen Elizabeth II is expected to offer a particularly personal Christmas Day message to the nation this year after Buckingham Palace released...