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Iran says it blocks US attempt to confiscate oil in Sea of Oman 03 Nov 2021 - 02:35 pm

Dubai: Iran's Revolutionary Guards thwarted an attempt by the United States to detain a tanker carrying the Islamic Republic's oil in the Sea...

Spain sees tourism back to prepandemic levels in 2022 after solid Sept data 03 Nov 2021 - 01:50 pm

MADRID: International travel to Spain is recovering fast and could allow the tourism-dependent nation to reach pre-pandemic foreign visitor levels by 2022, the...

Hong Kong to launch COVID-19 booster campaign from next week 03 Nov 2021 - 01:40 pm

Hong Kong: Hong Kong will roll out booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines from next week, Health Secretary Sophia Chan said on Wednesday, as...

China ministry orders 38 apps to rectify excessive collection of personal data 03 Nov 2021 - 01:19 pm

SHANGHAI: China's government on Wednesday ordered 38 apps from a number of companies including social media giant Tencent Corp to rectify what it...

Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse 03 Nov 2021 - 12:16 pm

LAGOS: Rescuers in Nigeria on Wednesday raced to find survivors, two days after a high-rise building under construction collapsed and trapped scores of...

S.Korean teens drive up COVID-19 cases ahead of full school reopening 03 Nov 2021 - 11:26 am

SEOUL: South Korea said on Wednesday it would ramp up COVID-19 testing at schools after a sharp rise of infections among children, weeks...

Landslide kills 11 in southern Colombia, others missing 03 Nov 2021 - 09:55 am

BOGOTA: A landslide in Colombia's Narino province, close to the border with Ecuador, has killed 11 people, the country's disaster relief agency (UNGRD)...

Chinese stock up on food as temperatures fall and COVID-19 spreads 03 Nov 2021 - 09:50 am

BEIJING: Beijing shoppers stocked up on cabbage, rice and flour for the winter on Wednesday, after the government urged people to keep stores...

Philippines' Duterte threatens to punish officials for slow pace of Covid-19 vaccinations 03 Nov 2021 - 09:45 am

Manila: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that local government officials will be punished for falling behind their targets for COVID-19 vaccinations...

US CDC director gives final clearance to Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 03 Nov 2021 - 09:32 am

The director of the USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday backed broad use of Pfizer's and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine in...

Australian 4-year-old girl who went missing reunited with parents after 18 days 03 Nov 2021 - 09:28 am

SYDNEY: A 4-year-old girl who went missing from an Australian outback campsite more than two weeks ago has been returned safely to her...

Leaders vow to protect forests, plug Methane leaks at COP26 03 Nov 2021 - 07:52 am

Glasgow: World leaders promised to protect Earth's forests, cutMethaneemissions and help South Africa wean itself off coal at the U.N. climate summit Tuesday...

Ukraine criminalises use and manufacture of bogus COVID-19 vaccine certificates 02 Nov 2021 - 11:57 pm

KYIV- Ukrainians who knowingly use or manufacture fake COVID-19 vaccine certificates face fines or jail under new legislation passed in parliament in the...

UK, India launch plan to connect world's power grids at climate summit 02 Nov 2021 - 11:51 pm

LONDON- Britain and India launched a plan on Tuesday to improve connections between the world's electricity power grids to help accelerate the world's...

World should respond to climate change as if hit by a global war, pope tells COP26 02 Nov 2021 - 11:39 pm

GLASGOW- Pope Francis said on Tuesday that the twin wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change were comparable to those caused...

Dutch reintroduce face masks as COVID-19 cases surge 02 Nov 2021 - 11:32 pm

AMSTERDAM- The Dutch government on Tuesday decided to re-impose measures, including the wearing of face masks, aimed at slowing the latest spike in...

More Canadian airports to accept international flights from end-Nov 02 Nov 2021 - 07:48 pm

Canada will allow international flights to land at more airports from end-November, officials announced on Tuesday, saying strict vaccination requirements for travelers had...