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Greeks urged to be on alert as extreme weather fuels wildfires 04 Aug 2021 - 02:30 pm

ATHENS: Extreme temperatures in Greece fuelled wildfires on the mainland and on an island near Athens on Wednesday, a day after a blaze...

Numbers low in Thailand's Phuket tourism revival bid - official 04 Aug 2021 - 02:24 pm

BANGKOK: Visitors to Thailand's resort island of Phuket in July were at just 1% of pre-pandemic levels, an official told Reuters, as a...

Munich-Prague train collides with Czech commuter service, three dead 04 Aug 2021 - 02:13 pm

MILAVCE, Czech Republic: Three people died and eight were seriously injured on Wednesday when a Munich-to-Prague express train ran through a stop signal...

Obama curtails 60th birthday bash after delta variant surge 04 Aug 2021 - 02:11 pm

Washington: The party for the nation's 44th president will go on, but only for family and close friends. Former President Barack Obama has...

Indonesia passes grim milestone of over 100,000 COVID-19 deaths 04 Aug 2021 - 02:03 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesia recorded a grim milestone of more than 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, data from the country’s health ministry showed, with...

Malaysia PM defies calls to quit, wants confidence vote next month 04 Aug 2021 - 01:44 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin defied on Wednesday mounting pressure to quit, saying he retained majority support among lawmakers and would...

Athens fire recedes but heatwave fuels big blaze on Evia island 04 Aug 2021 - 12:51 pm

Athens: A wildfire that set homes and cars on fire on the outskirts of Athens and forced residents to flee was receding on...

Blast in Afghan capital as Taliban claim attack on minister's compound 04 Aug 2021 - 11:57 am

Kabul: A blast near the office of Afghanistan's main security agency wounded three people on Wednesday hours after a bomb and gun attack...

UK mulls giving COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers, approval expected next week -The Sun 03 Aug 2021 - 11:58 pm

Teenagers in Britain aged 16 and 17 will be given the green light for COVID-19 vaccine within days before they head back to...

White House to Florida, Texas leaders: Help on COVID-19 or 'get out of the way' 03 Aug 2021 - 11:39 pm

WASHINGTON - The White House on Tuesday urged Republican leaders in Florida and Texas to follow public health guidelines on the pandemic or...

Officer dead, suspect killed in violence outside Pentagon 03 Aug 2021 - 09:58 pm

WASHINGTON - An officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the Pentagon, and a...

Foreign tourism to Spain surges from year ago in June, 75% below 2019 03 Aug 2021 - 09:35 pm

MADRID: The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain jumped to 2.2 million in June, rising nearly tenfold from a year earlier when global...

Bangladesh extends lockdown with worsening pandemic situation 03 Aug 2021 - 09:29 pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh on Tuesday extended the existing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions to be effective until Aug. 10 as the prevailing situation across...

Scotland to lift almost all COVID-19 restrictions next week 03 Aug 2021 - 09:08 pm

LONDON – Scotland’s first minister announced on Tuesday that almost all remaining COVID-19 restrictions will be lifted from next Monday. Addressing the Scottish...

UAE expands provision of COVID booster shots 03 Aug 2021 - 08:40 pm

DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates will start providing a booster shot against COVID-19 to all fully vaccinated individuals in the Gulf Arab...

Spain's infection rate continues to recede after last month's Delta peak 03 Aug 2021 - 08:39 pm

MADRID: Spain's COVID-19 contagion rate continues to fall, with the two-week rate dropping 19 points on Tuesday compared with the previous day. The...

WHO's pandemic project faces cash crunch amid vaccine, oxygen shortages 03 Aug 2021 - 08:35 pm

BRUSSELS: The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking $11.5 billion in urgent funding to fight the more infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus,...

As Delta surges, U.S. military braces for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines 03 Aug 2021 - 08:27 pm

WASHINGTON: During his last days before dying from COVID-19, 26-year-old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Cody Myers played a breathing game with himself...