World

France gears up for May Day protests, in first test for newly reelected Macron 30 Apr 2022 - 01:09 pm

Like quite a few on the left, 60-year-old nurse assistant Isabelle-Touria Boumhi says backing either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen in France's...

India seizes heroin-soaked yarn worth $58 mln 30 Apr 2022 - 11:50 am

Ahmedabad: Indian authorities seized 90 kg (198 lbs) of drugs worth $58 million from a port in the western state of Gujarat, a...

Child Hepatitis cases rise in UK amid worldwide outbreak 30 Apr 2022 - 11:38 am

The UK Health Security Agency has identified 34 confirmedHepatitiscases in children since Monday, bringing the total number to 145 amid a series of...

CDC casts doubt on Covid causing kids’ mysterious liver disease 30 Apr 2022 - 11:33 am

UShealth officials cast doubt on Covid-19 as a potential cause of severeHepatitisthat’s been seen in dozens of previously healthy children around the world,...

Wives of Mariupol defenders appeal for soldiers' evacuation 30 Apr 2022 - 10:58 am

Two Ukrainian women whose husbands are defending a besieged steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol are calling for any evacuation of...

Poland's PGNiG says gas flowing to Novatek customers cut off earlier 30 Apr 2022 - 10:47 am

Warsaw: Poland's biggest gas company PGNiG said on Saturday morning that it had started delivering gas to 10 different towns and region across...

UN chief to make West Africa trip to Senegal, Niger, Nigeria 30 Apr 2022 - 10:38 am

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is heading to West Africa on Saturday to join Muslims marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan...

Shanghai marks key COVID milestone, Beijing sits on edge 30 Apr 2022 - 10:35 am

Shanghai/Beijing: Shanghai said on Saturday it had detected no new daily COVID-19 cases outside quarantine areas, marking a key milestone in its battle...

Lavrov: 1 million evacuated from Ukraine 30 Apr 2022 - 10:34 am

Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow has evacuated over 1 million people from Ukraine since the war there began. The comments Saturday by Sergey...

Cut off from home, Chinese diaspora frustrated at zero-COVID policy 29 Apr 2022 - 07:58 pm

SINGAPORE: Beijing's zero-COVID strategy has had dire consequences for the millions Chinese living abroad, most of whom have been unable to see family...

China's southern megacity of Guangzhou rushes to quell COVID outbreak 29 Apr 2022 - 06:40 pm

SHENZHEN, China: Authorities in the southern Chinese megacity of Guangzhou scrambled on Friday to quash a COVID-19 outbreak, imposing testing requirements on public...

South Korea to relax outdoor mask mandate as COVID-19 slows 29 Apr 2022 - 06:38 pm

Seoul, South Korea: South Korea will ease its outdoor mask mandate starting next week as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations continue to decline. Starting...

War has shown Zelenskyy's true qualities to all, wife says 29 Apr 2022 - 06:00 pm

WARSAW, Poland: Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, says the war with Russia has not changed her husband but only revealed to the world...

Ukraine seeks urgent WHO meeting on impact of invasion on health 29 Apr 2022 - 05:38 pm

GENEVA: Ukraine, backed by dozens of other countries, has written to the World Health Organization's regional chief calling for an urgent meeting on...

Hong Kong eases COVID rules for aircrews, lifts overseas travel alert 29 Apr 2022 - 04:55 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will shorten mandatory hotel quarantine for passenger flight crews to three days from seven, while cargo crews will be...

Pakistan, India reel under intense heat wave 29 Apr 2022 - 04:03 pm

PESHAWAR, Pakistan/AHMEDABAD,India: Pakistan issued a heat warning after the hottest March in 61 years while in parts of neighbouring India schools were shut...