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China sends military, doctors to Shanghai to test 26 million residents for COVID 04 Apr 2022 - 10:48 am

China has sent the military and thousands of healthcare workers into Shanghai to help carry out COVID-19 tests for all of its 26...

Surging Covid cases force easyJet to cancel UK flights over staff shortages 04 Apr 2022 - 10:40 am

London: A renewed surge of COVID-19 in Britain has forced airlines including easyJet < EZJ.L> to cancel hundreds of flights in recent days...

In France, a seized superyacht creates headaches, not just for its owner 04 Apr 2022 - 10:26 am

LaCiotat, France: In a quiet corner of the French Riviera, La Ciotat Shipyards said it is writing bills for mooring fees for the...

Slovakia will stay united with EU against Russian gas payment demands, PM says 04 Apr 2022 - 09:42 am

Slovakia will act in unison with the European Union against Russia's gas payments demands, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said after a minister raised...

Pakistan's top court to meet as PM Khan clings on to power 04 Apr 2022 - 08:57 am

Islamabad: Pakistan's top court will meet on Monday to decide on the fate of Prime Minister Imran Khan, after his party blocked a...

Sri Lankan ministers offer to resign as economic crisis escalates 04 Apr 2022 - 08:18 am

Colombo: The son of Sri Lanka's prime minister resigned from the cabinet on Monday and several other members have offered to do so,...

Ukraine says 410 bodies found near Kyiv, witnesses traumatised 03 Apr 2022 - 10:06 pm

MUKHACHEVO, Ukraine- Ukraine has found 410 bodies in towns near Kyiv as part of an investigation into possible war crimes by Russia but...

Airlines cancel more than 3,300 US flights over weekend 03 Apr 2022 - 09:57 pm

Airlines have canceled more than 3,300 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing weather in Florida and other issues. FlightAware, a...

US embassy in Kyiv calls images coming out of Bucha "horrific," vows action 03 Apr 2022 - 09:56 pm

The images coming out of the Ukrainian town of Bucha and other areas vacated by Russian President Valdimir Putin's forces are "horrific," the...

Cambridge set record in women's boat race, Oxford win men's event 03 Apr 2022 - 09:40 pm

Cambridge women's crew won the university boat race in record time for their fifth straight triumph while Oxford's men ended their five-year wait...

Mudslides kill 14 in heavy rains in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state 03 Apr 2022 - 08:49 pm

RIO DE JANEIRO- Heavy rains causedMudslidesthat killed at least 14 people in southern coastal cities and the Baixada Fluminense area of Rio de...

Police: 1 killed, 11 others hurt at Dallas outdoor concert 03 Apr 2022 - 08:39 pm

DALLAS: One person was killed and 11 others were injured during a shooting at an outdoor concert in Dallas, police said. At about...

Russia denies killing civilians in Ukraine's Bucha 03 Apr 2022 - 07:45 pm

Russia on Sunday denied Ukrainian allegations that it had killed civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, describing footage and photographs of dead...

Protests over shortages roil Sri Lanka despite curfew 03 Apr 2022 - 07:33 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Opposition lawmakers and thousands of people angered by the government's handling of Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis on Sunday...

Biden cites economic gains, but voters see much more to do 03 Apr 2022 - 07:29 pm

WASHINGTON: Seven months before he faces a critical test from voters in the midterm elections, President Joe Biden is turning his focus to...

NATO's Stoltenberg says killing of civilians in Ukraine 'absolutely unacceptable': CNN 03 Apr 2022 - 07:08 pm

WASHINGTON: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Sunday called the killing of civilians in Bucha, Ukraine, a "brutality" unseen in Europe for decades, and...

S.Korea's Han Duck-soo tapped to return as prime minister for new administration 03 Apr 2022 - 05:41 pm

Seoul: The transition committee of South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol named Han Duck-soo on Sunday to become prime minister in the new administration,...