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Sri Lanka imposes weekend curfew 02 Apr 2022 - 05:03 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's government imposed a weekend curfew on Saturday even as hundreds of lawyers urged President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to revoke a state...

Pakistan PM accuses United States of backing move to oust him 02 Apr 2022 - 04:28 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the move to remove him was an attempt at regime change backed by the...

Ukrainian photographer and Reuters contributor, Maksim Levin, killed covering war 02 Apr 2022 - 03:51 pm

Lviv: Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian news website and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was...

Ukraine faces big battles in eastern and southern regions, says senior official 02 Apr 2022 - 03:47 pm

Heavy battles are coming up in Ukraine's eastern and southern regions and for the besieged city of Mariupol in particular, Ukrainian presidential adviser...

Britons warned of long Easter airport queues due to staff shortages 02 Apr 2022 - 03:10 pm

London: Airline passengers were warned on Saturday to expect long waits at British airports over the Easter holiday period due to a chronic...

Spain's Popular Party picks new leader with eye on winning back far-right voters 02 Apr 2022 - 02:54 pm

Madrid: Spain's conservative People's Party elected Alberto Nuñez Feijoo as its new leader on Saturday in the hope of winning back voters from...

Covid in UK at record levels with almost 5 million infected 02 Apr 2022 - 02:52 pm

London: The prevalence of COVID-19 in the U.K. has reached record levels, with about 1 in 13 people estimated to be infected with...

Beijing autoshow postponed until further notice: statement 02 Apr 2022 - 02:49 pm

Shanghai: Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late April, said on Saturday that they will postpone the...

Mali says military operation in Moura area kills 200 militants 02 Apr 2022 - 02:21 pm

Mali's military said it has killed over 200 Islamist militants in an operation in the centre of the West African country, the latest...

Hong Kong to ask residents to take 3 home Rapid-Covid tests 02 Apr 2022 - 12:51 pm

Hong Kong residents will all receive Covid rapid antigen tests and are urged to undertake them daily between April 8 and 10, Chief...

Russia declares top journalist and video blogger 'foreign agents' 02 Apr 2022 - 12:46 pm

Russia has declared a prominent journalist, a video blogger and six other media figures "foreign agents", the latest in a series of such...

Security tight in Sri Lanka's capital after state of emergency declared 02 Apr 2022 - 12:31 pm

Colombo: Police stood outside petrol stations in Sri Lanka's capital city Colombo and shops slowly opened on Saturday - the first day after...

Shanghai separates COVID-positive children from parents in virus fight 02 Apr 2022 - 11:26 am

Shanghai: Esther Zhao thought she was doing the right thing when she brought her 2-1/2-year-old daughter to a Shanghai hospital with a fever...

Shanghai moves to 2nd part of lockdown as testing lines grow 01 Apr 2022 - 09:51 pm

BEIJING: About 16 million residents in Shanghai are being tested for the coronavirus during the second stage of the lockdown that shifted Friday...

Equestrians race to save horses abandoned in Ukraine warzones 01 Apr 2022 - 09:19 pm

LVIV, Ukraine: When bombs began to fall as Russian forces poured into Ukraine in late February, thousands of people fled for safety, leaving...

Canada says hospitals could manage COVID impact as cases rise 01 Apr 2022 - 09:11 pm

Canada's health care system could withstand the impact from an anticipated rise in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 in the coming weeks, health officials...

Spain expects Easter bounce to lift tourism to 80% of pre-COVID levels 01 Apr 2022 - 04:40 pm

MADRID: Spain expects international tourist arrivals to reach 80% of pre-pandemic volumes in the second quarter as northern Europeans shrug off concerns over...