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Thailand drops pre-arrival COVID test for foreign visitors 18 Mar 2022 - 05:38 pm

BANGKOK: Visitors vaccinated for COVID-19 will no longer need a test before traveling to Thailand starting April 1, health officials said Friday. Visitors...

Ukraine says 130 people rescued from bombed Mariupol theatre but many more could be trapped 18 Mar 2022 - 04:16 pm

LVIV, Ukraine: Ukraine's human rights ombudswoman said on Friday 130 people had been rescued so far from a bombed theatre in Mariupol but...

COVID-19 pandemic is 'far from over': WHO official 18 Mar 2022 - 03:43 pm

GENEVA: A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Friday that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was a long way off, citing a...

After fleeing Kyiv, 15-year-old twins cram to catch up at school in Paris 18 Mar 2022 - 03:38 pm

PARIS: Weeks after fleeing Kyiv with their mother and arriving in Paris, 15-year-old twins Masha and Sasha Litkovska have already started high school...

Pakistan PM Khan pressured to quit as party members desert him 18 Mar 2022 - 01:51 pm

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed to fight "till the last ball” as more lawmakers from his ruling Tehreek-e-Insaf party deserted him, signaling...

Kremlin calls Biden irritable and forgetful, says he insulted Putin 18 Mar 2022 - 01:46 pm

The Kremlin on Friday called comments by U.S. President Joe Biden about his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "personal insults" and said Biden's remarks...

Japan adds Russia sanctions, US envoy offers home to Ukrainians 18 Mar 2022 - 12:03 pm

TOKYO- Japan will impose sanctions on 15 Russian individuals and nine organisations, it said on Friday, among them defence officials and the state-owned...

Shanghai pushes ahead with mass COVID tests as new cases spike 18 Mar 2022 - 10:28 am

SHANGHAI- The Chinese commercial hub of Shanghai is pushing ahead with a mass testing initiative as it tries to curb a new spike...

Missiles destroy aircraft repair plant in Lviv - mayor 18 Mar 2022 - 10:25 am

LVIV- Several missiles have hit an aircraft repair plant in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday morning, destroying its building, city...

Italy set to curb use of Russian anti-virus software in public sector 17 Mar 2022 - 09:56 pm

ROME- Italy's government is poised to curb the use of Russian anti-virus software in the public sector in the wake of Russia's invasion...

Schwarzenegger tells Russian people their leaders are lying to them 17 Mar 2022 - 09:16 pm

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday told the Russian people that they are being fed misinformation about their country's assault on Ukraine...

Ukrainian city of Mariupol searches for survivors amid rubble of theatre 17 Mar 2022 - 08:23 pm

LVIV, Ukraine- Rescue workers were searching for survivors in the rubble of a theatre in the besieged city of Mariupol on Thursday, after...

French finance ministry briefly evacuated after false bomb threat - police 17 Mar 2022 - 08:22 pm

PARIS- The French finance and economy ministry in Paris was partially evacuated briefly on Thursday following a false bomb alert, but staff are...

Russia accuses Ukraine of trying to frame it over Mariupol theatre attack 17 Mar 2022 - 07:28 pm

The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that a Ukrainian allegation that the Russian air force had bombed a theatre in the Ukrainian...

Biden's St. Patrick's Day scrambled by Irish PM's COVID case 17 Mar 2022 - 07:24 pm

WASHINGTON- President Joe Biden met virtually Thursday with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin after the visiting leader's positive test for COVID-19 scrambled plans...

Czech Republic opens tender for new nuclear reactor 17 Mar 2022 - 05:59 pm

PRAGUE:The Czech Republic launched a tender on Thursday to build a new reactor at the Dukovany nuclear plant as the country aims to...

In call with Putin, Erdogan offers to host him and Zelenskiy for talks 17 Mar 2022 - 05:49 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan offered in a phone call with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday to host him and Ukrainian leader...

Some areas of China's Shenzhen city to restart work, public transport on March 18 17 Mar 2022 - 05:40 pm

BEIJING: Five districts in China's southern city of Shenzhen that have achieved "community-wide COVID-19 dynamic clearance" can restart work and resume public transport...