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Saudi Arabia reports 1,106 Covid-19 cases, 14 deaths 29 May 2021 - 06:53 pm

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia has reported 1,106 new COVID-19 cases and 14 virus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, the Saudi Ministry of Health...

US agency loosens mask guidance for summer campers 29 May 2021 - 06:48 pm

NEW YORK: Kids at summer camps can skip wearing masks outdoors, with some exceptions, federal health officials said Friday. Children who aren’t fully...

Belarusians in Ukraine protest repression in homeland 29 May 2021 - 06:24 pm

KYIV, Ukraine: Belarusians distraught by the intensifying crackdown on political opposition in their homeland demonstrated Saturday against the country’s authoritarian president in the...

Afghan officials: Roadside bomb kills 4, wounds 11 students 29 May 2021 - 06:17 pm

KABUL, Afghanistan: A roadside bomb struck a minivan full of university lecturers and students in Afghanistan's northern Kapisa province on Saturday, killing at...

Spain to welcome back international cruises from June 7 29 May 2021 - 05:20 pm

MADRID: Spain will allow cruise ships to dock in its ports from June 7, the transport ministry said on Saturday, hoping to salvage...

China successfully launches cargo resupply spacecraft 29 May 2021 - 04:57 pm

SHENZHEN: China on Saturday successfully launched an automated cargo resupply spacecraft to rendezvous with an orbiting module, in the second of a series...

Three Palestinians wounded near Ramallah 29 May 2021 - 04:57 pm

Ramallah: Three Palestinians were injured with live bullets today when Israeli occupation forces attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters demonstrating in the village of...

British royal Kate gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine 29 May 2021 - 03:57 pm

London: British royal Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, said on Saturday she had received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and paid tribute to...

Australia's Victoria logs 5 Covid-19 cases amid lockdown, vaccination demand surges 29 May 2021 - 02:51 pm

Melbourne: Australia's Victoria state reported five new local COVID-19 cases on Saturday amid a strict lockdown, as people rushed to vaccination centres, causing...

Thai authorities rescue wild macaques smuggled in pickup truck 29 May 2021 - 02:48 pm

Bangkok: Thai wildlife authorities said on Saturday they had rescued over 100 long-tailed macaques that were being illegally smuggled in the back of...

Saudi Arabia lifts ban on travellers arriving from 11 countries: SPA 29 May 2021 - 02:27 pm

Saudi Arabia is lifting a ban on travellers arriving from 11 countries that it imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus, the Saudi...

Moscow approves new timetable for Air France flights to Russia - TASS 29 May 2021 - 02:26 pm

Moscow: Russia has approved a new route for Air France flights between Paris and Moscow avoiding Belarusian airspace, initially just for this weekend,...

Belarus airline chief decries airspace restrictions by EU states 29 May 2021 - 01:49 pm

Moscow: The head of Belarusian national airline Belavia on Saturday condemned as "despicable" the decision by numerous EU countries to impose airspace restrictions...

Philippines lifts ban on workers deploying to Saudi Arabia 29 May 2021 - 12:19 pm

Manila: The Philippines on Saturday said the country's workers could again go to work in Saudi Arabia, reversing a brief deployment ban after...

Chinese city locks down neighborhood after virus upsurge 29 May 2021 - 10:41 am

Beijing: The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou shut down a neighborhood and ordered its residents to stay home Saturday for door-to-door coronavirus testing...

European regulators OK Pfizer vaccine for children 12-15 29 May 2021 - 09:24 am

Berlin: The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended that the use of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech be expanded to...

Vietnam detects hybrid of Covid-19 variants found in India and UK 29 May 2021 - 09:24 am

Hanoi: Vietnam health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Saturday the country has detected a new variant of the coronavirus, a mix of...

US announces sanctions on Belarus over journalist’s detention 29 May 2021 - 08:57 am

The Biden administration announced it would re-impose sanctions against nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises and is developing additional penalties to target officials in the...