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South Korea to require COVID tests for travellers from China 30 Dec 2022 - 11:15 am

SEOUL: South Korea said on Friday it will impose mandatory COVID-19 tests on travellers from China, joining the United States, Japan and other...

UK house prices end 2022 on a weaker note after pandemic boom 30 Dec 2022 - 11:11 am

LONDON: British annual house price growth marked a further "sharp" slowdown in December, mortgage lender Nationwide said, ending the year on a downbeat...

Rural residents worry for elderly as COVID rips across China 30 Dec 2022 - 11:06 am

LEZHI: In a busy village clinic in Lezhi county in southwest China's Sichuan province on Thursday, 59-year-old Yang waited anxiously as her husband...

Surging UK energy bills spark tensions among tenants 30 Dec 2022 - 09:27 am

London: Britain's cost-of-living crisis has turned into a bitter winter in households trying to keep their energy bills down: Some lecture flatmates for...

Philippines floods, landslides kill 44 after Christmas Day rains 30 Dec 2022 - 08:29 am

MANILA: The death toll from flooding and landslides caused by Christmas Day rains in the southern Philippines rose to 44, with 28 others...

US winter storm death toll rises to 61 29 Dec 2022 - 11:51 pm

Washington: The death toll from a fierce winter storm that gripped much of the United States over Christmas rose to at least 61...

Exiled Afghan MP says Taliban 'erasing' women 29 Dec 2022 - 11:12 pm

London: A former Afghan woman MP who fled to Britain after the Taliban takeover in 2021 on Thursday called on the world to...

Russian president, Chinese counterpart to hold video conference tomorrow 29 Dec 2022 - 10:01 pm

Moscow: Spokesman of the Russian Presidency (Kremlin) Dmitry Peskov announced on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will discuss bilateral relations and regional...

Brazil's Lula gives Marina Silva, Simone Tebet key cabinet roles 29 Dec 2022 - 09:56 pm

Brasilia: Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday announced a final batch of 16 cabinet members ahead of his January 1...

Kosovo's main border crossing with Serbia open as tensions ease 29 Dec 2022 - 09:47 pm

Mitrovica: Kosovo's primary border crossing with Serbia reopened and ethnic Serbs began removing barricades in the volatile north on Thursday, dialling down growing...

Global alarm grows over China's Covid surge 29 Dec 2022 - 09:45 pm

Beijing: The United States joined nations imposing Covid tests on travellers from China after Beijing dropped foreign travel curbs despite surging cases, but...

UN aid chief to visit Afghanistan over female aid worker ban 29 Dec 2022 - 09:40 pm

United Nations: UN aid chief Martin Griffiths will visit Afghanistan in the coming weeks and will seek to meet the highest possible officials...

Fresh clashes between M23, rival militias erupt in east DR Congo 29 Dec 2022 - 09:28 pm

Goma: M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo engaged in heavy clashes with rival militias on Thursday, local sources said, in the...

US FDA broke own protocols in approving Biogen Alzheimer's drug: Congressional report 29 Dec 2022 - 09:13 pm

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration failed to adhere to its own guidance and internal practices during the approval process for Biogen's...

Italy PM Meloni determined to bring Expo 2030 world fair to Rome 29 Dec 2022 - 08:40 pm

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday she would do her best to ensure that the Expo 2030 world fair is...

Dubai court authorises jailed Brit's fraud extradition 29 Dec 2022 - 08:27 pm

Dubai: A Dubai court on Thursday authorised the extradition of a British national wanted over an alleged 1.7 billion euro tax fraud in...

Ethiopian federal police deploy in Tigray after peace deal 29 Dec 2022 - 08:15 pm

Nairobi: Ethiopia's federal police began to deploy on Thursday in the capital of war-torn Tigray for the first time in 18 months, the...

Three charged over 'racist' fight at South Africa pool 29 Dec 2022 - 07:53 pm

Johannesburg: A white South African man charged with attempted murder for alleged involvement in an altercation with two black teenagers was released on...