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Japan to waive pre-departure COVID tests for vaccinated travellers 24 Aug 2022 - 09:24 am

TOKYO: Japan will waive pre-departure COVID-19 tests for vaccinated travellers to the country, but daily caps on entrants will remain in place, Prime...

Russia ammunition stored near border catches fire, official blames heat 23 Aug 2022 - 11:10 pm

Moscow: Ammunition being stored in southern Russia near the border with Ukraine caught fire on Tuesday, the second such incident in a week,...

Biden administration forecasts $1.03tn deficit, down $400bn 23 Aug 2022 - 10:37 pm

WASHINGTON:The Biden administration is forecasting that this year’s budget deficit will be nearly $400bn lower than it estimated back in March, due in...

Bolsonaro says he will respect Brazil election result if 'clean, transparent' 23 Aug 2022 - 10:18 pm

BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he would respect the result of an October election regardless of the result, as long...

Haitians launch protests, demand ouster of prime minister 23 Aug 2022 - 09:56 pm

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Thousands of protesters in Haiti’s capital and other major cities blocked roads, shut down businesses and marched through the streets on Monday...

Superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch is auctioned in Gibraltar 23 Aug 2022 - 08:06 pm

MADRID: A $75m superyacht linked to a sanctioned Russian steel billionaire was auctioned on Tuesday in Gibraltar, court sources said, in what is...

Agency identified 700-plus pages of classified records at Trump's home 23 Aug 2022 - 07:49 pm

WASHINGTON: The US National Archives discovered more than 700 pages of classified documents at Donald Trump's Florida home in addition to material seized...

Europe facing its worst drought for 500 years, say EU agency 23 Aug 2022 - 07:38 pm

BRUSSELS: Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or...

Trump loyalists vie for GOP Senate nod in Oklahoma runoff 23 Aug 2022 - 07:26 pm

OKLAHOMA CITY: Two loyalists of former President Donald Trump who both have embraced his false claim that he won the 2020 election face...

South Africa welcomes China lifting wool import ban after animal disease scare 23 Aug 2022 - 07:22 pm

CAPE TOWN: South Africa welcomed a decision by China on Tuesday to lift restrictions on imported wool products imposed following an outbreak of...

Kenyan group sues UK government over colonial-era land theft 23 Aug 2022 - 07:17 pm

NAIROBI: A group of Kenyans filed a case against the British government at the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday over what...

US urges its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately 23 Aug 2022 - 06:52 pm

WASHINGTON: The US authorities urged their citizens in Ukraine today to leave immediately, as they fear that Russia will launch new strikes soon,...

Defiant Zelenskiy pledges powerful response to Russia on eve of war's six-month milestone 23 Aug 2022 - 04:49 pm

Kiev: As Ukraine prepared to mark both its independence from Soviet-rule in 1991 and the six months since Russian troops invaded, President Volodymyr...

Record number of migrants arrive in Britain by boat on a single day 23 Aug 2022 - 03:15 pm

London: The number of migrants arriving in Britain in small boats hit a record for a single day on Monday, as the rise...

Six months into the war, Ukrainian refugee agonises about returning 23 Aug 2022 - 03:06 pm

POZNAN, Poland: Tatiana Afansieva dreams of returning to Ukraine from her life of exile in Poland, but even though her neighbours back home...

Nearly two-thirds of Europe facing drought or drought risk 23 Aug 2022 - 02:45 pm

BRUSSELS: Nearly two-thirds of European territory is in a state of drought alert or warning due to heatwaves and low rainfall, reducing inland...

Storm forces school closures, evacuations in Philippines 23 Aug 2022 - 01:02 pm

MANILA, Philippines: A tropical storm lashed the northern Philippines with strong wind and rain Tuesday, injuring at least two people and prompting the...

Heads of Hungary weather service fired after wrong forecast 23 Aug 2022 - 12:59 pm

Budapest, Hungary: The two top officials of Hungary's meteorological service were fired Monday after an inaccurate rain forecast prompted the postponement of a...