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Jill Biden tests negative for COVID-19, will go to Delaware 21 Aug 2022 - 04:49 pm

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.:First lady Jill Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 and will leave South Carolina, where she had isolated since vacationing with...

Jordanian officer dies after falling from parachute 21 Aug 2022 - 04:22 pm

Amman:An officer in the Jordanian Rapid Intervention/High Readiness Brigade was killed while participating in a training course at Prince Hashem bin Al Hussein...

Singapore to end most rules on masks indoors as Covid wave eases 21 Aug 2022 - 03:43 pm

Singapore will scrap rules for wearing masks in most indoor settings as the country moves further toward casting off all its pandemic-era curbs....

Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos 21 Aug 2022 - 03:26 pm

LONDON: The first day of a planned strike at Britain's biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by transportation workers...

Palestinian Foreign Ministry confirms continuation of Israeli occupation plots dedicated to temporal division of Al-Aqsa Mosque 21 Aug 2022 - 03:18 pm

Ramallah: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine confirmed Sunday that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is subject to...

Hong Kong reports its most daily Covid cases in over four months 21 Aug 2022 - 03:16 pm

Hong Kong registered 6,513 new daily Covid cases on Sunday, the highest number since March 31, as authorities expand facilities for virus patients...

At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed 21 Aug 2022 - 02:55 pm

Mogadishu: Somali forces have ended a deadly siege at a hotel in the capital Mogadishu which saw more than 20 people killed and...

Power crunch in Sichuan adds to manufacturers’ woes in China 21 Aug 2022 - 01:18 pm

The Chinese province of Sichuan activated its highest emergency response on Sunday to deal with "extremely outstanding” power supply deficiencies, adding to manufacturers’...

UN Secretary-General: More than 50 thousand tons of grain shipped from Ukraine since Istanbul agreement 21 Aug 2022 - 12:42 pm

Istanbul:United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that more than 50,000 tons of grain have been shipped so far from Ukrainian ports since the...

Daughter of ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue killed in suspected car bomb attack: Investigators 21 Aug 2022 - 12:34 pm

Moscow: The daughter of an ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue who advocates Russia absorbing Ukraine was killed in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow...

Japan PM Kishida infected with COVID, recuperating: Govt 21 Aug 2022 - 12:21 pm

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has been infected with COVID-19 and is recuperating at his official residence, his office said on Sunday....

Turkey: Crashes at emergency sites kill at least 35 people 21 Aug 2022 - 11:52 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities on Sunday investigated a pair of secondary crashes at emergency sites that killed at least 35 people the previous day....

Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy 21 Aug 2022 - 11:22 am

HAVANA: Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country's Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in...

China Covid cases jump by 2,200 on tourist-spot flare ups 21 Aug 2022 - 11:14 am

China reported 2,181 new Covid-19 cases, as conditions worsen in the country’s biggest outbreak since the lockdown of Shanghai earlier this year. About...

TPG-Backed PharmEasy owner withdraws India IPO application 21 Aug 2022 - 10:57 am

API Holdings Ltd., owner of India’s largest online pharmacy PharmEasy, has withdrawn its preliminary filing for an initial public offering, citing market conditions...

China plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop amid drought 21 Aug 2022 - 10:40 am

CHONGQING, China: China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain, while factories...

Floods, landslides kill dozens as monsoon rains lash northern, eastern India 21 Aug 2022 - 10:20 am

Lucknow/Bhubaneshwar: Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three...