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India cautiously starts to open up as virus cases decline 07 Jun 2021 - 09:45 am

Businesses in two of India's largest cities were reopening Monday as part of a phased easing of lockdown measures in several states now...

Australia's Victoria logs biggest rise in COVID-19 cases in a week 07 Jun 2021 - 09:29 am

SYDNEY: Australia's Victoria state on Monday reported its biggest rise in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week as authorities scramble...

Heavy rain, floods kill at least 17 in Sri Lanka 07 Jun 2021 - 09:21 am

Colombo: Heavy rain has lashed Sri Lanka triggering floods and landslides that have killed at least 17 people and forced tens of thousands...

Thailand starts long awaited COVID-19 vaccination drive 07 Jun 2021 - 09:12 am

BANGKOK: Thailand kicked off a long-awaited mass vaccination campaign on Monday as the country battles its third and worst wave of the coronavirus...

Brazil COVID inquiry staffers say Copa soccer cup should be postponed 07 Jun 2021 - 12:03 am

BRASILIA - Staff of a Senate commission investigating the handling of the coronavirus pandemic in Brazil said on Sunday that the Copa America...

US Vice President Harris' trip to Guatemala delayed due to technical issue with plane 06 Jun 2021 - 11:57 pm

WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' trip to Guatemala and Mexico was delayed on Sunday, after a technical problem forced her plane...

Morocco opens airports to international flights to allow citizens home 06 Jun 2021 - 10:11 pm

RABAT - Morocco will reopen its airports to international traffic starting from June 15 to facilitate the return of its nationals living abroad,...

Vietnam Premier asks provinces to ease strict virus measures 06 Jun 2021 - 10:03 pm

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Saturday called on local governments to ease overly strict pandemic-prevention measures that affect production and business...

Frustrated Brits rush home from Algarve to avoid quarantine 06 Jun 2021 - 09:49 pm

LISBON - Many frustrated British travellers were heading home on Sunday from a shorter-than-expected holiday in the Algarve before a 10-day quarantine comes...

UK's Johnson calls on G7 to vaccinate world by end of 2022 06 Jun 2021 - 08:13 pm

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday called for leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) rich nations to make a...

Portuguese PM criticises UK for removing it from quarantine-free travel list 06 Jun 2021 - 08:01 pm

LISBON - Portugal's prime minister criticised Britain on Sunday for removing his nation from a COVID-19 quarantine-free travel list, and urged London to...

Sri Lanka receives 1M doses of Sinopharm vaccine 06 Jun 2021 - 07:25 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka has received one million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccines amid the island nation's recent surge in infections...

Meghan gives birth to baby girl called Lilibet 06 Jun 2021 - 07:18 pm

LONDON - Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex has given birth to her second child, a baby girl, who she and husband Prince Harry...

Turkey says it will defeat 'sea snot' outbreak in Marmara Sea 06 Jun 2021 - 03:33 pm

ISTANBUL: Turkey's environment minister pledged on Sunday to defeat a plague of "sea snot" threatening the Sea of Marmara with a disaster management...

Harris visits Latin America to tackle migration, corruption 06 Jun 2021 - 03:27 pm

WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris, on her first foreign trip as vice president, is looking to deepen diplomatic ties with Guatemala and Mexico, two Latin...

Taiwan to quarantine workers to control COVID spike at tech firm 06 Jun 2021 - 03:14 pm

Taipei: All foreign workers at a plant of major Taiwanese chip packager King Yuan Electronics in Taiwan's northern city of Miaoli will be...

Attackers kill 88 people in northwest Nigeria 06 Jun 2021 - 02:30 pm

KADUNA, Nigeria: Attackers killed 88 people in Nigeria's Kebbi state on Thursday, spurring its governor to pledge a bigger deployment of security forces...