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Hong Kong-Singapore air Travel Bubble to start on May 26 25 Apr 2021 - 02:09 pm

Hong Kong and Singapore will announce a start to their highly anticipated two-way air Travel Bubble as soon as Monday, according to people...

Germany faces lockdown until June as curbs fail to push down cases 25 Apr 2021 - 01:20 pm

Berlin: Germany's coronavirus infection rate rose at the weekend despite stricter restrictions and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said he did not expect moves...

Japan to open large vaccination centers in Tokyo, Osaka -media 25 Apr 2021 - 01:14 pm

TOKYO - The Japanese government is planning to open large vaccination centres in Tokyo and Osaka in the coming weeks in a bid...

Iraq Interior Ministry: 82 killed in Baghdad hospital fire 25 Apr 2021 - 01:13 pm

Baghdad: Iraq’s Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the...

US racing to send aid to India as COVID-19 cases soar 25 Apr 2021 - 01:05 pm

WILMINGTON, Del - The United States is deeply concerned by a massive surge in coronavirus cases in India and will race additional support...

Spanish man charged with infecting 22 people with COVID-19 25 Apr 2021 - 12:12 pm

Madrid: A Spanish man with COVID-19 symptoms who coughed on work colleagues and told them "I’m going to give you all the coronavirus”...

Post-COVID record crowd of 78,113 for Aussie rules game 25 Apr 2021 - 11:45 am

Melbourne: A crowd of 78,113 packed into the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for an Australian rules match between Collingwood and Essendon on Sunday,...

Western Australia halfway through snap COVID-19 lockdown with no new local cases 25 Apr 2021 - 11:25 am

MELBOURNE: Western Australia reported no new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Sunday with more than 2 million people in the state halfway through...

India asks Twitter to block posts critical of virus handling 25 Apr 2021 - 11:16 am

Twitter Inc. has removed or restricted access to more than 50 posts in the past one month at the behest of the Indian...

YouTube blocks access to Ukrainian TV channels tied to Kremlin ally, Ukraine govt says 24 Apr 2021 - 08:30 pm

KYIV: Three Ukrainian television channels linked to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin were blocked from broadcasting on Google's YouTube on Saturday,...

Merkel urges Germans to accept 'tough' virus restrictions 24 Apr 2021 - 08:08 pm

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Germans to accept nationwide pandemic restrictions that took effect at midnight, resulting in a 10 p.m.-to-5 a.m....

Europe reopens but virus patients still overwhelm ICU teams 24 Apr 2021 - 07:39 pm

PARIS: Cradling the head of the deeply sedated COVID-19 patient like a precious jewel in his hands, Dr. Alexy Tran Dinh steered his...

Oil Tanker off Syria coast on fire; Govt says drone attack 24 Apr 2021 - 07:34 pm

DAMASCUS, Syria: Syria's oil ministry said a fire has erupted in a tanker on its coast after what it said was a suspected...

Turkey says it "entirely rejects" U.S. recognition of Armenian genocide 24 Apr 2021 - 07:27 pm

ANKARA: Turkey "entirely rejects" US President Joe Biden's recognition of the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as a genocide, Turkish...

Lukashenko to amend emergency transfer of presidential power - Belta 24 Apr 2021 - 04:00 pm

Moscow: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he will sign a decree allowing the transfer of presidential power to the security council if he...

Rescuers find debris thought to be from missing Indonesian submarine 24 Apr 2021 - 02:55 pm

Denpasar, Indonesia: Search teams have recovered debris believed to be from an Indonesian submarine missing for days in the Bali Sea, defence officials...

Indian hospitals turn away patients in Covid-19 'tsunami' 24 Apr 2021 - 02:15 pm

New Delhi: Overwhelmed hospitals in India begged for oxygen supplies on Saturday as the country's coronavirus infections soared again overnight in a "tsunami"...