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World - 2021-12-30

Europe

Russia's COVID-19 death toll climbs to world's second highest

MOSCOW: Russia has overtaken Brazil to have the world's second-highest death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, behind...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 09:38pm

Europe

World tops one million new daily Covid cases

PARIS: The number of daily new Covid cases worldwide has crossed one million for the first time since the pandemic...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 06:31pm

South Asia

India saw record 126 tiger deaths in 2021

NEW DELHI: India's tiger conservation body said 126 of the endangered big cats died in 2021, the most since it began...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 06:26pm

Europe

Biden and Putin: No love lost

PARIS: US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin hold their latest phone call on Thursday...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 06:20pm

World

Coronavirus: Latest global developments

PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than one million cases The number of daily...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 06:09pm

South Asia

Iran says rocket sends three 'research payloads' into space

DUBAI: Iran has used a satellite launch rocket to send three research devices into space, a defence ministry...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 06:04pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia boosts pandemic measures at Makkah's Grand Mosque

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of...

Updated 30 Dec, 2021 05:19pm

World

Iran announces new space launch amid nuclear talks

TEHRAN: Iran announced Thursday it had carried out a new space launch, in a move likely to irk Western powers amid...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 03:43pm

Europe

EU says backs arms embargo after Myanmar massacre

BRUSSELS: The European Union said Thursday it supports an international arms embargo on Myanmar's military regime ...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 02:55pm

Europe

Georgia ex-leader Saakashvili returns to prison from hospital

TBILISI: Georgia's opposition leader and ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili returned to prison from a military ...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 02:54pm

Europe

Putin says 'effective dialogue' with US possible

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin told US counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday he is "convinced" that "effective...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 02:53pm

Companies

Emirates upbeat on growth despite global surge in Covid

DUBAI: Aviation giant Emirates said Thursday it expects business to grow next year despite the surge in global...

Updated 30 Dec, 2021 02:53pm

World

Taliban chief orders fighters not to 'punish' former regime members

KABUL: The Taliban's supreme leader has ordered fighters not to punish members of Afghanistan's former regime for...

Updated 30 Dec, 2021 02:11pm

Africa

J&J booster slashes Omicron hospitalizations

CAPE TOWN: A booster dose of Johnson & Johnson Inc's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine was 84% effective at ...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 01:26pm

Africa

Somalia's al Shabaab fighters attack town near capital, kill 7

MOGADISHU: Somalia's al Shabaab fighters attacked a town north of the capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at ...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 01:24pm

Africa

Fear of hidden mines hangs over conflict-hit Central Africa

PAOUA: "We are afraid. We cannot know where the mines are hidden." It is a common refrain in conflict-wracked...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 12:24pm

World

Saudi king urges Iran to end 'negative' behaviour in region

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman urged arch-rival Iran on Thursday to end its "negative behaviour" in the region,...

Updated 30 Dec, 2021 05:50pm

Africa

Tutu's body to lie in state at historic South Africa cathedral

CAPE TOWN: Archbishop Desmond Tutu will lie in state for two days from Thursday at a historic cathedral where he ...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 12:17pm

South Asia

India saw record 126 tiger deaths in 2021: data

NEW DELHI: India's tiger conservation body said 126 of the endangered big cats died in 2021, the highest toll since...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 12:13pm

South Asia

For struggling Afghan family, the next meal is a matter of faith

BAMIYAN: As winter sets in, Afghan widow Kubra needs to find fuel to heat the single room where eight family members...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 11:47am

World

Biden, Putin to discuss Ukraine crisis in new call

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak Thursday in a latest effort...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 11:35am

World

World nations try to balance Omicron restrictions while keeping economies open

ROME/WASHINGTON: Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 11:17am

Asia

South Korea's ruling party presidential candidate pushes for nuclear-powered submarines

SEOUL: South Korea's ruling party presidential candidate said he will seek US support to build nuclear-powered...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:39am

Middle East

Years after war, health sector ailing in Iraq's Mosul

MOSUL: Months after a minor motorbike accident, Amer Shaker is still suffering from poor treatment at a hospital in...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:14am

South Asia

Destitute 'heir' of India's emperors demands royal residence

KOLKATA: A destitute Indian woman who claims she is heir to the dynasty that built the Taj Mahal has demanded...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:13am

World

UN Security Council condemns Myanmar massacre

NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday condemned last week's massacre in Myanmar of more than 30...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:12am

World

Children among 8 dead in Mexico gun attack

SILAO, Mexico: At least eight people, including two children, died in a shooting in a region of central Mexico...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:11am

World

Mexicans join bid for Covid compensation from China, WHO

MEXICO CITY: Devastated by the loss of his daughter to Covid-19, Jaime Michaus joined hundreds of Mexicans seeking...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:08am

World

Covid bogs down Biden in winter of discontent

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden promised to "follow the science" when he took over from Donald Trump, but a year later record...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:06am

World

'We lost everything': Brazil floods leave thousands destitute

ITAPETINGA: Carlos Batista da Silva holds his hand above his head, indicating on a wall the level where floodwaters...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 10:05am

World

S Africa holds colourful, musical farewell to Desmond Tutu

CAPE TOWN: A musical memorial to South Africa’s revered anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu had a rabbi and a monk...