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World - 2022-01-04

World

Delhi imposes weekend curfew as Covid cases surge

NEW DELHI: India's capital New Delhi will lock down over the weekend as authorities grapple with a fresh surge in...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 06:19pm

Europe

Romania's daily COVID-19 infections double after holiday

BUCHAREST: The number of daily COVID-19 infections more than doubled in Romania on Tuesday following an easing of...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 06:16pm

Middle East

Israeli study finds fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose boosts antibodies five-fold

JERUSALEM: A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold a week after the shot is administered,...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:47pm

Europe

German unemployment declines in December amid virus uncertainty

FRANKFURT: Germany's joblessness rate fell slightly in December despite the return of health restrictions to tackle ...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:41pm

Europe

German President Steinmeier closer to second term

BERLIN: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is poised to be elected for a second five-year term in the largely...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:41pm

Middle East

Nearly 200 dead as fighting surges near Yemen's Marib: sources

DUBAI: About 200 fighters have been killed in fresh clashes near the strategic Yemeni city of Marib, military and...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:20pm

USA

US sets global record of over 1 million daily Covid-19 cases

WASHINGTON: The United States recorded more than one million Covid-19 cases on Monday, according to data from Johns...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:17pm

Middle East

Eight killed in southern Iran floods: state media

TEHRAN: At least eight people have been killed in flash flooding in Iran's south due to heavy rains expected to last...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:15pm

South Asia

24,000 evacuated, two dead in Indonesian floods

LHOK SUKON: About 24,000 people have been evacuated and two children killed in floods on Indonesia's Sumatra island,...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:10pm

World

NATO foreign ministers to hold emergency talks on Ukraine

BRUSSELS: NATO foreign ministers will hold an emergency videoconference on Friday to discuss Russia's military...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 05:07pm

Stocks

Major Gulf bourses mixed as Omicron fears weigh

Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Tuesday, as worries weighed that the Omicron variant...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 02:36pm

Europe

Spain's jobless number posts record fall in 2021

MADRID: The number of registered jobless in Spain posted a record drop in 2021 as the relaxation of pandemic...

Updated 04 Jan, 2022 05:36pm

Europe

NATO head convenes council with Russia on Jan. 12

BRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has convened a meeting of the NATO-Russia council for Jan. 12, an...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 02:32pm

Middle East

Two drones shot down targeting Iraq base: anti-IS coalition

BAGHDAD: Two armed drones targeting an air base in western Iraq were shot down on Tuesday, an official of the US-led...

Updated 04 Jan, 2022 02:25pm

Europe

Novartis says US court upholds Gilenya patent

ZURICH: Novartis AG said on Tuesday a US court of appeals upheld the validity of a dosage regimen patent for its...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 12:26pm

Europe

France's lower house suspends review of COVID-19 vaccine pass bill

PARIS: France's lower house of parliament has suspended debates over a bill to make it mandatory for people to show...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 12:26pm

USA

Donald Trump and his children Donald Jr and Ivanka are subpoenaed in New York probe

NEW YORK: New York state's attorney general is demanding that two of Donald Trump's adult children, Donald Trump Jr....

Published 04 Jan, 2022 11:25am

South Asia

India reports most COVID-19 cases since early September

NEW DELHI: India reported 37,379 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday, the...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 11:07am

World

Delhi chief minister tests positive for COVID-19 as India cases hit highest in months

NEW DELHI: India reported 37,379 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday, the...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 11:04am

World

Australia COVID-19 cases surge, hospitalisations hit pandemic high in most populous state

SYDNEY: Australia's COVID-19 cases touched a fresh pandemic high on Tuesday amid an Omicron surge in its two most...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 11:02am

Asia

A 5.7 magnitude quake hits remote Japanese islands

TOKYO: A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit remote Japanese islands in the Pacific early Tuesday, but there was no tsunami...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 10:24am

Middle East

Two killed in Israeli military helicopter crash: army

JERUSALEM: Two Israeli military helicopter pilots were killed and another crew member injured in a crash over the...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 10:20am

USA

Biden, Trump to address split-screen nation on Jan 6 anniversary

WASHINGTON: A divided nation will experience an ominous split-screen moment Thursday when President Joe Biden uses...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 10:08am

USA

Biden strategy on Ukraine - talks but clear costs for Russia

WASHINGTON: From severing Russia from the world's banking system to further arming Kyiv, US President Joe Biden is...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 10:06am

USA

Snow storm batters US east, piling onto holiday chaos

WASHINGTON: After a bruising holiday week of flight cancellations and record surges in Covid-19 cases, a powerful...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 10:00am

World

Haitian PM says was targeted in assassination attempt

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry told AFP in an interview Monday that he was targeted in an...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 09:55am

Africa

UN orders Niger to suspend expulsion of eight Rwandans

UNITED NATIONS: A United Nations court has ordered Niger to suspend its expulsion of eight Rwandans linked to the...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 09:53am

Asia

China locks down city of 1.2 million after three virus cases

BEIJING: More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 09:47am

South Asia

Spoils of war: Taliban put victory over US on display

Taliban forces took the city of Ghazni -- 150 kilometres (95 miles) south of Kabul -- three days before the capital fell on August 15

Updated 04 Jan, 2022 01:42pm

World

23 dead in clashes between Colombian rebels

BOGOTA: At least 23 people -- four of them Venezuelans -- were killed in fighting between rival rebel groups in...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 09:36am

Asia

Philippines widens Covid restrictions outside capital

MANILA: The Philippines will expand coronavirus restrictions in Manila from Wednesday to include more than 11 ...

Published 04 Jan, 2022 09:34am

World

Erdogan says he will visit Saudi Arabia in February

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he will make a visit next month to Saudi Arabia, whose ...