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World - 2022-01-21

Europe

WHO recommends reduced dose of Pfizer COVID vaccine for under 12s

The World Health Organization on Friday recommended extending the use of a reduced dosage of Pfizer's COVID-19...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 09:11pm

Europe

Ukrainian president says Russia could try to occupy Kharkiv

KYIV: Russia may try to occupy the industrial city of Kharkiv if it takes military action in Ukraine, and this would...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 09:06pm

Middle East

Air raids hit Yemen detention centre, port city, NGO reports over 60 dead

SAADA: Three children and more than 60 adults are reported to have been killed in air strikes in Yemen on Friday,...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 08:59pm

South Asia

Myanmar sentences lawmaker from Suu Kyi's party to death: statement

YANGON: Myanmar's junta sentenced a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's ousted party to death for terror offences on ...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 08:50pm

South Asia

Afghan NGO women 'threatened with shooting' for not wearing burqa

KABUL: The Taliban's religious police have threatened to shoot women NGO workers in a northwestern province of...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 08:03pm

Europe

Russia says dialogue will continue with US as Geneva talks end

GENEVA: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after talks with the United States in Geneva on Friday that...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 06:58pm

Europe

European Union re-establishes physical presence in Afghanistan

KABUL/BERLIN: The European Union said on Friday it was re-establishing a physical presence in Afghanistan for...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 06:47pm

South Asia

Indian capital to stay under weekend, overnight COVID curfew, with some allowances

NEW DELHI: India's capital Delhi will remain under curfew over the weekend and overnight to help curb the spread of...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 06:35pm

South Asia

Taliban to meet Western officials in Norway for aid talks

OSLO: The Taliban will hold talks with Western officials in Oslo next week on human rights and humanitarian aid in...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 05:50pm

Europe

Russia wants NATO forces to leave Romania, Bulgaria

MOSCOW: The security guarantees that Russia seeks from the West include provisions requiring NATO forces to leave...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 03:28pm

Europe

Poland reports record daily COVID cases as Omicron spreads

WARSAW: Poland will report a record 36,665 daily COVID-19 cases on Friday, a deputy health minister said, as an...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 03:24pm

World

New Zealand ship arrives with water for parched Tonga

WELLINGTON/SYDNEY: A New Zealand navy ship carrying 250,000 litres of water arrived in Tonga on Friday, bringing...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 02:26pm

South Asia

Soaring Covid self-test kit sales fuel India underreporting fears

LONAVLA: Booming sales of home self-test kits for Covid are prompting Indian authorities to tighten the rules around...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 02:02pm

Asia

UN says Philippine typhoon destruction 'badly underestimated'

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations said destruction caused by Typhoon Rai in the Philippines had been "badly...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 01:49pm

Middle East

11 soldiers killed in Iraq by IS militants: authorities

BAGHDAD: Eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed in an overnight attack by the Islamic State group against their base in...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 01:45pm

Europe

Germany, Britain warn Russia of high cost on Ukraine aggression

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Friday that Russia would ...

Updated 21 Jan, 2022 02:04pm

South Asia

Crashed World War II aircraft found in India after 77 years

NEW DELHI: A missing World War II plane has been identified in India's remote Himalayas nearly 80 years after it...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 12:47pm

Europe

Electing Draghi as president ‘feasible’ if plan for govt exists

ROME: The election of Prime Minister Mario Draghi as Italy's new president "is feasible" if there is a plan in place...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 11:31am

USA

Biden, Japan's Kishida to discuss Asia security, Ukraine

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will discuss deterrence in the...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 10:52am

World

Mexico sees drop in murders in 2021

MEXICO CITY: Mexico recorded 33,308 murders last year, marking a 3.6 percent decrease compared with 2020, in a...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 10:46am

USA

Biden starts second year with charm offensive -- and bad polls

WASHINGTON: The White House launched a charm offensive, complete with a Tom Hanks video, to mark Joe Biden's first...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 10:36am

Europe

Five do battle for top UN labour job

GENEVA: Five candidates are battling to take over the United Nations' International Labour Organization, winding up...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 10:03am

Africa

17 killed, 59 injured by explosion in western Ghana

ACCRA: At least 17 people were killed and 59 injured Thursday in a devastating explosion in a western Ghana town...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 09:42am

Europe

UK's Truss offers '100%' support for embattled PM Johnson

SYDNEY: UK foreign secretary Liz Truss offered her "100 percent" support for embattled Conservative Prime Minister...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 09:38am

Europe

West warns Russia against 'any' Ukraine incursion

BERLIN: The United States and its allies have warned Moscow Thursday of grave consequences if "any" of the tens of...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 09:36am

Europe

Russia risks 'quagmire' in Ukraine: UK

SYDNEY: Russia risks becoming embroiled in a "terrible quagmire" if it invades Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary ...

Published 21 Jan, 2022 09:27am

World

McDonald’s expands US test of Beyond Meat ‘McPlant’ burger

NEW YORK: McDonald’s Corp said on Thursday it will expand its U.S. test of a plant-based burger it created with...