Australia seeks to ease Covid-19 test rules as cases hit records
SYDNEY: Australia will seek to make urgent changes to Covid-19 testing rules to ease pressure on test sites as infections surged and the country's most...
Parents of girl shot dead in dressing room by Los Angeles police call for justice
[caption id="attachment_13638" align="alignleft" width="634"] Soledad Peralta and Juan Pablo Orellana Larenas (R), parents of 14-year old Valentina Orellana-Peralta, who was killed by a stray police...
UK’s daily Covid infections hit record high of 129,471
LONDON: Britain reported a record 129,471 new cases of Covid-19 yesterday, a day after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would not bring in new...
Calls for modernisation of China region beset by rights fears
BEIJING: The new party chief in China’s Xinjiang called for improved business conditions in his first official visit to the region, where forced labour accusations...
Palestinian president makes rare visit to Israel for talks with defence chief
JERUSALEM: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a rare visit to Israel for talks on economic and security issues with Israel’s defence chief, but with few...
‘We have more work to do,’ Biden says, pledges more Covid tests
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden yesterday pledged to ease a shortage of Covid-19 tests as the Omicron variant threatened to overwhelm hospitals and stifle travel...
China local symptomatic Covid cases rises for a fourth day as Xian outbreak expands
BEIJING: China's local symptomatic coronavirus cases rose for a fourth consecutive day today, with Xian city reporting more infections in a flare up that has...
US, Russian officials set for security talks on Jan 10, says US official
WASHINGTON: US and Russian officials will take part in security talks on January 10 as the countries confront rising tensions over Ukraine, a spokesperson for...