Amazon’s Alexa returns after morning snooze
Users of Amazon's Alexa complained that the voice assistant was not working on Friday morning. According to the website Down Detector, the problem appeared to...
COVID-19 programme delivers 1 billion doses to poorer countries
BERLIN: The World Health Organization said on Sunday (Jan 16) that an UN-backed programme shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries have now delivered 1...
Beijing Omicron case prompts temple closures, queues for COVID-19 tests
BEIJING: China on Sunday (Jan 16) reported 65 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases for Jan 15, including the first Omicron case in Beijing, just weeks from...
Key moments in Novak Djokovic’s Australian saga
MELBOURNE : Tennis star Novak Djokovic's bid to win a record-breaking 21 men's Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open ended on Sunday with a...
Djokovic boards plane bound for Dubai after court upholds visa cancellation
MELBOURNE : Tennis star Novak Djokovic boarded a plane bound for Dubai on Sunday evening, a Reuters journalist said, after the Australian Federal Court upheld...
Murray finds spark before long-awaited return to Melbourne Park
MELBOURNE : Tears, pain and a defiant five-set loss marked Andy Murray's last appearance at the Australian Open but the Scot will stroll Melbourne Park's...
Alpine skiing-Odermatt wins last men’s super-G before Beijing
Swiss skier Marco Odermatt cemented his status as an Olympic favourite with victory on home snow in Wengen, the last men's Alpine World Cup super-G...
Novak Djokovic ‘playing by his own rules’, says Stefanos Tsitsipas
The 34-year-old, a vaccine sceptic, fuelled widespread anger in Australia when he announced he was heading to Melbourne with a medical exemption from requirements for...
Covid-19: France to relax travel rules from the UK
France will relax its restrictions for those travelling from the UK from Friday, the government has announced. Vaccinated travellers will no longer need a compelling...
French holiday bookings surge after rule change
French holiday bookings have jumped after Paris said it would ease restrictions on UK travellers, travel firms have said. Airline Jet2 said it had seen...