New Zealand resumes Perth travel bubble after Covid scare
WELLINGTON: New Zealand today agreed to reopen its travel bubble with Western Australia, 24 hours after grounding flights when three...
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Malaysia Airlines to test IATA app for COVID-19 result, vaccination status of passengers
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines said on Thursday (Apr 29) it will trial the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Travel Pass,...
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PSG collapsed mentally against Man City, says Wenger
PARIS: Paris St Germain were “emotional and aggressive in a stupid way”, contributing to their second-half capitulation in today's 2-1...
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Clock is ticking for shuttlers Soon Huat-Shevon to qualify for Tokyo Olympics
KUALA LUMPUR: With less than three months to go before the Tokyo Olympics, the clock is ticking for independent mixed...
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Man with knife attacks kindergarten in China, killing two children
BEIJING: A man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in southern China yesterday, killing two children and wounding 16 other...
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US corporations, wealthy must ‘pay their fair share’, says Biden
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden yesterday called for higher taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations as he sought ways to...
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Indians rush for vaccines as Covid-19 death toll passes 200,000
NEW DELHI: Indians struggled to register online for a mass vaccination drive set to begin at the weekend as the...
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Hong Kong passes immigration bill with ‘exit ban’ powers
HONG KONG: Hong Kong passed a new immigration law today that includes powers to stop people entering or leaving the...
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Owners of Manchester United set £4b asking price to sell club, reports Irish Mirror
The owners of Manchester United have set £4 billion (US$5.55 billion) as the asking price to sell the football club,...
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Italy reports 322 coronavirus deaths today, 13,817 new cases
MILAN: Italy reported 322 coronavirus-related deaths today against 342 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally...
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Thailand sets daily record of Covid-19 deaths for second day
BANGKOK:Thailand today set a record for the daily number of Covid-19 deaths for the second consecutive day, just as authorities...
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Klopp says Liverpool must become ‘angry’ again to rediscover form
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said his side have nothing to lose in the remainder of the Premier League season following...
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Quiet, calm – and going big: Biden’s first 100 days
WASHINGTON: The daily (hourly) White House melodrama of the Trump era is history, but there has been nothing quiet about...
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Results of Russian sanctions ‘pretty close’ to hopes so far: US official
WASHINGTON: The US sanctions imposed last week on Russia generated results that were "pretty close" to Washington's hopes, a senior...
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US to resume using Johnson and Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
WASHINGTON: The United States can immediately resume use of Johnson and Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, top health regulators said on Friday...
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PM Trudeau says situation is ‘critical’ as Canada faces third COVID-19 wave
OTTAWA: A surge in COVID-19 cases means Canada is at a critical juncture, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday...
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Yuri Gagarin: How the first man in space sparked a conspiracy theory
Before the cosmonaut orbited the Earth, rumors abounded that someone else already had. Everybody knows that Neil Armstrong was the...
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 5 to feature a huge cameo, and it is guaranteed to ‘make you cry’
The next episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will address the fallout, and adding the cameo to that,...
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Microsoft to buy AI firm Nuance Communications in US$19.7 billion deal in healthcare push
NEW YORK: Microsoft said on Monday (Apr 12) it would buy artificial intelligence and speech technology firm Nuance Communications in...
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Sinner on right path to becoming a champion, says Djokovic
NEW YORK: World number one Novak Djokovic has marked Jannik Sinner as a future champion, saying the Italian teenager has...
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