World

Denmark arrests man over promotion of IS on social media 27 Apr 2022 - 01:22 pm

A man was arrested in Denmark on Wednesday on suspicion of violating anti-terrorism laws by allegedly promoting the Islamic State group on social...

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu; four-year-old infected 27 Apr 2022 - 01:03 pm

Beijing: China has recorded its first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, but the risk of its spread among people...

Zimbabwe's tobacco rebounds amid worries over health, labor 27 Apr 2022 - 11:39 am

Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower and one of the world's top exporters of the nicotine leaf, has opened its selling season for the...

Woman graduate student behind suicide attack at Pakistani university 27 Apr 2022 - 10:38 am

Karachi: A woman suicide bomber who killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan was a teacher who had enrolled for a master's degree months...

Russia's Gazprom halts gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria 27 Apr 2022 - 09:58 am

Sofia/Warsaw: Russian energy giant Gazprom on Wednesday halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in roubles, the...

Poland, Bulgaria say Russia suspending natural gas supplies 27 Apr 2022 - 09:37 am

Polish and Bulgarian officials said Tuesday that Moscow is cutting off natural gas deliveries to their countries due to their refusal to pay...

Russian gas transit shipments via Bulgaria to Hungary coming as scheduled 27 Apr 2022 - 09:08 am

Hungary is receiving Russian gas according to its contract with Gazprom via Bulgaria and Serbia, and Gazprom informed Hungary that transit shipments via...

UK's Johnson says Putin has room to withdraw from Ukraine 26 Apr 2022 - 11:36 pm

LONDON- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he did not expect any further Russian military failures in Ukraine to push President...

WHO warns about the dangers of health misinformation as Musk takes over Twitter 26 Apr 2022 - 09:50 pm

As billionaire Elon Musk nears a potential deal to buy Twitter Inc., a World Health Organization official warned of the dangers of health...

More than half of Americans have had COVID infections -antibody study 26 Apr 2022 - 09:12 pm

Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more than 75% of...

Karachi suicide bombing kills three Chinese teachers and Pakistani 26 Apr 2022 - 08:18 pm

KARACHI, Pakistan -A suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers in Karachi on Tuesday, police and officials said, in the first major...

Sri Lanka says World Bank agrees to provide $600 million in financial aid 26 Apr 2022 - 08:06 pm

COLOMBO- The World Bank has agreed to provide Sri Lanka with $600 million in financial assistance to help meet payment requirements for essential...

Vice President Harris tests positive for COVID-19 26 Apr 2022 - 08:02 pm

WASHINGTON- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday but is not exhibiting symptoms, a spokesperson said, at a time...

WHO chief says we are 'increasingly blind' on COVID transmission 26 Apr 2022 - 07:54 pm

GENEVA/LONDON- The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday urged countries to maintain surveillance of coronavirus infections, saying the world was "blind"...

Mexican president says he hopes Musk will 'clean up' Twitter 26 Apr 2022 - 07:42 pm

MEXICO CITY- Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he hoped Elon Musk would "clean up" Twitter following his purchase of...

2 million children risk starving to death in Horn of Africa: UN aid chief 26 Apr 2022 - 07:37 pm

GENEVA: U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that close to 2 million children risk starving to death as the Horn of...

California police, FBI search for baby abducted by stranger 26 Apr 2022 - 07:29 pm

SAN JOSE, Calif: California authorities and the FBI searched Tuesday for a 3-month-old baby who was taken from his San Francisco Bay Area...

Relief, revival as Singapore scraps its COVID curbs 26 Apr 2022 - 06:59 pm

SINGAPORE: Office workers queued for trains, restaurants and elevators and delivery riders raced from building to building as the buzz returned to Singapore's...