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Hong Kong to start offering Covid home vaccinations for eldery 27 Mar 2022 - 10:20 am

Hong Kong will start a Covid-19 home vaccination program for older or disabled residents in the coming weeks as the city seeks to...

Hong Kong says to halve flight suspension rule to seven days 27 Mar 2022 - 10:17 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong said on Sunday it is shortening the ban on airlines that are found to have carried three or more...

Colorado wildfire forces evacuation orders for 19,000 people 27 Mar 2022 - 10:13 am

BOULDER, Colo: Authorities issued an evacuation order for 19,400 people Saturday near a fast-moving Colorado wildfire in rolling hills south of the college...

Second 'black box' found in China Eastern plane crash 27 Mar 2022 - 10:09 am

BEIJING: The second "black box” has been recovered from the crash of a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 that killed all 132 people on...

Quake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Ecuador coast, damaging buildings 27 Mar 2022 - 10:00 am

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near the coastal region of Ecuador late on Saturday, damaging buildings and striking down light poles on...

Zelenskyy: Russia sowing a deep hatred among Ukrainians 27 Mar 2022 - 08:34 am

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy angrily warned Moscow that it is sowing a deep hatred for Russia among his people, as constant artillery barrages...

US hopes for reversal by Taliban on girls' education in coming days 26 Mar 2022 - 08:01 pm

Doha: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Saturday he is hopeful that there will be a reversal of the Taliban's U-turn...

China confirms all on board China Eastern plane died in crash 26 Mar 2022 - 06:18 pm

BEIJING: China confirmed late on Saturday that all 132 passengers and crew on a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week had...

Children among 44 severely wounded people trapped in Ukraine's Chernihiv city: mayor 26 Mar 2022 - 05:56 pm

The mayor of Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv said on Saturday 44 severely wounded people, including three children, could not be evacuated to...

Iraqi lawmakers fail to elect president for a second time 26 Mar 2022 - 05:35 pm

BAGHDAD:Iraqi lawmakers failed for a second time on Saturday to select a head of state, further deepening a political crisis spurred by infighting...

Turkey defuses mine after Russia warns of strays from Ukraine ports 26 Mar 2022 - 05:24 pm

RUMELIFENERI, Turkey: Turkey's military deactivated a mine on Saturday that had drifted in from the Black Sea, setting off a loud explosion north...

Tunisia says it has dismantled 150 militant cells in past 6 months 26 Mar 2022 - 05:11 pm

TUNIS: Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, a spokesman for the National Guard said on...

"Your freedom is ours;" Biden affirms allegiance to Poland 26 Mar 2022 - 05:00 pm

WARSAW: On his final day in Europe, President Joe Biden on Saturday sought to reassure Poland that the United States would defend against...

Shelled city in north Ukraine fears becoming 'next Mariupol' 26 Mar 2022 - 03:11 pm

LVIV, Ukraine:Nights are spent huddling underground from Russian strikes pounding their encircled city into rubble. Daylight hours are devoted to hunting down drinkable...

Biden meets with Zelenskiy’s top officials 26 Mar 2022 - 02:35 pm

President Joe Biden met with Ukraine’s defense and foreign ministers in Warsaw. He’ll later give what’s been billed as a major speech on...

EU's Borrell says nuclear agreement with Iran very close 26 Mar 2022 - 01:21 pm

Doha: The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Saturday thatIranand world powers were very close to agreement on reviving their 2015...

Ukraine says 10 humanitarian corridors agreed for front line areas 26 Mar 2022 - 01:02 pm

Lviv, Ukraine: Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said agreement has been reached on the establishment of 10 humanitarian corridors on Saturday to evacuate...