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Dubai airport sees faster recovery in passenger demand 15 Nov 2021 - 12:13 pm

Dubai: Dubai's state airport operator is optimistic demand for international travel is recovering faster than expected, upwardly revising on Monday its outlook forDubaiairport....

India's top court orders 'work from home' over pollution in capital 15 Nov 2021 - 12:06 pm

NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court told authorities on Monday to shut offices in the capital and nearby cities, allowing millions to work from...

Vietnam begins limited reopening to foreign tourists, local media says 15 Nov 2021 - 11:50 am

Vietnam is welcoming foreign tourists this month for the first time since the spring of 2020 as the Southeast Asian country gradually reopens...

Philippines' Duterte to run for senator in next year's election, says top aide 15 Nov 2021 - 11:44 am

MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte will run for senator in next year's election, according to his aide, confirming an earlier report by local...

China fights biggest Delta outbreak as cases grow in city of Dalian 15 Nov 2021 - 11:33 am

BEIJING: China is battling the spread of its biggest COVID-19 outbreak caused by the Delta variant, according to numbers announced on Monday, with...

German coronavirus infections hit new high, tighter measures planned 15 Nov 2021 - 11:25 am

BERLIN: Germany's coronavirus infection rate has risen to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, public health figures showed on Monday,...

India reopens to foreign tourism after 20-month pandemic closure 15 Nov 2021 - 10:23 am

Indiareopened its borders to mass foreign tourism, ending a 20-month clampdown as coronavirus infections across the country remain low and vaccination rates rise....

New outbreak prompts China to lock down university campus 15 Nov 2021 - 10:18 am

Beijing: China has confined nearly 1,500 university students to their dormitories and hotels following an outbreak of COVID-19 in the northwestern city of...

FBI says hackers got no data after compromising email server 14 Nov 2021 - 10:48 pm

The FBI said Sunday that hackers did not access any data or personal information on its network, a day after they compromised an...

UK’s Johnson calls COP26 climate agreement ‘game changing’ 14 Nov 2021 - 10:22 pm

The agreement reached Saturday at global climate talks in Glasgow will be pivotal in the fight to stop global warming, U.K. Prime Minister...

Philips working with US FDA after mass ventilator recall 14 Nov 2021 - 08:57 pm

Royal Philips said it is working closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration after the agency asked for more tests on a...

Bahrain authorizes AstraZeneca's anti-COVID drug for emergency use 14 Nov 2021 - 08:30 pm

Bahrain has approved the emergency use of AstraZeneca's anti-COVID drug Evusheld, the state news agency reported on Sunday. Bahrain has become the first...

One person dead and one injured after car explosion in Liverpool, UK 14 Nov 2021 - 07:32 pm

LONDON- One person was killed and another was injured in a vehicle explosion outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool in northern England on...

Amir of Kuwait accepts government resignation 14 Nov 2021 - 06:46 pm

Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Amiri Diwan announced on Sunday that the Amir of the State of Kuwait HH Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah accepted...

Two quakes strike southern Iran, tremors felt in Dubai 14 Nov 2021 - 04:32 pm

Two strong earthquakes struck southern Iran near the port of Bandar Abbas on Sunday, state TV reported, but there were no immediate reports...

Austria orders non-vaccinated people into COVID-19 lockdown 14 Nov 2021 - 03:11 pm

VIENNA: Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with a surge...

Juggernauts grab spotlight from jumbos at Dubai Airshow 14 Nov 2021 - 02:59 pm

Dubai: The nuts and bolts of post-pandemic trade loomed over the first major aerospace event since the coronavirus crisis on Sunday, as planemakers...