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Palestinian President re-instates state of emergency in Palestine over COVID-19 03 Jul 2021 - 05:19 pm

Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday re-instated the state of emergency in Palestine to combat the Coronavirus pandemic for 30 days. The...

Hurricane Elsa races toward Haiti amid fears of landslides 03 Jul 2021 - 04:53 pm

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti: Hurricane Elsa raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, where it threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking...

UK doctors want some COVID-19 measures retained after July 19 03 Jul 2021 - 04:30 pm

London: England should retain some coronavirus measures beyond July 19, when most remaining restrictions are due to be lifted, to help limit the...

Boxer Pacquiao backs corruption claims with missing public funds allegation 03 Jul 2021 - 02:48 pm

MANILA: More than 10 billion pesos ($204 million) in pandemic aid intended for poor Philippine families is unaccounted for, boxer-turned-senator Manny Pacquiao said...

Saudi Arabia bans entry from UAE, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Afghanistan 03 Jul 2021 - 12:00 pm

CAIRO: Saudi Arabia will restrict travel to and entry from Ethiopia, UAE, Vietnam and Afghanistan over coronavirus concerns, the state news agency (WAS)...

Iran denies links to attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria 03 Jul 2021 - 11:20 am

DUBAI: Iran denied on Saturday U.S. accusations that Tehran supported attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria, and condemned U.S. airstrikes on...

Iran restarts Bushehr nuclear power plant after overhaul 03 Jul 2021 - 09:32 am

Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has resumed operations after being shut down two weeks ago for an overhaul, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported...

Firefighter's daughter, 7, found in Florida condo rubble 02 Jul 2021 - 10:00 pm

SURFSIDE, Fla: The body of a Miami firefighter's 7-year-old daughter was recovered from the site of a South Florida condo collapse by the...

Overseas tourists finally roam free on Thai island of Phuket 02 Jul 2021 - 09:54 pm

PHUKET: Newly arrived overseas tourists on Thailand's island of Phuket were able to roam free without quarantine on Friday for the first time...

Jubilant Chileans return to ski slopes as second COVID wave subsides 02 Jul 2021 - 09:18 pm

SANTIAGO: Chileans have returned to the slopes of the Andes mountains for the start of the ski season or the first time in...

Slovaks to start lottery, offer bonuses to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates 02 Jul 2021 - 09:14 pm

PRAGUE: Slovakia will launch a lottery with weekly prizes of up to 2 million euros for vaccinated people and offer bonuses to those...

Driven by delta variant, COVID-19 surges across Africa 02 Jul 2021 - 08:38 pm

JOHANNESBURG: Driven by the delta variant, a new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across the African continent where new cases, hospital admissions, and...

Novavax says Taiwan has opted to get firm's COVID-19 vaccine via COVAX 02 Jul 2021 - 08:29 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan has chosen to get the Novavax Inc COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX global sharing scheme, the company said on Friday, which...

Without ICUs, doctor in Jakarta hospital battles to help COVID-19 patients 02 Jul 2021 - 08:02 pm

JAKARTA: Indonesian doctor Cheras Sjarfi says the small public hospital where she works in south Jakarta was not ready for the influx of...

Boeing 737 cargo plane makes emergency water landing off Hawaii 02 Jul 2021 - 07:35 pm

A decades-old Boeing Co 737-200 cargo airplane with two people on board made an emergency nighttime landing in the Pacific Ocean off the...

COVID-19 Delta variant gains ground in Italy - Health Institute 02 Jul 2021 - 06:04 pm

MILAN: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is gaining ground in Italy, the National Health Institute (ISS) said on Friday, releasing...

Philippine villagers fear twin perils: Volcano and COVID-19 02 Jul 2021 - 05:46 pm

LAUREL, Philippines: Thousands of people were being evacuated from villages around a rumbling volcano near the Philippine capital Friday, but officials said they...

After suspension over safety worries, search resumes for survivors of Florida collapse 02 Jul 2021 - 04:56 pm

SURFSIDE, Fla: The grim, painstaking search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed Miami-area condominium complex, briefly suspended over safety concerns, proceeded...