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Biden's $6 trillion budget: Social spending, taxes on business 28 May 2021 - 09:44 pm

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday unveiled a $6 trillion budget for next year that's piled high with new safety net programs for...

Croatia to buy 12 French Rafale fighters for $1.2 billion 28 May 2021 - 05:37 pm

ZAGREB, Croatia: Croatia announced Friday that it will purchase 12 used Rafale fighter jets from France for nearly 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion),...

Malaysia PM orders 'total lockdown' amid COVID-19 surge 28 May 2021 - 05:13 pm

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday announced a nationwide "total lockdown" starting in June as coronavirus infections in the country...

Italy to open up Covid shots to all adults from June 3 28 May 2021 - 05:07 pm

Rome: All Italians aged over 16 will be able to be vaccinated from June 3 onwards, the government's COVID-19 commissioner said on Friday,...

Erdogan inaugurates landmark mosque on main Istanbul square 28 May 2021 - 04:49 pm

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated a landmark new mosque on Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Friday, fulfilling a long-time dream to build...

US Senate slow to act on probe into deadly Capitol attack 28 May 2021 - 04:35 pm

Washington: Republicans in the U.S. Senate on Friday were expected to block the creation of a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on...

Germany offers $1.3 billion to Namibia to atone for genocide 28 May 2021 - 04:11 pm

Germany will recognize colonial-era mass killings in Namibia as genocide and offer 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in aid as a gesture of...

Sweden scraps demand for negative COVID-test for travelers from the Nordics 28 May 2021 - 04:01 pm

Stockholm: Travelers coming from the Nordics will no longer have to show a negative COVID-test to enter Sweden from next week, the Minister...

Nationwide strike planned in Belarus, opposition leader says 28 May 2021 - 03:44 pm

The Hague: Belarus's leading opposition figure said on Friday that a nationwide strike was being planned to protest against the arrest of dissident...

Shoot-out after policewoman stabbed in attack in western France 28 May 2021 - 03:33 pm

CHAPELLE-SUR-ERDRE, France: A man stabbed and badly wounded a policewoman in the town of La Chapelle-sur-Erdre in western France on Friday before he...

Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano, UN says 28 May 2021 - 03:26 pm

G0ma, Democratic Republic of Congo: A round 400,000 people need support or protection after fleeing a volcano eruption and a wave of aftershocks...

Australia's Victoria state sees fewer new COVID-19 cases on first day of lockdown 28 May 2021 - 03:21 pm

SYDNEY - Australia's Victoria state reported fewer new local COVID-19 cases on Friday, the first day of a one-week hard lockdown imposed to...

Britain approves J&J COVID-19 vaccine for use 28 May 2021 - 02:47 pm

LONDON - Britain's medicine regulator has approved Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health ministry said in a statement on Friday,...

Sri Lanka looks to ease shortage with Sputnik V 28 May 2021 - 02:15 pm

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The: Sri Lankan government on Friday announced that it has received 50,000 doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine....

South African albino elephant beats odds to thrive among herd 28 May 2021 - 01:56 pm

HOEDSPRUIT, South Africa - For Khanyisa life was difficult from the start. Born as an albino, at four months old she got caught...

Indian city's death data suggests official tally of COVID fatalities is too low 28 May 2021 - 01:45 pm

SURAT, India - At least seven crematoriums and graveyards in India's western city of Surat saw a more than three-fold rise in the...

Hungary detects first cases of Indian COVID-19 variant 28 May 2021 - 01:42 pm

BUDAPEST - Hungary has identified two cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in India, the government official in charge of vaccinations said...