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Taiwan promises quick fix to COVID testing issue after criticism 23 May 2021 - 11:54 pm

TAIPEI - Taiwan's health minister promised on Sunday to resolve a logjam with reporting positive COVID-19 tests after abruptly raising case numbers, a...

Congo volcano leaves death and smoking wreckage, but major city spared 23 May 2021 - 11:15 pm

GOMA - A volcanic eruption in eastern Congo left a smoking trail of destruction half a mile wide on Sunday that buried hundreds...

Last cat out of the Tiger King Park bag as seizure completed 23 May 2021 - 11:00 pm

THACKERVILLE, Okla - Federal officials have removed the last of the 68 big cats from the private zoo in Oklahoma that had been...

Italian cable car crash kills 14 people, child seriously hurt 23 May 2021 - 09:09 pm

STRESA, Italy - At least 14 people died and a child was seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy's Lake...

Bahrain suspends entry for travellers from 'Red List' countries -report 23 May 2021 - 08:33 pm

CAIRO - Bahrain will suspend entry of travellers from countries on its 'Red List', which includes India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal,...

Indian state unable to obtain COVID-19 shots directly from Moderna 23 May 2021 - 08:07 pm

MUMBAI - An Indian state looking to procure COVID-19 shots to combat a nationwide surge in infections on Sunday said that U.S. vaccine...

Indian Olympic medalist Kumar arrested over death of fellow wrestler 23 May 2021 - 07:59 pm

NEW DELHI - Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar was arrested on Sunday in connection with the murder of a fellow Indian wrestler, Delhi...

Belarus military forces Ryanair Jet landing as reporter arrested 23 May 2021 - 07:35 pm

Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet to force a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk, where authorities detained a...

2 dead, 12 injured in shooting at New Jersey house party 23 May 2021 - 05:53 pm

At least two people were killed and 12 others were wounded in a shooting at a South Jersey house party, state police said....

UK officials: Vaccines effective against Indian variant 23 May 2021 - 04:42 pm

LONDON: British health officials expressed optimism Sunday that the coronavirus restrictions remaining in England can be lifted in June after an official study...

Eyeing variant, France mulls tighter limits for UK tourists 23 May 2021 - 03:44 pm

Paris: France may introduce stricter coronavirus restrictions for British visitors when tourism reopens this summer to prevent the spread of a worrying virus...

Bangladeshi journalist known for unearthing graft gets bail 23 May 2021 - 03:29 pm

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Bangladeshi journalist who is known for her strong reporting on official corruption was released from jail Sunday, hours after a...

CureVac works to boost production capacity ahead of expected vaccine approval 23 May 2021 - 03:26 pm

Berlin: Germany's CureVac expects European approval of its COVID-19 vaccine in June at the latest and is working to expand production capacity, the...

British PM's former top adviser says early COVID-19 plan was a "disaster" 23 May 2021 - 03:13 pm

London: Britain's early plan to combat COVID-19 was a "disaster" and "awful decisions" led to the government imposing lockdowns that could have been...

At least eight dead in Italian cable car accident - ANSA 23 May 2021 - 03:06 pm

Rome: At least eight people have died after a cable car connecting Italy's Maggiore lake with a mountain close by plunged on Sunday,...

India's capital Delhi to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases drop 23 May 2021 - 02:19 pm

New Delhi: India's capital New Delhi will start relaxing its strict coronavirus lockdown next week if new cases continue to drop in the...

Yemenis find rare leisure time at Sanaa lake 23 May 2021 - 01:28 pm

Sanaa: A countryside dam outside the Yemeni capital Sanaa provides the city's residents with a rare distraction from the six-year civil war that...

French Covid tracing app downloaded by 25% of the population - minister 23 May 2021 - 01:06 pm

Paris: France's COVID-19 contact-tracing app has now been downloaded by 16.5 million people, or 24.6% of the French population, the minister for digital...