More EU nations ban travel from UK, fearing virus variant
Author: By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and SYLVIA HUI | AP ID: 1608521959699433200 Mon, 2020-12-21 06:31 BERLIN: A growing list of European Union nations and Canada...
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Elon Musk tweeted about a bitcoin rival. It soared 20%
What started off as a meme-inspired parody cryptocurrency has now become the center of a series of tweets in a bitcoin sound-off from Elon...
With improvised raft, Philippine soldier risked all for typhoon rescue
Mon, 2020-12-21 01:33 MANILA: When deadly Typhoon Vamco struck the Philippines in November, an army soldier in a remote northern part of Luzon Island risked...
Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce partnership with food charity
Author: Reuters ID: 1608500508885668000 Sun, 2020-12-20 21:32 Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced Sunday that their new charity has partnered with the World...
New mutant strain of coronavirus threatens global fight to curb COVID-19
Mon, 2020-12-21 03:42 JEDDAH: A new mutant strain of the coronavirus is threatening the global fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic. The new strain causes...
Iran’s foreign minister arouses Afghan anger
Author: Mon, 2020-12-21 01:37 KABUL: Senior Afghan analysts on Sunday criticized comments by the Iranian foreign minister, where he suggested fighters from Fatemiyoun, an Iranian...
Rockets fired at Baghdad Green Zone in ‘terrorist act,’ Iraq says
A rocket attack on Baghdad’s diplomatic Green Zone Sunday night was “a terrorist act” that undermines Iraq’s international reputation, the country’s president says.
Australia vowed to never let these men settle on its soil. Some just got visas
The day Farhad Bandesh turned 39, he heard the words he’d come to believe weren’t possible, after almost eight years in Australian immigration detention...
Mexicans making medical supplies for US fear Covid-19 risk
Already working under poor labor conditions, employees at Mexican factories manufacturing US-bound medical supplies say the coronavirus pandemic has made things even worse. CNN’s...
Germany brings home 3 women, 12 kids from camps in Syria
Author: Sun, 2020-12-20 18:55 BERLIN: Germany has organized the return of three women and 12 children from camps in northeastern Syria for humanitarian reasons,...
When the rains fail: Preparing for drought in Central America 
‘Here, you can eat until you’re full’: Oleshky evacuees savour first proper meals in years 
COP31: National Oil Companies Must Lead Global Shift Away from Fossil Fuels, Says NRGI Expert 
COP31: Climate finance falls short as calls grow for polluters to pay