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Iranian trainers on the ground help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks

KYIV: The US said yesterday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding...

Fuel truck crash sparks huge fire in Mexico, hundreds evacuated

MEXICO CITY: A huge blaze erupted in central Mexico yesterday when a fuel tanker truck crashed into an overpass by a rail line, scorching...

Xi would be a ‘sinner’ of all Chinese if he attacks...

TAIPEI: Chinese president Xi Jinping would become a “sinner” of all Chinese people if he attacked Taiwan and would not win a war as...

Shanghai says victory against Covid getting closer

BEIJING: Streets in China’s capital Beijing were quiet on Friday as residents heeded the advice of authorities to work from home to stop the...

Omicron subvariant more contagious but less severe

News Source : Reuters COPENHAGEN: The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant, which is dominant in Denmark, appears more contagious than the more common...

Pandemic to cost global tourism US$2.0 trillion in 2021

MADRID: The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector US$2.0 trillion in lost revenue in 2021, the UN’s tourism body said Monday, calling...

Texas calls for investigation into ‘pornography’ in school libraries

LUBBOCK: Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday called on the state’s education regulatory agencies to investigate the presence of what he called pornographic books...

Canada mandates Covid-19 shots in House of Commons

News Source : AFP MONTREAL: Canadian parliamentarians will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to serve in the House of Commons starting in late November,...

Sydney eases more virus curbs as jabs pass key mark

News Source : Reuters SYDNEY: Thousands of children returned to Sydney’s schools today after nearly four months of home learning as Australia’s largest city eased...

NZ reports fall in Covid-19 cases, all in Auckland

News Source : Reuters SYDNEY: New Zealand today reported a slight easing in new Covid-19 cases, all of them in the country’s biggest city of...