Tedros re-elected as head of World Health Organization
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) members re-elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as Director General by a strong majority for another five years, the president of the...
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Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan as leaders of the Quad group (Japan, the US, India and Australia) met in...
Why Japan prefers higher inflation
As China struggles to grapple with the virus, President Xi Jinping’s “zero Covid” has been disrupting supply chains and along with the war in Ukraine,...
Kharkiv metro, a bomb shelter for Ukrainians, resumes services
KHARKIV: The metro in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv, which has served as a bomb shelter since the Russian invasion at the end of February, resumed...
Czech Republic detects its first case of monkeypox
PRAGUE: The Czech Republic detected its first case of monkeypox on Tuesday (May 24) in a woman returning from a festival in Belgium, officials said...
US births rise for the first time in seven years in 2021
The number of births in the United States grew 1 per cent in 2021 from a pandemic-related low in 2020, marking the first increase since...
London Mayor Khan demands police explain decisions over ‘Partygate’ fines
LONDON: London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Tuesday (May 24) demanded an explanation from the capital’s Metropolitan Police force over how they decided who to fine...
Eleven shot dead in police raid to capture leaders of Rio’s largest drugs gang
Eleven people have been shot dead in a raid to capture the leaders of the biggest drug-trafficking organisation in Rio de Janeiro, police have said....
Eyewitness accounts appear to support claims Al Jazeera journalist was killed by Israeli gun
Eyewitness accounts appear to support Palestinian claims that Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by a bullet fired from an Israeli gun. Ms...
KLM faces court over ‘greenwashing’ adverts and carbon offsetting scheme in landmark case
Dutch airline KLM is being hauled up in court over accusations its “misleading” advertising amounts to greenwashing, in what is believed to be the world’s...