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An employee of the the Dutch Municipal Health Service hands out free Covid-19 self-test kits to travelers arriving from China, at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport on January 4, 2023. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen /AFP)

EU advises pre-flight Covid tests on passengers from China

The Chinese government and European health experts have said there is no pressing need for any blanket restrictions on...

5 Jan 2023 4:45 AM GMT

$In this file photograph taken on December 25, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI delivers his first Christmas Day \Urbi et Orbi\ (the city and the world) message to pilgrims and tourists on St Peters Square at The Vatican. - Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a German theologian whose 2013 resignation took the world by surprise, died on December 31, 2022, at age 95, the Vatican announced. (Photo: AFP)$ World

Former pope Benedict XVI passes away

Former pope Benedict XVI was the first pontiff to resign as head of the Catholic Church since the Middle Ages

31 Dec 2022 10:04 AM GMT

Ukrainian soldiersrest near their position in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/LIBKOS)

Ukraine races to restore power after Russian missiles batter grid

Russia fired 74 -- mainly cruise -- missiles Friday, 60 of which were shot down by anti-aircraft defences, according to...

18 Dec 2022 6:18 AM GMT

Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky (AFP)

'Come to Ukraine', Zelensky slams Elon Musk's peace proposal

Musk sparked controversy by proposing peace deal involving re-running under UN supervision referendums in...

1 Dec 2022 5:09 AM GMT

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Every 11 minutes, a woman killed by an intimate partner or family...

Guterres' remarks come in the backdrop of the recent Shraddha Walker murder case that has shocked India with its brutal...

22 Nov 2022 7:54 AM GMT

Rishi Sunak, front-runner to the British PM post (Photo: AP)

British PM Rishi Sunak reverses decision on COP27, says will attend...

The Oppn described the reversed decision to attend as Sunak being

2 Nov 2022 11:19 AM GMT

An aerial view of a coal-fired power station in Lanzhou in northwestern Chinas Gansu province (AP file image)

Global emissions will peak in 2025, says International Energy Agency

IEA energy outlook report's scenario is based on prevailing policy settings that see a definitive peak in global demand...

27 Oct 2022 7:13 AM GMT

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach attends a press conference on controlled supply of cannabis to adults, in Berlin, on October 26, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Germany unveils cannabis liberalisation plan, with caveats

The plan calls for the sale of cannabis to adults at licensed outlets, and the aim is to combat the black market

26 Oct 2022 10:40 AM GMT

Britains King Charles III greets newly appointed Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London on October 25, 2022, where he was invited to form a government. - Britains King Charles III on Tuesday appointed new Conservative leader Rishi Sunak as the second prime minister of his reign, shortly after accepting the resignation of Liz Truss. (Photo: AFP)

Rishi Sunak takes charge as UK's first Indian-origin PM after meeting...

The 42-year-old former Chancellor of Exchequer, a devout Hindu, is the youngest British prime minister in 210 years

25 Oct 2022 11:22 AM GMT

Rishi Sunak will take charge as Britains first Indian-origin Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Aberto Pezzali)

Rishi Sunak to take charge as UK Prime Minister after meeting King...

The former chancellor will then make his first prime ministerial address on the steps of 10 Downing Street

25 Oct 2022 4:07 AM GMT

Rishi Sunak, front-runner to the British PM post (Photo: AP)

Rishi Sunak set to become first Indian-origin PM of United Kingdom

One of the wealthiest politicians in Westminster, Sunak will become the country's first leader of colour

25 Oct 2022 1:33 AM GMT

Britains Finance minister Rishi Sunak said that hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. (AP Photo)

Rishi Sunak holds firm as bookies' favourite to replace Liz Truss as...

The 42-year-old is holding a solid 55 per cent lead with the Oddschecker betting odds aggregator

21 Oct 2022 11:56 AM GMT