COPENHAGEN: Progress against the coronavirus pandemic remains “fragile” and international travel should be avoided, the World Health Organization’s Europe director warned on Thursday (May 20), but stressed that authorised vaccines do work against variants of concern. “Right now, in the face of a continued threat and new uncertainty, we need […]
Month: May 2021
MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said that the views of players have to be respected after Paul Pogba and Amad Diallo held up a Palestine flag following Tuesday’s (May 18) 1-1 Premier League draw with Fulham. The ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas militants who rule Gaza are […]
BEIJING: Bitcoin plunged below US$40,000 for the first time in more than three months on Wednesday (May 19) after China said cryptocurrencies would not be allowed in transactions and warned investors against speculative trading in them. The comments sent the unit diving more than 10 per cent and dealt it […]
GAZA: Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday (May 19) of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting. Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive against Hamas […]
HANOI: Vietnam’s northern province of Bac Giang ordered on Tuesday (May 18) four industrial parks, including three that house production facilities of Taiwan’s Foxconn, to temporarily shut down due to an outbreak of COVID-19. The industrial parks will be closed until further notice, the province’s People’s Committee said in a […]
TOKYO: A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics, saying that hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in COVID-19 infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary […]
GAZA CITY: The United Nations Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday (May 18) amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming Israel air strikes that have killed more than 200 Palestinians. A fireball accompanied by a plume of black smoke erupted over a Gaza […]
YANGON: Myanmar’s election last year reflected the will of the people and the army was unjustified in using alleged flaws as a reason to seize power, an international monitoring group said on Monday in its final report. The February 1 coup cut short a decade of tentative democratic reforms and […]
TAIPEI: A surge of coronavirus infections in Taiwan, one of the world’s Covid-19 mitigation success stories, has left it scrambling to get vaccines as its stock of 300,000 doses starts running out with only about 1 per cent of its 23 million people vaccinated. Taiwan has been a model of […]
MELBOURNE: Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley said he was prepared to “climb Mount Everest” again to keep the Grand Slam at Melbourne Park next year after a report said it might have to be moved. State broadcaster ABC reported on Monday a government forecast that Australia’s borders would be […]