Twenty-two injured in southwest China quake
BSS :Twenty-two people were injured when a shallow earthquake hit southwestern China on Sunday afternoon and shook the popular tourist city of Lijiang, local authorities...
International
Senegal accuse Watford of blocking Sarr’s AFCON participation
Al Jazeera :Senegal’s football authorities are accusing English club Watford of refusing to release Ismaila Sarr for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations and will...
Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attacks: Army
BSS :Israel targeted Hamas positions in southern Gaza on ate Saturday night after rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave, security sources and the army...
South Korean enters North Korea in rare defection
Al Jazeera :A South Korean person crossed the heavily fortified border into North Korea on New Year’s Day, the South’s military said,South Korea’s Joint Chiefs...
Taiwan urges China to curb its ‘military adventurism’
Al Jazeera :Taiwan’s president has urged China to curb its “military adventurism” as tensions between the two sides reach their highest level in years.Beijing has...
China welcomes 2022 with worst Covid week since taming virus
Al Jazeera :China has started 2022 with its biggest tally of local corona virus cases for any seven-day period since subduing the country’s first epidemic...
N Korea’s Kim Jong Un talks food, not nuclear arsenal
Al Jazeera :North Korean leader Kim Jong Un capped off his 10th year in power with a speech that made more mention of tractor factories...
Omicron is now the main corona virus variant in France: Official
BSS :Omicron has become the main corona virus strain in France where the number of infections saw a big increase in the last few days,...
Nyiragongo volcano claimed 32 lives in DR Congo
Agency :Vulcanologists in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday reported “intense activity” at the active Nyiragongo volcano in the country’s east, where a May...
India records 16,764 fresh cases, 220 deaths
BSS :India saw the highest single-day rise of 309 cases of the Omicron variant of the corona virus, taking the country’s tally of such cases...
Tony Blair and Covid officials receive knighthoods
BSS :Queen Elizabeth II on Friday announced a knighthood for former Prime Minister Tony Blair, while the traditional NewYear’s Honours also decorated officials who spearheaded...
Park freed after nearly 5 years in prison
Al Jazeera :Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was released from prison on Friday nearly five years after being convicted of corruption, fuelling debate over...