Reuters, Vienna :Austria is responding to an increase in coronavirus infections by making face-masks compulsory in more places including all shops and school corridors, and limiting the size of private events indoors to 50...
Reuters :The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement to conduct Phase III clinical trials of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 and plans to buy 50 million doses to market in Brazil,...
BBC Online :More than half a million people in the US state of Oregon are fleeing deadly wildfires that are raging across the Pacific Northwest, authorities say.Fanned by unusually hot, dry winds, dozens of...
Al Jazeera News :Turkey has condemned Emmanuel Macron over “arrogant” remarks made with “colonial reflexes” after the French president intervened in a brewing crisis between Ankara and Athens over Eastern Mediterranean exploration rights.In a...
BBC Online :At least five people have been killed in protests in Colombia as outrage spreads over the death of a man who was pinned to the ground and repeatedly tasered by police in...
Reuters, Beirut :Lebanon’s Amal movement, a Shi’ite Muslim group allied to Hezbollah, said on Wednesday it would not be swayed by U.S. sanctions imposed on one of its members, saying Washington’s move was like...
Reuters, London :Britain threw Brexit trade talks into chaos on Wednesday by announcing draft legislation that explicitly acknowledges some of its provisions would break international law, according to a copy seen by Reuters.The proposals,...
Al Jazeera News :A roadside bomb in Kabul targeted Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday morning, his spokesman said, but he escaped the attack unharmed.Initially, the interior ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Arian, said...
Reuters, Washington :The United States military on Wednesday announced that it would be reducing its presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 troops this month, formalising a move that had been long expected. Last...
Al Jazeera News :People have begun voting in a local election in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, defying the federal government and increasing political tensions in Africa’s second-most populous country.Tigray officials holding polls on Wednesday...
Al Jazeera News :A Sri Lankan politician sentenced to death for murder has been escorted out of prison and became the first convict to be sworn in as a member of parliament, to heckles...
Reuters :Malaysian authorities on Tuesday reminded the public to avoid physical contact, including fist bumps as a form of greeting, as the number of new coronavirus cases in the country climbed to a three-month...
