North Korea suggests it may resume nuclear, missile tests on January 20, 2022SEOUL: North Korea would bolster its defences against the United States and consider restarting “all temporally-suspended activities,” state media KCNA reported Thursday, an apparent reference to a self-imposed moratorium on testing its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Tension has been rising over a recent series of North Korean missile tests. A US push for fresh […]
Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic: read how on January 18, 2022SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic as a fast-moving Omicron outbreak continued to push up hospitalisation rates to record levels, even as daily infections eased slightly. Australia is dealing with its worst COVID-19 outbreak, fuelled by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus that has put more people in hospitals and […]
Instead of playing centre court in Australia, Djokovic takes selfies in Dubai on January 17, 2022DUBAI: On the first day of the Australian Open, the world’s best male tennis player was taking selfies with fans at a Dubai airport arrivals gate. Instead of warming up for his first scheduled match on centre court at Melbourne Park in front of thousands, Novak Djokovic was 11,600 km (7,200 miles) away, agreeing to […]
US issues ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory for Canada on January 11, 2022WASHINGTON: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and US State Department have advised against travel to neighboring Canada because of a rising number of COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads. The CDC elevated its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High” for Canada, telling Americans they should avoid travel, while the […]
UN starts talks in Sudan to resolve post-coup crisis on January 11, 2022KHARTOUM: The United Nations (UN) said it was starting consultations in Sudan on Monday to try to salvage the country’s move to democracy after a military coup. UN officials were contacting parties to look for a way forward, and the army had raised no objections to the initiative, UN special representative Volker Perthes told reporters. […]
US breaks COVID-19 hospitalization record at over 132,000 as Omicron surges on January 11, 2022COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States reached a record high on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, as a surge in infections caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant strains health systems in several states. There were 132,646 people hospitalized with COVID, surpassing the record of 132,051 set in January last year. Hospitalizations have increased […]
EU plans law requiring tech firms to do more to combat child abuse on January 10, 2022FRANKFURT: The European Union plans to legislate in the coming months to require technology companies to do more to tackle child sexual abuse, beefing up current voluntary arrangements, a top official said in a newspaper interview. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson told Germany’s Welt am Sonntag that internet service providers and social media firms […]
New York apartment fire kills 19, including 9 children on January 10, 2022NEW YORK: Nineteen people were killed, including nine children, and dozens were injured when a fire started by a malfunctioning space heater spread smoke through a low-income building in The Bronx borough of New York City on Sunday, city officials said. New York City Mayor Eric Adams, just over a week into the job, confirmed […]
COVID hospitalizations in the United States are at an all-time high due to an omicron surge on January 8, 2022NEW YORK: COVID-19 hospitalisations in the United States are poised to hit a new high as early as Friday, according to a Reuters tally, surpassing the record set in January of last year as the highly contagious Omicron variant fuels a surge in infections. Hospitalisations have increased steadily since late December as Omicron quickly overtook Delta as […]
Three men to be sentenced to life for Ahmaud Arbery case on January 8, 2022The three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man running through their coastal Georgia neighborhood in 2020, appeared in court on Friday before a judge expected to sentence them to life in prison. Under Georgia law, the only question before Judge Timothy Walmsley as the sentencing hearing began in Glynn […]