2021

LIVERPOOL: The West and its allies need to be united against authoritarianism, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Saturday, as she hosted G7 counterparts with concern about threats from Russia and China. The two-day gathering of…

EDWARDSVILLE: Three people died in severe weather in Tennessee, one person died and several were injured in an apparent tornado at an Arkansas nursing home, and emergency crews in southern Illinois were responding to reports of workers…

JOHANNESBURG: As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a day. Yet he hasn't had to send anyone to the hospital. That's one of the reasons why he, along with other doctors and…

The Global Health Security index revealed that the entire world remains unprepared for the next pandemic even as we battle COVID-19 The coronavirus pandemic, which began in…

BEIJING: China branded US democracy a "weapon of mass destruction" on Saturday, following the US-organised Summit for Democracy which aimed to shore up like-minded allies in the face of autocratic regimes. China was left out of the…

ZURICH: The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, Swissmedic on Friday approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11. "Swissmedic has carefully examined all the data submitted with the application for an indication…

WASHINGTON: International donors agreed to release $280 million in aid to Afghanistan, the World Bank said Friday, after repeated warnings that more than half the population face "acute" food shortages this winter. The fund from the…

Two entities linked to the Myanmar military are on the US sanctions list. The Myanmar military has cracked down hard on dissenters in recent days (AFP)WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday imposed extensive human rights-related…

ISLAMABAD: The global anti-terror watchdog - Financial Action Task Force (FATF) will open Pakistan's Pandora Papers leaks to reveal the nexus of the financial shenanigans, the money laundering operations and the covering up of terror…

Last week, South African president Cypril Ramaphosa said the curbs are punishing the very people and governments that helped inform the world of a new coronavirus variant …