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VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Saturday paid tribute to his "dearest" predecessor Benedict XVI, who died earlier in the day aged 95. "With emotion we remember a person so noble, so kind," Francissaid at a New Year's Eve service in St…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the German theologian who will be remembered as the first pope in 600 years to resign, has has died, the Vatican announced Saturday. He was 95.A statement from Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni…

PARIS: An explosion of Covid-19 cases in China as the country lifts its zero-Covid measures could create a "potential breeding ground" for new variantsto emerge, health experts warn.China announced this week that incoming travellers…

YANGON: A Myanmar junta court will give its verdicts on five remaining charges in the 18-month trial of jailed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday, a legal source told AFP.Suu Kyi has been a prisoner since the military toppled her…

HONG KONG/SHANGHAI: At the public hospital in Shanghai where Nora, a 30-year-old doctor, works, tension has spiraled since China relaxed its stringent zero-Covid policy on December 7.Patients quarrel with doctors to access drugs that are…

WASHINGTON: Asserting that Ukraine is "alive and kicking" and "will never surrender," to Russian aggression, the country's embattled President Voldymyr Zelenskyon Wednesday made an impassioned plea for continued and enhanced American…

PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN: Four bodies were recovered in the Gulf of Thailand on Tuesday, the Thai navy chief said, following the sinking of a naval vessel two days ago. More than 70 survivors from the HTMS Sukhothaihave been hauled from the…

KYIV: Ukraine battled Thursday to reconnect water and electricity services to millions of people cut off after Russia launched dozens of cruise missiles that battered Ukraine's already crippled electricity grid. The energy system in…

GENEVA: Top UN officials updated a high-level Russian delegation Friday on progress to facilitate Russia's exports of food and fertiliser to global markets which have faced obstacles under an expiring wartime deal that has enabled…

WASHINGTON: Voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution Tuesday, joining reliably Democratic California and Vermont in taking that step. An anti-abortionmeasure in Kentucky was too early to call.…