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Hong Kong cuts foreign arrival quarantine from 21 to 14 days

Hong Kong is cutting the length of mandatory quarantine for people arriving from overseas from 21 to 14 days, even as the southern Chinese...

No concessions in US response to Russian demands over Ukraine, says Blinken

The US has made no concessions to the main Russian demands over Ukraine and Nato in a long-awaited written response delivered to Moscow, Secretary...

Officials suggest Johnson ‘authorised’ Afghanistan evacuation of animal charity

Ministerial officials said that the British prime minister “authorised” for a charity and its animals to be evacuated from Afghanistan despite Boris Johnson calling...

WHO: Record weekly Covid cases last week but deaths stable

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said there were 21 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week, the highest weekly number of Covid-19 cases...

Pope Francis acknowledges mobility problems linked to inflamed knee ligament

Pope Francis said he is suffering from an inflamed ligament in his right knee that makes walking and going up and down stairs painful. Francis...

Death toll rises after blaze at major Kuwait oil refinery

The death toll from a fire at a major oil refinery in Kuwait has been raised to four after two critically injured workers died...

China can impose 645 million dollars retaliatory tariffs on US imports, says WTO

A World Trade Organisation (WTO) arbitrator has decided that China can impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States totalling up to 645...

Mass testing begins as Beijing prepares to host Winter Olympics

The Chinese capital reported 14 new Covid-19 cases as it began a third round of mass testing of millions of people in the run-up...

IMF calls on El Salvador to drop Bitcoin as legal tender

The International Monetary Fund wants El Salvador to drop the highly volatile cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender and strictly regulate the electronic wallet the...

France bans conversion therapy

France has a new law that bans conversion therapies and authorises jail time and fines for practitioners who use the scientifically discredited practice to...

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