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Partial lockdown imposed in Hong Kong following Covid outbreak

Hong Kong expanded a partial lockdown and tightened pandemic restrictions after more than 200 cases of Covid-19 were discovered at a public housing estate. Hong...

People trapped in vehicles as snow storm hits Istanbul

Rescue crews were forging ahead with efforts to clear major throughways in and around Istanbul that were clogged by a massive snow storm that...

Pakistan launches polio vaccination drive amid coronavirus surge

Pakistani authorities launched this year’s first nationwide anti-polio campaign even as coronavirus infections surge. About 150,000 health workers are taking part in the five-day, anti-polio...

Lockdown lifted in Chinese city as Beijing district residents undergo tests

Chinese authorities lifted a monthlong lockdown on the northern city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents as infections subside ahead of the opening...

Thousands protest across Europe at vaccine passports

Thousands of people in capital cities across Europe protested on Saturday against vaccine passports and other requirements governments have imposed in the hope of...

New Zealand’s PM postpones wedding as she introduces tougher Covid rules

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has been forced to postpone her own wedding due to the introduction of new Covid-19 restrictions. Ms Ardern said...

Israel launches state investigation into purchase of German submarines

Israel’s Cabinet has approved a state investigation into the purchase of submarines and other warships from Germany, a case that has embroiled close confidants...

Drone-flying banned in UAE after attack on oil facility and airport WORLD

The flying of drones for recreation has been banned in the United Arab Emirates after Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed a fatal drone attack on...

Mexican president undergoes cardiac procedure

Mexico’s president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has undergone cardiac catheterisation at a military hospital, the government announced. Interior secretary Adan Augusto Lopez Hernandez said doctors...

Biden issues new warning to Russia over invading Ukraine

US president Joe Biden has said that any Russian troop movements across Ukraine’s border would constitute an invasion, saying that Moscow would “pay a...

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