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Unvaccinated people to be excluded from venues under new French Covid law

France’s parliament has approved a law that will exclude unvaccinated people from all restaurants, sports arenas and other venues as the central measure of...

Drone attack ‘may be behind Abu Dhabi tankers explosion’

Drones may have sparked an explosion on three oil tankers in Abu Dhabi and may have sparked a separate fire at an extension of...

Covax programme delivers one billion vaccine doses to poorer countries

A UN-backed programme shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now delivered one billion doses. But the milestone “is only a reminder of the...

Ousted Myanmar leader Suu Kyi faces five new corruption charges

Myanmar’s military-installed government has filed five new corruption charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in connection with granting permits to rent and...

China faces Omicron test just weeks ahead of Beijing Olympics

Just weeks before hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics, China is battling multiple coronavirus outbreaks in half a dozen cities, with the one closest to...

Russia-led alliance’s troops prepare to pull out of Kazakhstan

Troops of a Russia-led security alliance are preparing to pull out of Kazakhstan, the Russian Defence Ministry said. The withdrawal comes only a week after...

US hits North Korean officials with sanctions after ‘hypersonic missile’ test

The US has issued sanctions on five North Korean officials in its first response to Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile test. The Treasury Department announced it...

Kazakhstan detains nearly 1,700 more after violent unrest

Kazakh authorities said on Wednesday that they have detained 1,678 more people in the past 24 hours over their alleged participation in the violent...

Global Covid-19 cases rise more than 50% in a week, but deaths stable

The number of new coronavirus infections in the past week jumped by about 55%, but the number of deaths remained stable, the World Health...

Six missing after collapse hits apartment block being built in South Korea

At least six people are missing and dozens of nearby households were forced to evacuate after the partial collapse of a high-rise apartment building...

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