Austria Covid: Brits among 96 skiers quarantined in St Anton
AUSTRIAN police have put 96 foreigners, including Britons, into mandatory quarantine after caught breaching coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) restrictions by taking a skiing holiday.
Each...
Indian journalists face ‘sedition’ charges
NEW DELHI – Several Indian journalists are facing charges of sedition over their reporting and online posts about a protest by farmers last week.
Cases...
Russian billionaire claims ‘Putin Palace’
RUSSIAN oligarch Arkady Rotenberg says he is the owner of Black Sea mansion, not President Vladimir Putin.
The revelation came in an interview posted on...
Aung San Suu Kyi detained, military seizes control
MYANMAR'S military has taken control of the country after detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other politicians in the early hours.
Military...
Iran rejects new participants, any talks on nuclear deal
DUBAI – Iran’s foreign ministry rejected any new negotiations or changes to the participants of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers after French President...
India shuts internet due to hunger strike
INDIA has suspended mobile internet services in three areas around the capital, Delhi, where farmers are staging a hunger strike in protest at new...
Israeli police use water cannon to disperse anti-PM crowd
JERUSALEM – Israeli police sprayed a crowd of protesters with water cannon to disperse demonstrators calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's resignation over corruption...
Indian farm protesters reinforce after standoff
NEW DELHI – Thousands of Indian farmers marched overnight to reinforce protesting colleagues camping out on the outskirts of New Delhi, to press the...
China warns Taiwan ‘Independence means war’
CHINA warned that attempts by Taiwan to seek independence from Beijing "means war".
The warning came days after Beijing stepped up military activities and sent...
Germany to limit AstraZeneca jab to under-65s
BERLIN – Germany’s vaccine committee has said AstraZeneca’s COVID jab should only be given to people aged under 65.
The committee cited “insufficient data” for...