This day in history | 1980 Green light for breakfast television

A shake-up of broadcasting franchises has paved the way for the launch of breakfast television. The Independent Broadcasting Authority announced the breakfast contract will go to TV-am

Omicron spreads global gloom over New Year’s celebrations

After struggling with the coronavirus for far too long, the world understands all too well Belgium’s word of the year, “knaldrang!” — the urge to party,

The Buzz | ‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend

Peter Parker’s good fortune continued over the holiday weekend as Hollywood prepares to close the books on a turbulent 2021. Even with some mighty competition from new Matrix

UAE | Bustling bars, surging business: Dubai sees a post-vax boom

Nations around the world are lurching into lockdown, steeling themselves for a brutal surge as the omicron variant spreads like wildfire.  But in Dubai,

This day in history | 1974 ‘Drowned’ Stonehouse found alive

Former UK minister John Stonehouse has been found living under a false name in Australia after apparently faking his own death. He was detained under an immigration

Intel apologizes for asking suppliers to avoid Xinjiang

Intel Corp. apologized yesterday for asking suppliers to avoid sourcing goods from Xinjiang after the world’s biggest chipmaker joined other foreign brands that face the fury

THE BUZZ | Omicron: Half of colds will be Covid, BBC reports citing research

If you have a sore throat, runny nose and a headache there is a good chance it will be Covid, warn UK researchers, as quoted by BCC last

Pandemic |Thailand, Southeast Asia reimpose quarantine as concerns grow over omicron

Thailand yesterday decided to immediately reimpose a mandatory quarantine for visitors and suspend a “test-and-go” scheme for fully vaccinated arrivals as concerns grow over the spread

this day in history | 1992 Queen’s Christmas speech leaked

A national newspaper has published the Queen’s Christmas speech two days ahead of schedule sparking a full investigation from the BBC into the unprecedented leak. Buckingham Palace today denounced

South Africa’s case drop may show omicron peak has passed

South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak, medical experts

Islamic world unites to aid desperately poor Afghanistan

The economic collapse of Afghanistan, already teetering dangerously on the edge, would have a “horrendous” impact on the region and the world, successive speakers warned yesterday at

This day in history | 1995 ‘Divorce’: Queen to Charles and Diana

The Queen has urged the Prince and Princess of Wales to seek “an early divorce”.  Buckingham Palace said the Queen called for an end to the marriage in

Hopes, fears in Finnish Christmas country as omicron looms

Workers at Santa Claus Village, a holiday theme park on the edge of the Arctic Circle, chipped away at a frozen dome, using chisels to put the

The Buzz | Germany tightens travel restrictions on UK

Germany is tightening travel restrictions for people coming from Britain in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant there. The country’s national disease control center,

Pandemic | British surge seen as warning on omicron but responses vary

Spiraling infections in Britain driven in part by the new omicron variant of the coronavirus  sent shockwaves yesterday into the rest of Europe, fueling a familiar

This day in history | 1942 Britain condemns massacre of Jews

Mr Eden also read out a United Nations declaration condemning “this bestial policy”. He said news of German atrocities sent in by the Polish Government

The Buzz | EU leaders to discuss rise of infections, spread of omicron

A summit of European Union leaders today is trying to coordinate action to tackle the surge of coronavirus infections across the continent and the emergence of the new omicron

Mideast | UAE suspends talks on USD23b weapons deal with US

The United Arab Emirates yesterday suspended talks on a $23 billion deal to purchase American-made F-35 planes, armed drones and other equipment, in a rare dispute between

This day in history | 1984 Gorbachev visit to Britain a ‘success’

Mikhail Gorbachev, the man widely tipped as the next leader of the Soviet Union, has spent five hours in “very friendly” talks with the British Prime Minister, Margaret

US Covid death toll hits 800,000, a year into vaccine drive

The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 topped 800,000 yesterday , a once-unimaginable figure seen as doubly tragic, given that more than 200,000 of those lives were

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