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

North Korea | Kim Jong Un’s decade of rule: Purges, nukes, Trump diplomacy

Friday marks 10 years since Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, took power after his father’s sudden heart attack.

This day in history | 1993 Anglo-Irish pact paves way for peace

The British and Irish prime ministers have signed The Joint Declaration of Peace which they hope will end 25 years of bombing and murder in Northern Ireland. 

Breaking News | Pfizer confirms Covid pill’s results, potency versus omicron

Pfizer said this evening (Tuesday) that its experimental pill to treat COVID-19 appears effective against the omicron variant. The company also said full results of its 2,250-person study confirmed the pill's

New Caledonia votes to stay in France; separatists boycott

Voters in the French island territory of New Caledonia chose overwhelmingly Sunday to stay part of France, in a referendum boycotted by pro-independence forces and closely watched

This day in history | 2003 Saddam Hussein captured

The ousted President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, is under arrest after he was captured by US soldiers. “Ladies and gentlemen, we got him,” US administrator Paul Bremer

UK seeks unity at G7 meeting over Russia’s ‘malign behavior’

Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized nations met Saturday in Liverpool for talks dominated by Russia’s buildup of troops near Ukraine’s border and what host country

This day in history | 1988 Death toll rises in Armenian earthquake

Up to 45,000 people have died and a further 500,000 are homeless after the devastating earthquake which ripped through Armenia, official figures revealed today.  Rescue work

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