News Archives for World - 2021-05-24

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World Published 24 May, 2021 02:54pm

Taiwan says considering extending COVID alert level

Taiwan is considering extending its second highest COVID-19 alert that was due to expire at the end of the week, the...

World Published 24 May, 2021 11:33am

UK to unveil plans for 'digital border'

LONDON: Britain is to announce plans for a "fully digital border" including the introduction of US-style electronic...

World Published 24 May, 2021 11:18am

Britain's Prime Minister Johnson to wed fiancee Symonds next summer The Sun

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancee Carrie Symonds have sent wedding invitations to family and...

World Published 24 May, 2021 11:09am

Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds, U.N. to launch Gaza aid appeal

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas held into a third day on Sunday as mediators spoke to all sides about extending...

World Published 24 May, 2021 11:06am

Australia’s Victoria state investigates two likely COVID-19 positive cases

Australia’s second most populous state Victoria on Monday said it was investigating two suspected positive ...

World Published 24 May, 2021 11:02am

India's total deaths from COVID-19 surpass 300,000

India's overall death toll from COVID-19 crossed 300,000 on Monday, as it reported 4,454 deaths over the last 24...

World Updated 24 May, 2021 11:01am

Japan opens mass vaccination sites for elderly ahead of Olympics

Japan opened mass inoculation centres on Monday as the country races to vaccinate most of its elderly population...

World Published 24 May, 2021 05:42am

Social media postings appear to show Dubai ruler's daughter

Two images of Sheikha Latifa, a daughter of the ruler of Dubai, have appeared on Instagram in recent days, three months after the BBC aired a video message in which she said she was being held captive in a barricaded villa.

World Published 24 May, 2021 05:38am

Belarus forces airliner to land and arrests opponent, sparking U.S. and European outrage

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian authorities scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday and then detained an opposition-minded journalist who was on board, drawing condemnation from Europe and the United States.

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