News Archives for World - 2021-12-22

World Published 22 Dec, 2021 07:07pm

'Abandoned' by Turkey, Afghan airport staff protest in Kabul

Although the Taliban have banned public protests, they allowed Wednesday's gathering to take place

World Published 22 Dec, 2021 01:46pm

Visitors return to Afghan national museum Taliban once ransacked

The treasures range from painted Stone Age pottery to ancient coins, religious items

World Published 22 Dec, 2021 01:17pm

Dubai ruler ordered to pay ex-wife $733 million in divorce settlement

Previous largest sum ever by a British court was 453.6 million pounds that Russian billionaire Farkad Akhmedov was instructed to pay for his 2016 divorce settlement

World Published 22 Dec, 2021 11:01am

Israel to offer fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60

A Health Ministry expert panel recommended the fourth shot, a decision that was swiftly welcomed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as "great news"

World Published 22 Dec, 2021 10:42am

Omicron forces new restrictions, global call for booster shot

Singapore freezes ticket sales for quarantine-free travel; Australia steps up vaccine funding

World Published 22 Dec, 2021 10:14am

Harvard professor convicted by US jury of lying about China ties

Prosecutors alleged that Lieber, in his quest for a Nobel Prize, in 2011 agreed to become a "strategic scientist" at Wuhan University of Technology in China and through it participated in a Chinese recruitment drive