International

UN: Voicing concern over many countries failing to vaccinate their people, WHO Chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday called for vaccinating at least 10 per cent of the population of every country by September as he emphasised…

CHINA: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged the international community to build a “Great Wall of Immunity” to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. “We should face the imminent challenges together,” Mr Wang, who is also a member of…

CANADA: The Canadian military was on standby to help evacuate towns and fight more than 170 wildfires fuelled by a record-smashing heat wave and tinder-dry conditions as the Government in Ottawa warned of a “long and challenging…

A huge rescue operation is under way in central Japan after a landslide hit the popular resort of Atami, killing two people and leaving 20 others missing. Hundreds of rescuers began sweeping the hillside for survivors early on…

A plane carrying Philippine troops crashed and broke up in flames in the southern Philippines on Sunday with 92 people aboard, and media reported at least 17 people had been killed, The Lockheed C-130 aircraft had a mishap on…

SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus will become the dominant variant globally in the coming months. The global health agency said the highly transmissible strain…

British Princes William and Harry have unveiled a statue honouring their late mother Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday. The work by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley, a figure of Diana standing between a boy and…

Now that the Delta coronavirus variant is posing a serious risk to unvaccinated people, some experts are calling for the Food and Drug Administration to fully approve the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, which are currently being…

United Airlines unveiled Tuesday its largest-ever aircraft order: 270 narrow-body jetliners from Boeing and Airbus as the carrier charts its post-pandemic growth. The fleet plan is central to United’s goal of capturing more…

The Delta variant of COVID-19, which originated in India, is the latest challenge the world is facing as key regions struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The strain is significantly more contagious than any other that’s…