World

Melbourne shuts construction sites after violent anti-vax protest

Melbourne – Construction sites across Melbourne were abruptly shuttered on Tuesday after labourers rioted against new vaccination requirements in Australia’s... Read more

21 Sep, 2021

World

US to end travel bans for vaccinated passengers

Washington – The United States announced on Monday it will lift Covid travel bans on all air passengers in... Read more

21 Sep, 2021

World

Body found matching description of US missing YouTuber, Gabrielle Petito

Washington – US law enforcement said on Sunday a body found in a US national forest in Wyoming, where... Read more

20 Sep, 2021

World

‘I may as well be dead,’ Afghan women outraged by new Taliban restrictions on work

Kabul – The Taliban’s effective ban on women working sank in on Monday, sparking rage over the dramatic loss... Read more

20 Sep, 2021

World

China fully vaccinates more than 1 billion people

China has fully vaccinated more than one billion people against the coronavirus – 71 % of its population –... Read more

16 Sep, 2021

World

WATCH | Men in China go under the knife to boost life chances

Beijing – Worried his appearance would detract from opportunities in China’s competitive society, Xia Shurong decided to go under... Read more

16 Sep, 2021

World

Australian, 64, surrenders three decades after jailbreak

Sydney – A 64-year-old man who escaped from an Australian jail in the 1990s has surrendered after almost 30... Read more

16 Sep, 2021

Sport

Afghan girls’ football team flees to Pakistan

Lahore – Members of Afghanistan’s national girls’ football team have fled across the border into Pakistan, officials said on... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

Technology

South Korea fires first submarine-launched ballistic missile

Seoul – South Korea successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile on Wednesday, the presidential Blue House said, becoming only... Read more

15 Sep, 2021

Technology

Instagram seeks to curb mental harm to teenagers

San Francisco – Instagram on Tuesday defended itself against a report that the social network harms the mental health... Read more

15 Sep, 2021