Delhi chief minister tests COVID positive
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Tuesday he had tested positive for COVID-19, a day after speaking at an election rally where none...
Hong Kong activist Chow convicted for second Tiananmen ‘incitement’
HONG KONG - Jailed Hong Kong democracy activist Chow Hang-tung was found guilty on Tuesday of inciting residents to commemorate the Tiananmen crackdown, her...
Bowie estate sells songwriting rights to Warner
NEW YORK - David Bowie's estate has sold the publishing rights to his "entire body of work" to Warner Chappell Music, the company said...
Johnson on COVID: UK will ‘continue on same path’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday (January 3) the right measures were in place to tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases caused...
Sudan’s PM resigns as deadly crackdown on protesters goes on
KHARTOUM - Sudan's civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned Sunday, more than two months after a coup and following another deadly crackdown on protesters,...
Biden to speak with Ukraine leader after warning Russia not to...
WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky are due to speak by phone on Sunday amid growing fears that...
Fire at South African parliament in Cape Town: AFP
CAPE TOWN - A major fire broke out in the South African parliament building in Cape Town on Sunday, said AFP reporters at the...
Victims turned activists: Iraqi women battle abuse
BAGHDAD - After a day's work in an Iraq public sector job, Azhar offers legal support to women who are victims of domestic abuse,...
Three people missing in Colorado wildfire
SUPERIOR (UNITED STATES) - Three people are missing after a wildfire tore through several Colorado towns, quickly destroying nearly 1,000 homes as part of...
New Year festivities muted, but with glimpses of hope
Although farewell celebrations to the pandemic year of 2021 were almost as muffled as those that ushered it in, news that the Omicron variant...








