Actress Gal Gadot has said a viral video she and some fellow Hollywood stars made at the beginning of the pandemic was “in poor taste”. The video saw the 36-year-old partner with fellow actors who each sang a line from John Lennon’s 1971 single Imagine. Jamie Dornan, Kristen Wiig and […]
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PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron today faced anger from opponents and chaos in parliament after issuing a provocative warning to people in France not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 that he would pressure them as much as possible by limiting access to key aspects of life. Opponents including rivals in the 2022 […]
DUBLIN: Ireland will drop its requirement for vaccinated arrivals to have proof of a negative Covid-19 test and return to seeking a proof of vaccination or recent infection upon entry, local media reported today. Ireland introduced the measure a month ago to slow the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong announced strict new anti-coronavirus controls today, banning flights from eight nations, shuttering bars and gyms and cancelling evening restaurant dining after the Omicron variant was detected within the city. The restrictions are the latest economic blow to an international business hub pursuing a zero-Covid strategy that […]
SEOUL: North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the sea today, South Korea and Japan said, in the first such launch by Pyongyang this year. In the decade since Kim Jong-un took power, North Korea has seen rapid progress in its military technology at the cost […]
ALMATY: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev accepted the government’s resignation on Wednesday, his office said, after violent protests triggered by a fuel price increase rocked the oil-rich Central Asian country. Police used tear gas and stun grenades late on Tuesday to drive hundreds of protesters out of the main square in […]
JERUSALEM: A fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold a week after the shot is administered, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said today, citing preliminary findings of an Israeli study. “A week into the fourth dose we know to a higher degree of certainty that the fourth dose is […]
WASHINGTON: U.S. transportation officials told wireless carriers the government will not seek any further delays in deployment of 5G wireless service beyond Jan. 19 absent any “unforeseen aviation safety issues,” according to a previously unreported letter. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson disclosed […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen today urged vigilance against the spread of the coronavirus after the island detected its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant spreading in the community. Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control because of early and effective prevention, including largely closing its borders. Most […]
COX’S BAZAR: Bangladesh authorities have bulldozed more than 3,000 Rohingya-run shops since last month, a government official confirmed today, as struggling refugee families voiced their dismay at the demolitions. About 850,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority are packed into overcrowded displacement camps in Bangladesh, most having fled neighbouring Myanmar […]