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Fiji stops all maritime transport as precautionary measure...
Suva (Fiji), February 9: The Maritime Safety Authority of Fiji (MSAF) has directed that all maritime transport cease from midday...

U.S. aircraft carrier leadership aggravates COVID-19 outbreak: Pentagon...
Washington (US), February 9: The ineffective implementation of social distancing and the premature release of sailors from quarantine were the...

Italy's coronavirus indicators keep improving despite slowdown in...
Rome (Italy), February 9: Italy's main coronavirus indicators continued to improve on Monday, a week into the country's latest easing...

Australian journalist arrested in China on suspicion of...
Moscow (Russia), February 8: Australian national Cheng Lei, who was detained in August last year by Chinese authorities, has been...

32 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Tripoli (Libya), February 8: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday said that 32 illegal migrants, including...

Sudan's PM issues decision to dissolve gov't
Khartoum (Sudan), February 8: Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Sunday issued a decision to dissolve the government, said the...

Russia was 'forced' to expel EU diplomats for...
Moscow (Russia), February 8: A spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday defended the expulsion of three diplomats...

Former French PM Raffarin wishes stronger Europe-China relations...
Paris (France), February 8: Former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin extended his best wishes for Europe-China ties in a recent...

Aussie state to tighten hotel quarantine program after...
Sydney (Australia), February 8: The Australian state of Victoria will start testing all hotel quarantine workers daily on Monday after...

Borrell says asked Lavrov to reverse EU diplomats...
Brussels (Belgium), February 8: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday that he knew about Moscow's decision...

Palestinian factions head to Egypt for national dialogue
Gaza (Palestine), February 8: The delegations of various Palestinian political factions headed to Egypt's capital Cairo on Sunday for...

Arauz coming ahead in Ecuador's presidential election, early...
Mexico city (Mexico), February 8: The first official voting results from Ecuador's presidential election show that leftist candidate Andres...

Biden says U.S. not to lift sanctions on...
Washington (US), February 8: U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States would not lift sanctions against Iran unless Tehran...

S. Korea to develop indigenous long-range radar to...
Seoul (South Korea), February 8: South Korea will develop an indigenous long-range radar for air defense in order to replace...

UK gov't rules out "vaccine passports" for travelling...
London (UK), February 8: The British government on Sunday ruled out plans to introduce the so-called "vaccine passports" to allow...

Libya's Saleh says withdrawal of foreign forces expected...
Cairo (Egypt), February 8: Speaker of Libya's Tobruk-based House of Representatives (parliament) Aguila Saleh Issa says foreign military presence in...

Japan's local governors urge central gov't to present...
Tokyo (Japan), February 7: Prefectural governors in Japan on Saturday urged the central government to roll out its COVID-19 vaccine...

Greek Prime Minister Accused of Attending Dinner in...
Athens (Greece), February 7: The Greek "Coalition of the Radical Left - Progressive Alliance" party (SYRIZA) has accused Prime Minister...

Two Afghan Soldiers, Ex-Security Head Killed in Taliban...
Kabul (Afghanistan), February 7: Two Afghan soldiers and a former director of the National Directorate of Security were killed in...

Armie Hammer Dropped by Agency Amid Cannibal DM...
Moscow (Russia), February 7: The actor's career has been taking a dramatic plunge over the past month following a sex...

Twitter CEO Dorsey Almost Quit Tech to Become...
Moscow (Russia), February 7: A recent report revealed what choices the Twitter co-founder has made - and what opportunities he...

Survey finds 59 pct population in Brunei open...
Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), February 7: A total of 59 percent of Brunei people would definitely or likely take the...

Bangladesh COVID-19 cases rise to 537,770, death toll...
Dhaka (Colombo), February 7: Bangladesh reported 305 new COVID-19 cases and eight new deaths on Saturday, bringing the tally at...

Sri Lankan president inaugurates construction of irrigation tunnel...
Colombo (Sri Lanka), February 7: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has inaugurated the construction of an irrigation tunnel to be...

Feature: Music resonates through Lunar New Year celebrations...
New York (USA), February 7: Music is re-connecting people from the United States, China and beyond as Chinese Lunar New...

France reports 20,586 new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations continue...
Paris (France), February 7: France reported 20,586 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the country's total number of infections...

Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 800,000
Ottawa (Canada), February 7: Canada's cumulative COVID-19 cases surpassed 800,000 as of Saturday noon, with the total hitting 800,348, including...