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Hong Kong leader rules out China-style lockdown as virus spreads
Wave of highly transmissible Omicron virus variant has battered the city’s capacity for testing, quarantine and treatment.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 05:40 PM
Planet at the end of its tolerance for plastic and chemical pollution
Study highlights the need for drastic solutions at the international level.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 05:00 PM
German chancellor to meet Putin as Ukraine’s fate in the balance
West considers current stand-off to be worst threat to security since Cold War
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 04:20 PM
3M expects to sell fewer Covid-19 masks this year
Vaccine-maker Pfizer and the CVS drugstore chain have said pandemic-related sales are likely to soften.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 03:40 PM
Pandemic-weary Australian nurses go on strike
Thousands defy walkout ban march on state parliament over 'intolerable conditions'.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 03:00 PM
9 killed in Benin national park attacks
Park rangers suffer brunt of terror swell.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 02:20 PM
Mongolia reopens borders for vaccinated travellers
Cabinet downgrades pandemic threat level, lifting restrictions on business operations.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 01:40 PM
Japan’s economy grows 1.3% in Q4
Growth of world’s third-largest economy slightly lower than market expectations of 1.5%
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 01:00 PM
Two-hour gunfight frees 20 hostages in Nigeria
Coordinated attack by military and vigilante groups.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 12:20 PM
Hollywood actor jailed for US$650 million film Ponzi scheme
Judge sentences Zachary Horwitz to 20 years for conning people into investing in non-existent HBO, Netflix ventures.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 11:40 AM
Accountants drop Trump, say records can't be relied upon
Long-time consultant of former US president says decade's worth of financial statements cannot be relied upon.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 11:00 AM
Victims of Italy’s predator priests urge inquiry
Campaigners say it is ‘now or never’ as pressure builds to investigate decades-long scandal.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 10:20 AM
Rocket set to hit Moon built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomers
Object is now said to be 2014-065B, the booster for the Chang’e 5-T1, launched in 2014.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 09:20 AM
Trudeau invokes emergency powers to quell Canada protests
It marks only the second time in Canadian history such powers have been invoked in peacetime.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 08:40 AM
BHP announces record half-year earnings
Company also outpaces dividend estimates, delivering a record interim dividend to shareholders
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 08:00 AM
Canada to send lethal weapons, lend Ukraine C$500 million
Western allies have prepared 'a crippling package' of economic sanctions in response to a Russian attack.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2022 07:20 AM
Ukraine demands meeting with Russia over troop build-up
Moscow ignored Kyiv’s formal request to explain why it had placed more than 100,000 servicemen in former Soviet state’s frontier, minister says.
Monday, 14 Feb 2022 11:59 PM
Urgent need to recognise precarious nature of global warming
UN climate science chief warns of disastrous future if warning not heeded.
Monday, 14 Feb 2022 11:40 PM
Germany to end most Covid curbs in March, draft plan shows
For starters, contact restrictions will ease, allowing more to meet privately.
Monday, 14 Feb 2022 11:00 PM
Belgian police scramble to block anti-vaccine convoy
400 to 500 vehicles spotted en route to Brussels.
Monday, 14 Feb 2022 10:20 PM
Passenger forces US airliner to land
Pandemic sees rise of unruly passenger incidents.
Monday, 14 Feb 2022 09:40 PM
Sweden recommends fourth Covid jab for over-80s
Public health agency says the booster shot should be taken four months after the previous dose, at the earliest.
Monday, 14 Feb 2022 09:00 PM
Taiwan LGBTQ activists hold Valentine’s Day marriage law protest
Critics say the rules fall short of full recognition for many international couples.
Monday, 14 Feb 2022 08:20 PM