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Sri Lanka outlaws strikes as unions cripple hospitals
President invokes a 1979 law prohibiting stoppages in the health and electricity sectors.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 04:40 PM
US Olympic snowboarders defend coach after misconduct allegations
Peter Foley is accused of sexual wrongdoing and other inappropriate behaviour by a 2010 Olympics competitor.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 04:00 PM
Trinidad sends back 35 migrants after child dies in boat interception
The fate of the four remaining migrants from that boat is unclear.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 03:20 PM
Thai couples urged to mask up for Valentine’s Day sex
Health authorities fear this February 14 could exacerbate surge in case numbers.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 02:40 PM
The troubled California factory at Tesla’s core
Experts, accusers and lawyers describe a place with a combustible mix of massive pressure to deliver on Elon Musk’s ambitious goals
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 02:00 PM
China gives conditional approval for Pfizer Covid pill
Paxlovid will be used to treat adults with mild to moderate illness and a high risk of developing severe disease.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 01:20 PM
Myanmar junta to pardon 814 prisoners in amnesty
Those to be released today will be mostly from prisons in Yangon.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 12:40 PM
WHO prequalifies arthritis drug for severe Covid cases
Tocilizumab has been shown to reduce risk of death, hospitalisation time in certain patients.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 10:30 AM
US warns Russia could invade Ukraine within days
Officials believe President Putin may not wait until after the Beijing Games to launch an invasion.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 09:20 AM
4 dead in fire at Japan rice cracker factory
About 30 people on-site when fire breaks out at facility in northern Niigata prefecture.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 08:10 AM
Showdown looms as Canada truckers ordered to clear key bridge
A judge has ordered the protesters to leave the bridge by 7pm.
Saturday, 12 Feb 2022 07:30 AM
Biden seizes US$7 billion in Afghan assets
US intends to split sum between victims of 9/11 attacks, humanitarian aid for Afghans.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 11:59 PM
Muslims fear more repression as Indian mega-state votes
Religious minority members say firebrand monk Yogi Adityanath ‘a murderer, terrorist’.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 11:50 PM
NY Times pulls ‘Singapore curry’ video after backlash
Furious city-state critics say dish resembles ‘filthy drain water’.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 11:10 PM
Google agrees UK competition, privacy pledge on online ads
Deal follows 13-month investigation of tech giant prohibiting third-party cookies on Chrome browser.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 10:30 PM
World’s first hydrogen-electric aircraft propulsion nacelle completed
It’s creators H3 Dynamics file international patents.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 09:50 PM
Cyclone death toll rises to 111 in Madagascar
30,000 people living in emergency shelters.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 09:10 PM
5th journalist killed in less than two months in Mexico
Heber Lopez Vazquez shot dead in his car yesterday.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 08:30 PM
Russian Olympic Committee says skater Valieva has right to compete in Beijing
Court of Arbitration for Sport to decide on case before February 15.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 07:50 PM
Record 7.5% economic rebound for UK in pandemic riven 2021
GDP grew robustly in the fourth quarter.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 07:10 PM
Australia warns koalas ‘endangered’ as numbers plunge
Marsupials fighting to survive impact of bushfires, land-clearing, drought and disease.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 06:30 PM
Anne Frank betrayal book creates uproar
Dutch historians and Jewish groups angered.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 05:50 PM
S. Korean diplomat suffers broken nose in NYC attack
‘Unprovoked’ assault highlights persistent hate crime in megacity.
Friday, 11 Feb 2022 05:10 PM