‘Question of discrimination’: WHO dismisses Covid passports, as governments consider them to reopen travel
The World Health Organization (WHO) has rejected the use of Covid passports over fairness concerns…More
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Fears of oil spill in North Sea as Dutch cargo ship evacuated, left adrift off Norwegian coast
A Dutch cargo ship could cause an oil spill in the North Sea after it…More
Another giant vessel gets briefly stranded in Suez Canal, one week after Ever Given freed from waterway
The M/T Rumford found itself stranded in a narrow section of the Suez Canal on…More
China vows to hold regular naval drills as its carrier group conducts exercises near Taiwan
Beijing has staged naval exercises involving an aircraft carrier group in the vicinity of Taiwan,…More
Top EMA official says EU regulator to confirm link between AstraZeneca’s vaccine and deadly blood clots
The head of vaccines at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) says the body may soon…More
Myanmar streets painted red as activists protest military’s violent coup amid rising death toll (PHOTOS)
Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar daubed red paint across the streets of Yangon on Tuesday, as…More
Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Jerusalem police amid protest against autopsy of drowned yeshiva student (VIDEO)
Members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community scuffled with police as they blocked a road and…More
‘Great to be back’: US aircraft carrier group sails into disputed South China Sea
A US carrier strike group, led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt, has sailed into the…More
Netanyahu given first crack at forming new Israeli govt by President Rivlin, despite corruption trial
Israel’s veteran leader has been asked to form a new government by the country’s president,…More
Jordan: After release of ‘seditious’ Prince Hamzah’s pledge of loyalty, prosecutor bans all media coverage of palace scandal
The uncle of King Abdullah II of Jordan was tasked with defusing the situation with…More