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Covid: Japan confirms first case of omicron variant

Covid: Japan confirms first case of omicron variant

-- 2021-11-30 16:48:51

Japan on Tuesday confirmed its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, in a man who had arrived in the country from Namibia, reports Reuters. The man in his 30s had earlier tested posit...

Myanmar court defers first verdicts in Suu Kyi trial

Myanmar court defers first verdicts in Suu Kyi trial

-- 2021-11-30 11:44:32

A court in military-ruled Myanmar deferred on Tuesday the first verdicts in the trial of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to December 6, a source familiar with the proceedings said. The Nobel Peace lau...

India passes bill to repeal laws bowing to protesting farmers

India passes bill to repeal laws bowing to protesting farmers

-- 2021-11-29 18:46:24

India's parliament on Monday passed a bill to repeal three laws aiming at deregulating agricultural markets, bowing to pressure from farmers who have protested for over a year to demand that the laws...

World powers, Iran to gather in Vienna on nuclear deal

World powers, Iran to gather in Vienna on nuclear deal

-- 2021-11-29 16:31:52

World powers and Iran will gather in Vienna on Monday to try to salvage their 2015 nuclear deal, but with Tehran sticking to its tough stance and Western powers increasingly frustrated, hopes of a bre...

Indonesia bans arrivals from eight African countries

Indonesia bans arrivals from eight African countries

-- 2021-11-28 20:29:09

Indonesia will ban the entry of travellers who have been in eight African countries and extend quarantine times for all arrivals to curb the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, officials sa...

New Zealand politician cycles to hospital in labour, gives birth

New Zealand politician cycles to hospital in labour, gives birth

-- 2021-11-28 19:11:57

New Zealand Member of Parliament Julie Anne Genter got on her bicycle early on Sunday and headed to the hospital. She was already in labour and she gave birth an hour later, reports Reuters.  "B...

18 killed in road accident in India’s West Bengal

18 killed in road accident in India’s West Bengal

-- 2021-11-28 16:06:54

At least 18 people have died and five others have been injured after their vehicle collided with a parked lorry in India’s West Bengal. All of the dead died on the spot when the accident took p...

Maldives bans travellers from seven African nations over concerns about Omicron

Maldives bans travellers from seven African nations over concerns about Omicron

-- 2021-11-28 15:24:50

Maldives said it was barring travellers from seven African countries from Sunday over concerns about the new Omicron variant of COVID-19. Travellers will not be allowed into Maldives from South Afric...

Australia confirms two cases of Omicron variant

Australia confirms two cases of Omicron variant

-- 2021-11-28 14:37:53

Australia confirmed on Sunday that two people arriving from southern Africa over the weekend had tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant, adding to a growing number of countries fighti...

China study warns of 'colossal' Covid outbreak if it further opens up

China study warns of 'colossal' Covid outbreak if it further opens up

-- 2021-11-28 12:42:50

China could face more than 630,000 Covid-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs, according to a study by Peking University mathematicians. In the report...

Israel to ban entry of foreigners over new Covid variant

Israel to ban entry of foreigners over new Covid variant

-- 2021-11-28 12:30:37

Israel is to ban foreigners from entering the country for 14 days and use surveillance to halt the spread of the new Covid strain, local media report. The ban is expected to come into effect...

Arrest warrant issued for Macau junket mogul Chau

Arrest warrant issued for Macau junket mogul Chau

-- 2021-11-27 11:19:52

Wenzhou, a city in eastern China, has issued an arrest warrant for Macau junket mogul Alvin Chau, accusing him of operating gambling activities in mainland China. Chau is the founder of Macau's bigge...

India to push for patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines at WTO

India to push for patent waiver for COVID-19 vaccines at WTO

-- 2021-11-26 17:50:38

India will lead demands for an intellectual property rights waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and supplies at a World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting next week, two government officials said. A year afte...

Indonesia arrests 24 people over links to extremist financing

Indonesia arrests 24 people over links to extremist financing

-- 2021-11-26 16:33:20

Indonesia's counterterrorism squad has arrested 24 people on suspicion of fundraising for Jemaah Islamiah, or JI, the Al-Qaeda linked extremist group accused of carrying out some of the country's bigg...

Australian police take control of Solomon Islands capital

Australian police take control of Solomon Islands capital

-- 2021-11-26 16:21:13

A night curfew will be re-imposed in the Solomon Islands capital Honiara after witnesses said Australian police began taking control of hotspots following three days of violent protests in the South P...

Countries in Asia, Europe alarmed by new COVID variant

Countries in Asia, Europe alarmed by new COVID variant

-- 2021-11-26 16:10:03

Asian and European countries tightened travel restrictions on Friday after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with the EU, Britain and India among t...

Heavy rains, strong winds claim 14 lives in Sri Lanka

Heavy rains, strong winds claim 14 lives in Sri Lanka

-- 2021-11-25 19:11:47

At least fourteen people were killed and one person missing after strong winds and heavy rains lashed out across Sri Lanka since last week, the Disaster Management Center (DMC) has said. According to...

Philippines rejects China's demand to remove grounded navy ship

Philippines rejects China's demand to remove grounded navy ship

-- 2021-11-25 17:13:29

The Philippines will not remove a dilapidated navy ship grounded on an atoll in the South China Sea, its defence chief said on Thursday, rejecting a demand by China after it blocked a mission to resup...

US invites Taiwan to its democracy summit,  angering China

US invites Taiwan to its democracy summit, angering China

-- 2021-11-24 19:46:29

The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its 'Summit for Democracy' next month, according to a list of participants published on Tuesday, a move that infuriated China, which views the democratic...

Taliban release guidelines on Afghan media

Taliban release guidelines on Afghan media

-- 2021-11-24 11:51:52

The Taliban administration has released a set of restrictions on Afghan media, including banning television dramas that included female actors and ordering women news presenters to wear "Islamic hijab...

India reports 7,579 new COVID-19 infections, smallest rise in one-and-a-half-years

India reports 7,579 new COVID-19 infections, smallest rise in one-and-a-half-years

-- 2021-11-23 17:18:33

India reported 7,579 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the smallest rise in one-and-a-half-years despite huge festival gatherings in recent weeks, thanks to rising vaccinations and antibodies fro...

Six die in Sri Lanka ferry accident

Six die in Sri Lanka ferry accident

-- 2021-11-23 16:47:09

At least six people have died and around ten are missing after a ferry they were travelling in capsized in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, officials said. Police spokesman Nihal Thalduwa said the ferry...

Prominent Kashmiri rights activist arrested under anti-terror law

Prominent Kashmiri rights activist arrested under anti-terror law

-- 2021-11-23 15:17:15

India's counter-terrorism agency has arrested a prominent Kashmiri human rights activist under a draconian anti-terrorism law which makes it nearly impossible to get bail. Khurram Parvez has been...

30 dead, thousands displaced as flood hits India’s Andhra Pradesh

30 dead, thousands displaced as flood hits India’s Andhra Pradesh

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-23 11:59:47

At least 30 people were killed and thousands have been displaced after severe flooding in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, reports the BBC. Consistent heavy rainfall for a week resulted i...

Austria back in full national lockdown

Austria back in full national lockdown

-- 2021-11-22 19:26:06

Austria entered its fourth national lockdown on Monday after tens of thousands of people, many of them far-right supporters, protested in Vienna against renewed curbs on movement as Europe again becom...

India has no plan to allow COVID-19 booster doses

India has no plan to allow COVID-19 booster doses

-- 2021-11-22 19:14:14

India is not considering authorising booster COVID-19 doses yet as many in the country have been naturally infected and the government believes two doses of a vaccine offers sufficient protection, for...

Afghan Taliban ban women from working in TV dramas

Afghan Taliban ban women from working in TV dramas

FE ONLINE DESK 2021-11-22 12:55:38

The Taliban have banned women from appearing in television dramas under new rules imposed by the government, according to a BBC report. They also made headscarves mandatory on the screen for female j...

Xi tells ASEAN leaders China does not seek 'hegemony'

Xi tells ASEAN leaders China does not seek 'hegemony'

-- 2021-11-22 11:42:09

Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit on Monday that Beijing would not "bully" its smaller regional neighbours amid ris...

China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania, expresses dissatisfaction over Taiwan issue

China downgrades diplomatic ties with Lithuania, expresses dissatisfaction over Taiwan issue

-- 2021-11-21 13:19:34

China downgraded its diplomatic ties with Lithuania on Sunday, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Vilnius for allowing Taiwan to open a de facto embassy in the Baltic state, raising tensions in a...

Japan considers releasing oil from reserves for first time to curb price hike

Japan considers releasing oil from reserves for first time to curb price hike

-- 2021-11-20 19:13:48

Japan is considering releasing oil from its reserves for the first time to curb surging oil prices, as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida signalled his readiness to counter oil price hikes followin...