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Germany mulls new measures amid explosion in Covid cases

BERLIN/THE HAGUE: Germany needs further coronavirus restrictions to combat a record surge in infections and "get through this winter," the country's likely next leader Olaf Scholz said Thursday, calling a national meeting...

UN sees progress in talks to free up Ukraine grain exports

ISTANBUL: The United Nations reported "positive" results Wednesday from the first face-to-face talks in months between Russia and Ukraine on a UN plan to ship millions of tons of grain blocked in...

Saudi actress Sumaya Rida personifies the zeitgeist of an era of change in the Kingdom

Thu, 2021-05-06 20:25 DUBAI: Cinema returned to Saudi Arabia just three years ago, when a 35-year ban was finally lifted. Since then, movie theaters have been springing up across the Kingdom, invigorating the...

George Blake dead at 98 – Britain’s oldest traitor dies in Moscow as Russian spooks say ‘he’s gone…

BRITAIN's oldest traitor George Blake has died aged 98 in Moscow, Russian foreign intelligence has announced. The double...

Cricket continues to grapple with evolving spirit of modern game

Expectations of behavior on a cricket field are enshrined within the concept of the spirit of the game. This has its roots in 19th-century Victorian Britain when cricket was used as a...

Deluges of rain flood parts of India, Bangladesh

DHAKA: Pre-monsoon deluges have flooded parts of India and Bangladesh, killing at least 24 people in recent weeks and sending 90,000 people into shelters, authorities said Monday.Both heavily populated nations in South...

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