Auckland back to lockdown after one Covid case detected
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that the country’s biggest city, Auckland, will be put into a seven-day lockdown from Sunday after a coronavirus community ...
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US House passes $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan
President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats faced challenges to their hopes of using ...
Chelsea win over United would complete landmark week for Tuchel
After Chelsea coach Thomas Tuchel’s relatively low-profile start to life in the Stamford Bridge hot seat the German will welcome Manchester United in the Premier League on Sunday after ...
Oil demand still low, prices decline
Oil prices fell on Friday as the US dollar rose while forecasts called for crude supply to rise in response to prices climbing above pre-pandemic levels.
US West Texas Intermediate (...
UK to offer ‘fast-track’ visas to highly skilled workers
Britain said on Friday it would offer a fast-track visa scheme for jobs at high-growth companies after a government-backed review warned that financial technology firms will struggle with Brexit and ...
US says more than 300 people charged to date over Capitol riots
The U.S. Justice Department has charged more than 300 people with taking part in the deadly storming of the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, and at least 280 ...
Saudi crown prince approved operation to capture or kill Khashoggi, US intelligence says
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved of an operation to capture or kill dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered in 2018, according to a declassified U.S. intelligence assessment ...
Greece extends lockdown to more areas to stem spread of pandemic
Greece extended lockdown restrictions on Friday to more areas of the country as the COVID-19 pandemic showed no signs of waning exactly one year after its first coronavirus infection was ...
Temple of Zoom: 200,000 Thai Buddhists mark holy day via video link
More than 200,000 Buddhist devotees gathered via Zoom video link on Friday to attend an annual prayer and lantern ritual held in Thailand to mark Makha Bucha Day, one of the ...
Syria condemns “cowardly” US air strikes on Iran-backed militias
Syria condemned U.S. air strikes against Iran-backed militias in the east of the country on Friday as a cowardly act and urged President Joe Biden not to follow “the ...
Bitcoin set for worst week since March, loses over $100bn in market cap
Bitcoin was headed on Friday for its worst week since March as a rout in global bond markets sent yields flying and sparked a sell-off in riskier assets.
The world’...
Canada approves AstraZeneca’s vaccine
Canada’s drug regulator approved AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, the third inoculation to get a green light and paving the way for health authorities to accelerate Canada’s ...
Zlatan set for Old Trafford return as United drawn against Milan
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is returning to Old Trafford after Manchester United were drawn against AC Milan in a mouth-watering Europa League last-16 tie.
The 39-year-old striker established himself as a fan ...
Gunmen abduct 317 schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria as security collapses
Unidentified gunmen kidnapped 317 schoolgirls from the town of Jangebe in northwest Nigeria on Friday, police said, the second such kidnapping in little over a week.
A surge in armed militancy ...
Runaway schoolgirl who joined IS cannot return to Britain
A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State should not be allowed to return to Britain to challenge the government taking away her citizenship ...
Dutch appeals court says coronavirus curfew was right move
A Dutch appeals court said on Friday the government had been right to impose a night curfew in the fight against the coronavirus, overturning a lower court’s order which ...
Bullet point previews of Premier League matches
Match-by-match facts and statistics ahead of the 26th round of Premier League fixtures from Feb. 27-March 1. All times GMT.
Feb. 27, Saturday
Manchester City v West Ham United (1230)
* City are unbeaten ...
Liverpool’s Henderson out until April after surgery
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson will be sidelined for at least five weeks after undergoing groin surgery, the Premier League champions said on Friday.
The 30-year-old England international sustained the injury ...
Indian coast guard find 81 Rohingya adrift at sea, asks Bangladesh to take them
India’s coast guard found 81 survivors and eight dead on a boat crammed with Muslim Rohingya refugees adrift in the Andaman Sea, and were repairing the vessel so that it ...
Israel says half its population has received one dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Israel has administered at least one COVID-19 vaccine shot to 50% of its population, while 35% have received the full two-dose course, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Friday.
Israel counts East ...
Woods moved to new hospital to continue recovery
Tiger Woods has been moved to a new hospital in Los Angeles, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said on Thursday, as he recovers from multiple injuries sustained in a serious car ...
Turkey’s Fenerbahce accuses broadcaster of manipulating VAR
Broadcaster beIN Sports has taken legal action to stop Fenerbahce players wearing doctored versions of the company logo as part of the Turkish soccer club’s protests against what it ...
Digital vaccination passports likely available before summer, Merkel says
Digital vaccination certificates enabling people to travel in Europe despite the coronavirus pandemic will probably be available before the summer, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after a virtual EU summit.
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New coronavirus variant identified in New York: researchers
A new coronavirus variant that shares some similarities with a more transmissible and intractable variant discovered in South Africa is on the rise in New York City, researchers said on ...