Fuel prices for November announced in Oman

MUSCAT: Fuel prices for November have been announced by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Oman on Saturday, according to Times of Oman. ...

Million line up as Slovakia launches unique nationwide COVID-19 test

TRENCIN: Over a million Slovaks took a coronavirus swab on Saturday as the country launched a huge logistical operation to test most of its...

Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered England back into a national lockdown after the United Kingdom passed the milestone of one million COV...

Easyjet looking at financing options, not against state aid

BERLIN: EasyJet is considering options to bolster its finances, and is not against state support to help the airline get through the corona...

In final days of campaign, Trump criticizes those fighting coronavirus

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is spending the closing days of his re-election campaign criticizing public officials and medical profes...

UK’s Johnson considering new national lockdown for England

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering imposing a new month-long national lockdown in England next week after scientis...

US signs up pharmacy chains as COVID-19 vaccination centres: report

Several US retail pharmacy chains have agreed to serve as COVID-19 vaccination sites under a federal government plan, the Wall Street Journ...

Strong earthquake kills 19 people in Turkey and Greek islands

IZMIR, Turkey: Nineteen people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday, bringing buildin...

In safe Singapore’s ‘cursed’ town, ghosts and odd happenings

SINGAPORE: With a torch in one hand and an electromagnetic meter in the other, paranormal investigator Charles Goh scours some shrub land i...

Berlin Madame Tussauds museum dumps Trump effigy ahead of US polls

BERLIN: The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin trashed on Friday its effigy of TV star-turned Republican president Donald Trump, a mo...

Izmir earthquake: Foreign Office expresses solidarity with Turkish brethren

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office expressed solidarity with the Turkish people in the wake of a powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake on Frida...

Russia contemplates vaccinations amid record COVID-19 cases, doctor dearth

MOSCOW: Authorities in Moscow were preparing for mass vaccinations against COVID-19 and Russia’s daily tally of infections rose past 18,000...

Buildings collapse as strong quake hits Turkey, Greece

ISTANBUL: A powerful earthquake hit Greece and Turkey on Friday, causing buildings to collapse and a sea surge that flooded streets in the ...

National lockdown a possibility to contain COVID-19 spread: UK minister

A national lockdown in England is not inevitable to contain an increase in COVID-19 cases, British foreign minister Dominic Raab said on Fr...

Russian hackers targeted California, Indiana Democratic parties

WASHINGTON: The group of Russian hackers accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election earlier this year targeted the email ac...

US breaks daily record for coronavirus cases with over 91,000 new infections

The United States broke its single-day record for new coronavirus infections on Thursday, reporting over 91,000 new cases, as hospitalizati...

Global coronavirus cases rise by single-day record of half a million

Global coronavirus cases rose by more than 500,000 for the first time on Wednesday, a record one-day increase as countries across the North...

Macron is very primitive in blaming religion of Islam, Muslims: Dr Mahathir

Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad sharing his views over the displeasure and hurt the French have caused the Muslims across t...

Scientists identify prolific coronavirus strain which started in Spain

FRANKFURT: A coronavirus strain that emerged in Spain in June has spread across Europe and now makes up a large proportion of infections in...

‘Protect nature or face deadlier pandemics than COVID-19’

LONDON: Pandemics will emerge more often, spread faster, cost more and kill more people than COVID-19 without bold action to halt the habit...

Switzerland lifts quarantine demands for most travellers

Swiss authorities announced Wednesday new measures to rein in skyrocketing coronavirus cases in the country, and acknowledged that it no lo...

WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine scheme to offer insurance coverage to poor nations

BRUSSELS: A vaccine scheme co-led by the World Health Organization is setting up a compensation fund for people in poor nations who might s...

India’s top airline IndiGo posts record quarterly loss

BENGALURU: Interglobe Aviation, which runs India’s largest airline IndiGo, reported its steepest quarterly loss on Thursday as pandemic-rel...

Britain pressed to follow French and German lockdowns as COVID-19 rates surge

LONDON/BERLIN: Britain resisted pressure on Thursday to impose a second nationwide lockdown after France and Germany ordered sweeping restr...

Meet the ‘best pastry chef’ in the world

BRUSSELS: A Belgian chocolatier has been crowned the world’s best pastry chef by a jury of independent reporters, helping consolidate Belgi...

Sydney bus driver found guilty over two deaths in fatal crash

A Sydney driver, 50-year-old Luis Rojas, has been found guilty of two deaths in a fatal crash after his bus slammed into a scooter with two...

Russian scientist deliberately contracted coronavirus just for research

A Russian scientist who deliberately infected himself with coronavirus in an experiment to become ill for a second time says the hopes for ...