2021-12-24

Locked-out New Zealanders outraged as visa scheme for rich foreigners resumes. Critics say the wealthy will be able to buy their way in while citizens lose out on quarantine spots.

2021-12-24

Japan joins US boycott of Beijing Olympics

2021-12-24

Dalit(low caste) cook sacked in Uttarakhand after upper caste students refuse to eat food prepared by her

2021-12-24

Canada to Pay Billions to Indigenous Groups for Tainted Drinking Water

2021-12-24

BioNTech mRNA Cancer Vaccine Recruits First Patient Into Phase 2 Trials

2021-12-24

Israeli Divers Have Discovered a Trove of Antiquities From Not One But Two Ancient Shipwrecks Off the Coast of Caesarea

2021-12-24

Tony Blair blasts unvaccinated 'idiots' as fears grow over spread of Omicron - "Frankly, if you're not vaccinated at the moment and you're eligible, and you've got no health reasons for not being unvaccinated, you're not just irresponsible. You're an idiot."

2021-12-24

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has pardoned former President Park Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison term for a vast corruption scandal.

2021-12-24

Two more Tiananmen monuments removed from Hong Kong university campuses

2021-12-24

South Africa announces immediate end to contact tracing and quarantining

2021-12-24

Airlines cancel holiday flights due to omicron impacts on crews

2021-12-24

Madagascan minister 'swims for 12 hours' after rescue helicopter crashes, as at least 64 die in cargo ship sinking

2021-12-24

All US forces in Japan had been exempted from virus tests since September

2021-12-24

Mexico grapples with crisis of 95,000 missing persons: A senior government human rights official said 52,000 unidentified bodies have been buried in mass graves, with tens of thousands still missing. The government will create a national center tasked with identification

2021-12-24

UAE's first astronaut reveals he brought Israeli flag to space

2021-12-24

Melting Arctic ice will have catastrophic effects on the world, experts say. Here's how.

2021-12-24

China won't lose a new cold war because its not the Soviet Union, says ambassador to the US .

2021-12-24

US applies to China for 18 officials to attend Winter Olympics after Joe Biden declares diplomatic boycott

2021-12-24

Arrival of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Mali condemned by European governments

2021-12-23

Canada should temporarily ban foreign home buyers, rezone cities - housing minister