Australia shrugs off China anger on nuclear subs

Sydney, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Australia on Friday shrugged off Chinese anger over its decision to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, while vowing to defend the rule of law in airspace and waters where Beijing has staked hotly contested. US President Joe Biden announced the new Australia-US-Britain defence […]

Swiss close Russian oligarch’s case against art dealer

Geneva, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Swiss prosecutors have closed a case brought by Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev against a top art dealer he accused of swindling him out of hundreds of millions of dollars, authorities confirmed Friday. Rybolovlev, president of the AS Monaco football club, has alleged […]

Ukraine on verge of deadliest Covid wave: experts

Kiev, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Ukraine is on the brink of its most deadly period of the coronavirus pandemic, medical experts in the ex-Soviet country warned Friday, with vaccination rates struggling and infections on the rise. The country of 40 million people and an ageing health care […]

Southern EU leaders vow to meet Paris climate targets

Athens, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Southern EU leaders on Friday pledged their adherence to the climate targets of the Paris 2015 agreement in an Athens summit that also tackled migration and regional security challenges. “Now, more than ever, (it is) necessary to tackle the escalating climate and […]

Robbers loot three shops, steal motorbike,car

HYDERABAD, Sep 17 (APP):In separate incidents of theft and robberies three shops were looted in different parts of the city here on Friday while a motorbike and a car were stolen. According to the police, 3 armed men riding a motorbike entered a wholesale shop […]

US medical experts to vote on Pfizer Covid boosters

Washington, Sept 17 (AFP/APP):Leading US medical experts were meeting Friday to decide whether to recommend booster doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for the general population, a move which some researchers have said is not required at this time. President Joe Biden’s administration announced in August […]

Pakistan off the UK’s red list

ISLAMABAD, Sep 17 (APP):The United Kingdom on Friday removed eight countries; including Pakistan, Turkey and the Maldives from the international travel ‘red list’ to make “travel easier” for fully vaccinated people. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said double-vaccinated travellers coming from non-red list countries will no […]

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