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China Covid lockdowns shut delivery workers out of their homes
Officials in the Chinese capital have doubled down on the country’s hallmark zero-Covid policy in recent weeks, one of an array of cities to impose sweeping shutdowns, mass testing and teleworking mandates as caseloads have hit all-time…
Iran team do not sing national anthem before first World Cup game
Ahead of the game in Qatar, captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh said the team would decide together whether or not to refuse to sing the anthem in a show of solidarity for demonstrations that have rocked the regime in Iran.
The Iranian players…
“Who are you?” Watch how Ranveer Singh was trolled
The interaction between Ranveer and Martin took place during the F1 race in Abu Dhabi.
“Who are you?” the veteran asked. However, Ranveer handled the situation quite well.
However, the former race driver immediately admitted…
7.0 quake hits Solomon Islands, tsunami alert issued
“This was a big one,” Joy Nisha, a receptionist with the Heritage Park Hotel in the capital Honiara, told AFP. “Some of the things in the hotel fell. Everyone seems OK, but panicky.”
An AFP reporter in Honiara said the shaking lasted for…
‘Unacceptable’: Japan PM condemns North Korea after missile fell in exclusive economic waters
Kishida called the launch “absolutely unacceptable”, saying there had been no reports of damage to ships or aircraft.
“The ballistic missile launched by North Korea is believed to have landed in our EEZ (exclusive economic zone) west of…
N. Korea fires missile hours after warning of ‘fiercer’ military response
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the military had “detected around 10:48 am (0148 GMT) one short-range ballistic missile fired from the Wonsan area in Kangwon province”.
“The military has stepped up monitoring and guard and…
UN chief warns ‘absolutely essential to avoid escalating’ Ukraine war
“The Secretary-General is very concerned by the reports of a missile exploding on Polish territory,” the UN chief said, according to his spokesman Farhan Haq. “It is absolutely essential to avoid escalating the war in Ukraine.”
A…
Seven killed as violence strikes two US universities
Police were hunting for the student suspect in a shooting that left three people dead and two others wounded at the University of Virginia about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of the nation’s capital Washington.
The campus in…
Zelensky tells G20 ‘now is the time’ to end Russia’s war
“I am convinced now is the time when the Russian destructive war must and can be stopped,” he said, according to a speech obtained by AFP. “It will save thousands of lives.”
Wearing his now-familiar army green T-shirt and speaking in…
England seal ICC T20 World Cup 2022 final against Pakistan
Jos Buttler’s side held Pakistan to 137-8 in front of a partisan 80,462 fans at a heaving Melbourne Cricket Ground, with player-of-the-match Curran bagging 3-12 and Adil Rashid chipping with 2-22.
In reply, England slumped to 49-3…