Myanmar faces more protests after United Nations envoy urges Security Council action

YANGON, Myanmar — Security forces in Myanmar again used force Saturday to disperse anti-coup protesters, a day after a U.N. special envoy urged the Security Council to take action to…

COVID-19: Kuwait lifts travel ban on 35 countries

But 14-day hotel quarantine mandatory and at the expense of passengers Kuwait City: As of February 21, Kuwait will lift the ban on the 35 ‘high risk’ countries and allow…

2 Myanmar protesters killed by police fire, reports say

Myanmar — Two anti-coup protesters were shot dead by riot police who fired live rounds Saturday in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, local media reported. One of the victims was shot…

Our gratitude always’: From China’s CanSino, Mexico welcomes biggest vaccine shipment yet

Mexico received its biggest COVID-19 vaccine shipment yet on Thursday, in the form of the active ingredient for 2 million doses of China’s CanSino shot, a relief for the Latin…

Venezuelan government and opposition begin talks on vaccine financing

Venezuelan government officials and opposition leaders have met to discuss buying coronavirus vaccines through the COVAX program using cash frozen in the United States by economic sanctions, two sources familiar…

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අසල්වැසි ඉන්දියාව සහ පාකිස්තානය කොවිඩ් 19 ඔවුන්ගේ අධ්‍යාපන ක්‍රමයට ඇති කළ බලපෑම බෙහෙවින් වෙනස් ය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඇතුළු බොහෝ රටවල පාසල් වසා දැමීම හා ඉ-ඉගෙනුම් හඳුන්වාදීම පසුගිය වසරේ සම්මතයක් වී…

Inching toward normal, Australia eases some COVID-19 curbs

South Australia, which last week became the epicentre of the country’s infections, reported no new community cases and lifted a drastic lockdown earlier than planned, with the state premier saying…

Matt Gurney: On China, Canada could learn a lot from Australia

Way down under, our Australian allies are facing Beijing’s wrath. And China’s not being subtle about it. This week, the Chinese government leaked a list of 14 grievances it has…