There was a small protest of Afghan citizens in Oslo ahead of the Taliban's visit to the Norwegian capital on Sunday.
They're against the delegation meeting with Norwegian authorities and representatives from the international community for (...)
Dutch driver Nyck De Vries insists he's not fazed by the pressure of being the defending champion of the and is looking forward to his 'favorite' race of the calendar in Saudi Arabia when the new season begins later this month.
The 26-year-old will (...)
A new way to recycle large amounts of coffee grounds; a platform connecting young African activists; technology to produce electricity from ocean waves or recycle plastic. A new energy-efficient construction method — an innovative carpooling (...)
The IHS Markit index has expected the Saudi economy to record the highest growth levels among the G20 countries at 11.1% during the last quarter of 2021, a wide gap of about 4.5% from its nearest competitor: Italy. The achievement reflects the (...)
The prestigious, energy and sustainability-focused global platform, World Future Energy Summit, hosted by Masdar as part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, began Monday with five simultaneous thought leadership forums. The Solar & Clean Energy, (...)
Novak Djokovic has arrived in his native Serbia, having left Australia on Sunday after a local court dismissed his appeal against a deportation order because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.
The ruling finally dashed the top-ranked tennis (...)
Before Covid-19, Nicolas Rimoldi had never attended a protest.
But somewhere along the pandemic's long and tortuous road, which saw his native Switzerland imposing first one lockdown, then another, and finally introducing vaccination certificates, (...)
An Italian police union has complained after officers were given pink FFP2 face masks to wear on duty.
A number of pink masks were allocated to police forces in several Italian provinces during the COVID-19 pandemic in recent weeks.
But a union of (...)
Millions of British students have returned to school following the Christmas and New Year holidays, amid a record surge in infections and hospitalizations. For teachers and parents, the situation has brought a grim sense of déjà vu.
Unlike last (...)
Indian officials are investigating a private laboratory accused of faulty Covid-19 tests on passengers on two flights from Italy last week, BBC reported.
At least 173 passengers from Rome, and 125 travellers from Milan tested positive on arrival in (...)
The latest results from the Henley Passport Index show record-breaking levels of travel freedom for top-ranking nations Japan and Singapore, but also the widest recorded global mobility gap since the index's inception 17 years ago.
Without taking (...)
European Parliament President David Sassoli has died at the age of 65, BBC reported quoting his spokesman.
The Italian former journalist and center-left politician had been seriously ill for more than two weeks and canceled all official (...)
New restrictions targeting the unvaccinated came into force in Italy on Monday, where a negative COVID-19 test no longer grants access to bars, restaurants, and domestic public transport.
Prime Minister Mario Draghi was scheduled to speak to the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia ranked second among the G20 countries in terms of the best economic performance during the third quarter of 2021, with posting a growth of 5.7 percent on a quarterly basis.
An analysis of indices issued by the G20 countries and (...)
At least 13 passengers, who tested positive for Covid-19 upon their arrival in the Indian city of Amritsar, have escaped institutional quarantine, BBC reported.
They were among 125 infected passengers on a chartered flight from Milan which landed on (...)
A total of 125 passengers who arrived in the northern Indian city of Amritsar on a chartered flight from Italy have tested positive for Covid-19, BBC reported.
They will be placed in isolation, health officials said.
They were among 179 passengers (...)
The pilot of a South Korean F-35A jet fighter made an emergency "belly landing" at an air base on Tuesday after its landing gear malfunctioned due to electronic issues, CNN reported quoting a South Korean Air Force spokesperson.
According to (...)
Christian Eriksen is targeting a comeback from his cardiac arrest to play for Denmark in the World Cup in November.
The 29-year-old Eriksen has not played since collapsing during Denmark's opening match at the European Championship against Finland (...)
Kuwait embassies in Germany, UK, France, Spain and Italy have advised their nationals to return to their homeland due to the unprecedented rise in the COVID-19 Omicron variant cases.
In separate press statements, the embassies said that the surge in (...)
Muted New Year's Eve celebrations took place across Europe as renewed COVID restrictions prevented large-scale events from taking place, and people were discouraged from gathering in large crowds.
Fireworks displays and live TV shows went ahead in (...)
The first COVID-19 self-test kits have arrived on the shelves of supermarkets in France, as the country registered a record 208,000 new cases on Wednesday, more than double the numbers recorded on Christmas Day.
In a bid to tackle the surge of the (...)
Italy has seen disastrous tourism figures for 2021 with only 60 million visitors compared to over 100 million in 2019, as well as 13 million fewer trips by Italians abroad.
Carlo Sangalli, the president of the Confcommercio association, raised the (...)
Russian energy corporation Gazprom called accusations that the company allegedly supplies little fuel to Europe in order to manipulate prices "lies and falsehood".
Gazprom's representative, Sergey Kupriyanov, said on Sunday that the energy (...)
At least 13 people died after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea late Friday, adding to the toll of as many as 27 casualties over the course of three days in several separate incidents in Greek waters.
Earlier, 11 people were confirmed dead (...)
Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before about 2,000 people in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday, going ahead with the service despite the resurgence in COVID-19 cases that has prompted a new vaccine mandate for Vatican employees.
In his (...)
