2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: China criticises US diplomatic boycott
China has condemned a planned US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and threatened to retaliate. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said...
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Vladimir Putin: What Russian president’s India visit means for world politics
Visits by Russian presidents to India always invoke a sense of nostalgia. The Moscow-Delhi relationship dates back to the Cold War era and it has...
Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid
Future pandemics could be more lethal than the current Covid crisis, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has warned. Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert,...
Michael Carrick leaves Manchester United after end of caretaker spell
Michael Carrick says he is leaving Manchester United after the end of his spell as caretaker manager. Carrick, in charge for three matches, announced his...
Cristiano Ronaldo: Man Utd & Portugal forward becomes first player to score 800 top-level goals
The numbers: 1,097 games, 801 goals. Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player in history to score 800 top-level career goals when he struck twice for...
Covid: Pfizer and Moderna jabs give best overall boost, UK trial finds
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being used in the UK as boosters give the best overall boost response, according to a UK trial of seven...
Omicron: India reports first cases of new Covid variant
Two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant. One of them, a 66-year-old South African national,...
Omicron: Biden tightens travel rules amid new Omicron cases
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast....
Tel Aviv named as world’s most expensive city to live in
Tel Aviv has been named as the most expensive city in the world to live in, as soaring inflation and supply-chain problems push up prices...
Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads
Health officials say the new coronavirus variant Omicron has now become dominant in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase in new infections. Some...
