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Lithuania to suspend Covid-19 certificates from February 5
The Lithuanian government at a meeting on Wednesday decided to suspend the use of COVID-19 certificates in the country starting February 5.
Singapore reports 6,264 new Covid-19 cases
A total of 756 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with 12 cases in intensive care units.
US to send warship, fighter jets to assist UAE after Yemen Houthi...
The UAE, part of the Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels, suffered its third missile attack in consecutive weeks on Monday.
North Korea's Kim's wife makes first appearance in 5 months
Kim and Ri attended an art performance at the Mansudae Art Theatre in the capital Pyongyang celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday, the official KCNA...
US's Catherine Russell takes office as head of UNICEF
Russell succeeds Henrietta Fore of the US, who resigned in July 2021 to attend to a family health issue but offered to stay on until her successor is...
6.2-magnitude quake strikes off eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert
The quake struck at 4:25 a.m. Wednesday local time (1925 GMT Tuesday), with the epicenter at 86 km northeast of Maluku Barat Daya district.
Inflation at its highest in 2 years in Pakistan
The sectors that posted double-digit growth in prices when compared to January 2021 included perishable and non-perishable food items, energy,...
Omicron sub-variant more infectious, found in 57 countries: WHO
The fast-spreading and heavily mutated Omicron variant has rapidly become the dominant variant worldwide since it was first detected in southern...