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Bureau Report + Agencies 22-12-2021 LONDON: A major New Year celebration in London will be cancelled, the British capital’s mayor said on Monday, as worries mount over a surge in virus cases sparked by the Omicron variant. Sadiq Khan said infections were at record levels in the city and he …

21-12-2021 NAYPYIDAW: The Myanmar military carried out a series of mass killings of civilians in July that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 men, a BBC investigation has found. Eyewitnesses and survivors said that soldiers, some as young as 17, rounded up villagers before separating the men and …

21-12-2021 ZURICH: The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday postponed its annual meeting in Davos due to the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, putting off the event scheduled for January until mid-2022. A month before world business and political leader were due to gather in the Swiss ski resort, …

21-12-2021 DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates announced Sunday it will no longer censor cinematic releases, introducing a 21 and above age rating for films it classifies for mature audiences. The UAE, which is made up of seven emirates, is considered one of the more liberal countries in the Gulf region, …

21-12-2021 KUALA LUMPUR: Hard-pressed Malaysian emergency services, reinforced by civilian volunteers, on Sunday rescued 21,000 people displaced by flooding from torrential rain in seven states, officials and volunteers said. More than 66,000 police, army and fire department personnel were mobilized to help pluck people from vehicles marooned in floodwaters or …

21-12-2021 DUBAI, Dec 20 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday that further talks with Saudi Arabia aimed at reducing tension between the Gulf’s rival Sunni and Shi’ite Muslim powers depend on Riyadh’s “seriousness”. Saudi Arabia and Iran launched direct talks this year at a time when global powers are trying …

20-12-2021 MOSCOW: Russia, after a decade-long hiatus, is re-launching an ambitious bid for supremacy over the world’s budding space tourism industry, jostling with zealous billionaires, the United States, and rising China. Russia flaunted its comeback this month dispatching two cosmic adventurer’s Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant to the …

20-12-2021 BAGHDAD: Two Katyusha rockets have struck Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses several Western embassies, the Iraqi military has said. One rocket was destroyed in the air by the C-RAM defence system and the other landed near a national monument and damaged two cars, the military said in …

20-12-2021 ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Cable News Network (CNN), in an internal memo issued to its staff on Saturday, said it is closing its offices in the United States to all nonessential employees as COVID-19 cases increase. CNN, part of AT&T Inc.’s (T.N) Warner-Media division, will close its offices to all employees …

20-12-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday issued a clear warning to the global community, stating that Afghanistan could potentially become the biggest “man-made crisis in the world” if it did not act now. The premier expressed the views while delivering the …