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As Russian forces tightened their siege of Mariupol and missiles rained down, Mykhailo Puryshev drove into the city six times last month to evacuate its citizens, somehow surviving despite his red van being all but destroyed. The 36-year-old Ukrai..
HE Minister of Education and Higher Education Buthaina bint Ali Al Jabr Al Nuaimi, honored two students from Al Khansaa Independent Primary School for Girls for their scientific research by providing a walkway for people with special needs and the el..
Ten people found so far from a Japanese tour boat missing off the country's northern coast have been confirmed dead, the coast guard said on Sunday. The boat went missing on Saturday with 26 people on board during a cruise off the main norther..
Hundreds of Ukrainians lined up for food handouts in central Zurich on Saturday as wealthy Switzerland struggles to cope with the arrival of around 40,000 refugees since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. Refugees in official accommodation r..
New Delhi authorities on Wednesday made the wearing of masks compulsory again after COVID-19 infections rose in the Indian capital in recent days. "In view of the rise in COVID positive cases recently and as advised by the experts, it was dec..
Shanghai reported a record number of symptomatic COVID-19 cases on Saturday and other areas across China tightened controls as the country kept up its "dynamic clearance" approach that aims to stamp out the highly transmissible Omicron vari..
The designated authorities referred 171 people to the prosecution for non-compliance with the preventive and precautionary measures in place in the country to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). Among them, 170 people were referred to th..
A total of 3,846 people have been evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Tuesday, slightly more than the 3,376 who escaped on Monday, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in an online post. Vereshchu..
Sweden will give a fourth shot of COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 65 and above to boost their defences against the disease, the health agency said on Monday. "For people aged 65 and over, it is now four months since the previous vaccine dose,..