Former Liverpool forward St John dies aged 82
Former Liverpool and Scotland striker Ian St John, who followed a stellar career on the pitch by becoming a hugely popular and successful TV presenter, has died aged 82 after … Read More
Egypt executes 11 convicted of murder
Egyptian authorities Tuesday executed 11 people convicted of murder, a security source said, in the latest cases of what rights campaigners have labelled “a horrifying execution spree”.
Houthi munition wounds five civilians in Saudi: state media
A munition fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels wounded five civilians in a border village in southern Saudi Arabia, state media reported Tuesday, the kingdom’s latest casualties from cross-border fire.
UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries: vaccine chief
Data from Britain’s vaccine rollout on the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 shot in older people should help other countries reassess their use of it, the head of the … Read More
Painstaking study of ‘Little Foot’ fossil sheds light on human origins
Sophisticated scanning technology is revealing intriguing secrets about Little Foot, the remarkable fossil of an early human forerunner that inhabited South Africa 3.67 million years ago during a critical juncture … Read More
As oil prices rally, old OPEC tensions set to rise
As members of the oil cartel OPEC and its allies meet this week to discuss adjusting output, analysts expect old tensions between oil producer giants to flare up again.
Lebanese pound hits new record low on black market
The pound hit a record low of LL9,850 against the dollar Tuesday, as the country’s ailing banks were buying the greenback to meet BDL liquidity requirements.
Morocco cuts contacts with German embassy in WSahara dispute
Morocco has suspended contacts with the German embassy, the foreign minister announced in a letter published late Monday, in what officials said was a protest over Berlin’s stance on the … Read More
30,000 jabs a day required to hit herd immunity in a year: Abiad
Lebanon needs to vaccinate 30,000 people per day to reach herd immunity target in one year, Dr. Firass Abiad, the leading expert on COVID-19 said Tuesday.
Armenia struggles through crisis as war wounds fester
Anger caught in Mari Hovhannisyan’s throat as she demanded Armenia’s leadership resign, more than three months on from a disastrous war that saw swathes of territory lost to Azerbaijan.