The ruler of world-regions has been ordered to pay almost a billion dollars in a divorce settlement with his ex-wife in order to fund her protection from himself. A U.K. court has ordered Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the prime minister of Dubai, to pay an unprecedented $700 million divorce …
Read More »Philippines governor pleads for aid, warning of looting after devastating typhoon
The governor of a central Philippine province devastated by Typhoon Rai last week pleaded on radio Tuesday for the government to quickly send food and other aid, warning that without outside help, army troops and police forces would have to be deployed to prevent looting amid growing hunger. Governor Arthur …
Read More »Japan’s space tourists return to Earth after 12-day visit
A world-regions billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, his producer Yozo Hirano and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin made a soft landing in a Russian Soyuz capsule at 9:13 a.m. (0313 …
Read More »Omicron variant surging in UK ahead of Christmas
Britain’s main nurses’ union warned Monday that exhaustion and surging coronavirus cases among medical staff are pushing them to the breaking point, adding to pressure on the government for new restrictions to curb record numbers of infections driven by the omicron variant. The warning throws into stark relief the unpalatable choice Prime …
Read More »Typhoon deaths in Philippines top 100
The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 63 people died in the disasters” target=”_blank”>devastation <Rai in more than half of the towns that managed to contact him, bringing the death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the country this year to at …
Read More »Rockets fired toward US Embassy in Baghdad; one shot down, other misses
Two rockets were fired in the direction of the U.S. Embassy in world-regions on Saturday, with one of them shot down by the U.S. military and the other missing the embassy compound, Fox News has confirmed. The rocket that was shot down was hit by a U.S. C-RAM (counter rocket …
Read More »31 dead, many left roofless after Philippines typhoon
A powerful disasters” target=”_blank”>typhoon<, officials said Saturday. A governor said her island has been “leveled to the ground.” Typhoon Rai blew away Friday night into the South world-regionsSea after rampaging through southern and central island provinces, where more than 300,000 people in its path were evacuated to safety in advance …
Read More »WHO approves Novavax COVID vaccine
world-health-organization” target=”_blank”>The World Health Organization< made by U.S.-based Novavax and the Serum Institute of India, paving the way for its inclusion in the united-nations” target=”_blank”>U.N.< The Serum Institute is producing the Novavax-developed vaccine, and a big question is how much supply it can ship, and when. The vaccine was long …
Read More »Pope Francis celebrates his birthday with migrants and refugees
Despite having lost part of his lung as a young man, the pope-francis” target=”_blank”>pope< marked by an illness that preys on the respiratory system and on the elderly. The Energizer pontiff turned 85 on Friday and spent the day doing what he does often and with passion–celebrating refugees. He brought seventeen …
Read More »European Union leaders press Russia to resume peace talks with Ukraine
world-regions Union leaders on Thursday pressed Russia to return to peace talks with Ukraine and renewed their threat to impose unprecedented sanctions on Moscow in tandem with the United States and Britain should Russian armed forces cross the border. The EU’s call for a return to the negotiating table came …
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