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Pro-Beijing candidates sweep victories at Hong Kong polls-
By PTI HONG KONG: Pro-Beijing candidates dominated Hong Kong’s legislative elections, beating out moderates and independents in the city’s first ...
Chile celebrates as leftist Boric elected president-
By AFP SANTIAGO: The streets of Santiago erupted in celebration Sunday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became Chile’s youngest-ever president-elect ...
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted-
By PTI BEIJING: Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of ...
Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth-
By PTI MOSCOW: A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending ...
Tennis star Peng Shuai denies ever accusing anyone of sexual assault
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai on Sunday denied ever accusing anyone of sexually assaulting her. Peng gave an “exclusive” interview with ...
COVID-19 rules could tighten by Christmas-
By PTI LONDON: Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before Christmas amid the rapid ...
Iran announces first case of Omicron variant, says report-
By PTI TEHRAN: Iran has detected its first case of infection by the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, state ...
Thousands in Brussels protests against COVID restrictions amid Omicron outbreak-
By PTI BRUSSELS: Thousands of peaceful protesters demonstrated in central Brussels on Sunday for a third time against reinforced COVID-19 ...
US troops find religious exemption for COVID vaccines unattainable-
By PTI WASHINGTON: More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far ...
Sri Lanka requiring COVID-19 card for entry to public places-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will require the showing of a COVID-19 vaccination certificate compulsory for entry to public places ...
