Browsing: World News

The Guardian says China has locked down an industrial city of 9 million people overnight and reported more than 4,000 virus cases, as the nation’s “zero-Covid” strategy is confronted by an Omicron wave.

The Guardian says a man who was trapped 15ft (4.5m) underground for two days in a San Francisco Bay area storm pipe the width of a large pizza was rescued.

The Independent says Vladimir Putin is resorting to extreme tactics because his “back is against the wall”, according to Joe Biden, including using hypersonic missiles in Ukraine.

The Metro says a 95-year-old survivor of four Nazi concentration camps has been killed by Russian shelling in Ukraine, according to a Holocaust memorial body.

Euronews says an alleged fatal attack on a Russian teenager in Germany by a group of Ukrainians is “fake,” police have said.

Arab News says the EU said that it “strongly condemns” recent attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi militia.

Aljazeera says Biden’s nominee to the country’s highest court Ketanji Brown Jackson has defended her record as a federal judge as one of independence and fairness.

The Metro says as many as 133 people are feared dead after their plane crashed into a mountainous area and caught fire, Chinese state media have reported.

The Independent says Donald Trump has promised supporters that he will return to the White House in 2024 during a speech in Florida on Saturday.

The Guardian says Ukraine has defied an ultimatum by the Russian military for its forces to surrender the city of Mariupol.

The Guardian says a car drove at high speed into a group of Belgian carnival performers who were preparing a parade early on Sunday.

France24 says Up to 50,000 refugees have been arriving each day in the Polish town of Przemyśl near the border with Ukraine.

Euronews says Germany is scaling back its COVID protection measures as the amended Infection Protection Act came into force on Sunday.

TRT World says the death toll from a migrant shipwreck off Tunisia at the weekend has risen to 25, amid fears that 35 others in the same boat have drowned.

An aircraft repair plant near the western Ukraine city of Lviv has been struck by Russian missiles.

The Independent says Brittney Griner’s family say the basketball star is “OK” but not “good” as Russia extended her detention by at least several more months.

The Independent says Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky invoked the fall of the Berlin Wall in an emotional address before the German parliament on Thursday.

The Guardian says Arnold Schwarzenegger told the Russian people that they are being fed misinformation about their country’s assault on Ukraine and appealed to stop the attack.

The Metro says a 13-year-old boy was behind the wheel in a deadly head-on crash that killed nine people.

Euronews says Italy has decided to ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions and will not extend the country’s state of emergency.

TRT World says Brazilian tribal leaders and advocates have criticised the granting of an Indigenous rights award to President Jair Bolsonaro.

The Independent says Vladimir Putin has accused the west of trying to “violate” and “dismember” Russia and sent a warning to those within his country he labelled as traitors.

The cargo ship Al Salmy 6 capsized during rough and stormy weather in the Gulf, Captain Nizar Qaddoura, operations manager of the Salem Al Makrani Cargo company, said.

The Guardian says a powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening.

Euronews says Germany has registered a new record-high seven-day incidence for COVID-19 for the second consecutive day.