Category: FOREIGN
Daily cases in US drop, anti-curbs protest continue in Belgium
(FASTNEWS | UNITED STATES) - The Omicron variant of coronavirus continues to spread rapidly all across the globe with a ... Read More
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern postpones wedding to put country under strict COVID restriction
(FASTNEWS | WELLINGTON) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday that he had canceled his wedding in ... Read More
Maldives President Solih tests positive for COVID-19
(FASTNEWS | MALDIVES) - Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. (more…) Read More
Austrian parliament approves vaccine mandate for adults
(FASTNEWS | AUSTRIA) - Austria’s parliament voted Thursday to introduce a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for adults. (more…) Read More
Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti
(FASTNEWS | TAHITI) - Marine explorers have discovered a "pristine" off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia. (more…) Read More
All homes on one of Tonga’s islands destroyed, three dead
(FASTNEWS | TONGA) - All the homes on one of Tonga's small outer islands have been destroyed by a massive ... Read More
One in 10 Covid-19 patients may still infect after quarantine period
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - One in ten people may still be infectious for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (more…) Read More
Unvaccinated tax in Canada’s Quebec Province
(FASTNEWS |CANADA) - Unvaccinated tax in Canada's Quebec leads to spike in first-dose appointments. (more…) Read More
Man gets a pig heart in a transplant for the first time in world
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - A man with terminal heart disease gets a transplant of genetically modified pig heart. (more…) Read More
Legal cases against Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi
(FASTNEWS | MYANMAR) - Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to a further four years in jail ... Read More
Protests against curbs, new variant detected
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) - Two more new variants - IHU and Deltacron - have emerged. (more…) Read More
Troops ordered to fire without warning
(FASTNEWS | KAZAKHASTAN) - Kazakhstan's authoritarian leader says he has ordered security forces to "fire without warning" amid a violent ... Read More
UK to ease COVID-19 restrictions over travel to England
(FASTNEWS | LONDON) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced changes Wednesday to COVID-19 rules for travel to England, scrapping ... Read More
Water pollution exacerbates suffering of Siem Reap villagers
(FASTNEWS | CAMBODIA) - At least 100 families in a flooded village in Peam Ta Uor, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, ... Read More
President Macron warns he will ‘hassle’ France’s unvaccinated
(FASTNEWS | FRANCE) - French President Emmanuel Macron has warned he intends to make life difficult for people in France ... Read More