Budget airline flydubai on Thursday launched direct flights to Tel Aviv, the first scheduled commercial service between the two cities, following the normalisation of ties between the UAE and Israel.

Flydubai launches first scheduled Dubai-Tel Aviv flight

LOS ANGELES — As the pandemic spikes, the economy convulses and democracy fissures, the urgent need to restore faith in government cries out for leaders with authenticity.

Gavin Newsom, what were you thinking?

The announcement this week that a cheap, easy-to-make coronavirus vaccine appeared to be up to 90% effective was greeted with jubilation. “Get yourself a vaccaccino,” a British tabloid celebrated, noting that the vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, costs less than a cup of coffee.

After admitting mistake, AstraZeneca faces difficult questions about its vaccine

The Trump administration is planning to tighten sanctions on Iran during its final months in power. US Special Envoy for Iran Elliott Abrams on Wednesday, at a virtual Beirut Institute event, said the Trump administration plans further pressure on Tehran, with sanctions related to arms, weapons of mass destruction and human rights.

More sanctions coming, US envoy tells Iran

The Ethiopian military will begin the "final phase" of an offensive in the rebellious northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement on Thursday, hours after an ultimatum for Tigray forces to surrender expired.

Ethiopia to begin 'final phase' of offensive in Tigray region, says PM

Australia has cancelled the citizenship of an Algerian-born Muslim cleric who was convicted of leading a terrorist cell that planned to bomb a football match in Melbourne in 2005, Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said on Wednesday.

Australia cancels citizenship of Muslim cleric in local first

China has sentenced a Taiwanese professor to four years in jail for espionage even as tensions between Beijing and Taipei deteriorate further. A month ago, Shih Cheng-ping had made a televised "confession" on state media.

China sentences Taiwanese professor to four years in jail

The number of people killed in terror attacks worldwide fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2019, with conflict still the main driver of terror but an increase of "far-right terrorism" seen in the West, a leading think tank said Wednesday.

New fall in terror deaths in 2019, think tank says

Some people in Japan can now protect themselves against the novel coronavirus in luxurious style with opulent masks adorned with diamonds and pearls for a million yen ($9,600) each.

Of Japan and its opulent face masks

California prisoners including high-profile serial killers and murderers on death row received hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief funds in one of the biggest frauds in the US state's history, prosecutors said Tuesday.

California inmates paid millions in pandemic unemployment relief scam

China is weighing drawing up a blacklist of supporters of Taiwan's independence, the government said on Wednesday. This exercise may see Beijing try to take legal steps against democratically-elected President Tsai Ing-wen.

China considers legal steps against supporters of Taiwan independence

As expectations grow that the first Covid-19 jabs will be administered in a matter of weeks, German glassmaker Schott is quietly doing what it has been for months: churning out vials that will hold the vaccine.

German vials in spotlight as Covid-19 vaccine nears

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