International

Special Desk While the world has started imposing travel bans for South Africa and the countries nearby, president of South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the move. Travel bans have been enacted against SA and its neighbouring coutries over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Ramaphosa said he was deeply …

# Japan too followed Israel and bans foreigners’ entry # Japan and Israel have strictest border controls now Special Desk Israel became first country to close its borders to non-citizens and Japan followed it soon. New rules came in to effect Monday in an effort to block the Omicron coronavirus …

Jubilee News Desk New variant of covid B.1.1529 has compelled countries to impose travel restrictions and increase screening and testing. More countries are tightening their travel restrictions. This after South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong reported the new variant in the past one week. Collectively they have reported 10 cases …

Special Desk  Despite concerns from human rights organisations, an Emirati general accused of torture has been elected president of Interpol. Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi was elected following three rounds of voting during which he received 68.9% of votes cast by member countries, Interpol said in a statement. Human …

Special Desk The recent US invitation to Taiwan has irked China, which sees the island (Taiwan) as a renegade province. US President Joe Biden has sent invitation to democratically governed Taiwan for the upcoming, US-hosted Summit for Democracy. As expected the move was quickly condemned by China, which views the …

Special Desk Sweden Wednesday got its first ever female PM. Magdalena Andersson has been approved by Sweden’s parliament as the prime minister, replacing Stefan Lofven as leader of the centre-left Social Democrats. Sweden never elected a woman as national leader before. Andersson, who’s currently finance minister, lost in votes. However, …

Special Desk After Austria thought of it Kenya has decided to implement ban upon unvaccinated residents from December 21. Hence Kenyans will be barred from entering bars, restaurants and even public transport from 21 December if they are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Health Minister Mutahi Kagwe made this announcement. …

Special Desk The 2022-Winter Olympic games slated in Beijing, China might face diplomatic boycott from the US and a few other countries. US President Joe Biden has said that he is weighing a US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. “That is something we are considering,” he told …

Special Desk  Sudan’s ousted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been brought back to the chair. The country’s top general, Abdel Fattah Burhan, said in a statement that Hamdok will lead an independent technocratic Cabinet until elections. According to the deal, the military will also release government officials and politicians arrested …

Special Desk After working upon a partial lockdown for unvaccinated people, Austria has now decided to go complete lockdown, starting Monday. Earlier partial lockdown was to begin the same day. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal requirement to …